Charlotte Mason Companion

Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning



I love Charlotte Mason's approach to education, raising children, and life in general. Karen Andreola has captured the essence of Charlotte's work and presents it here in a highly readable and inviting style. Reading it I come away feeling refreshed as after a well sought out meeting with a dear friend. Karen and husband Dean are the couple who reprinted Charlotte Mason's work, The Original Home Education Series. I would recommend any of the books on Charlotte Mason, but this one is definitely a favorite.


With Karen Andreola's assistance and Charlotte Mason's educational philosophy, you will discover how to:

• recognize a "living book,"
  
  
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  use narration
  
  
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  teach reading, spelling, composition, and vocabulary,
  
  
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  appreciate great art, classical music, poetry, plays, and novels,
  
  
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  keep a Nature Notebook (for science),
  
  
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  take part in hero-admiration (for history),
  
  
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  establish helpful habits,
  
  
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  create a loving home atmosphere,
  
  
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  welcome moments of "Mother Culture"