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Comment by Angela on December 28, 2011 at 3:47pm

I just started using Ambleside Online.   Ilove it.  I am no longer pulling out my hair.  It's still a little difficult for me to co ordinate the different year levels.  But it is much better than what I was doing.

Comment by Christina Lyon on October 5, 2011 at 3:25pm

I too use AmblesideOnline and it works great for our family. My dd (8 &9) are on year 2 (we just started with Ambleside last year) and they each use their own Math-U-See level. CM is wonderful for us because we have the older girls along with a 2 yr old boy and another boy due in Jan. There is little "book work" for math and I can do most of the reading on the couch while my little guy plays with his trucks and dinosaurs. Math & art are done during nap time. Both my girls are dyslexic and so I do all of the reading but I'm looking forward to when they can do some reading on their own, although, I will continue to do some reading. Also, I will split them in 2 years and my older dd will do year 4 and my other dd will do year 3 1/2. I highly recommend AmblesideOnline, it's easy to follow and very easy to implement.

Comment by Joni Johnson on October 5, 2011 at 3:14pm

Thank you Susan. I found a great CM site- Ambleside Online. It gives week by week guidelines as to what to teach, as well as having most of the books online. It is a great site and have found most of the books absolutely amazing. I am very excited about this.

Webcaster Comment by Susan Evans on September 20, 2011 at 7:25pm

Joni, since you love reading, you can find living books in other subjects like science and history. I've used the elementary Apologia series for science, where you only study one subject like astronomy for a full year. The way the book is worded is more conversational (except for the botany one, which is a bit dry). The reason I mention this is that these science books have your kids notebook similar to the way Charlotte Mason would do it.

As far as history is concerned, find lively books about history. I often find historical fiction to be more interesting than an ordinary history book, because an adventure is happening in a certain time period with famous characters, and you feel like you are there. My favorite are G A Henty books, but I'm not sure how old your kids are. These are on a high school level, but so are many other works of literature (like Swiss Family Robinson) that we read to our kids anyway. Jim Weiss reads some of Henty's books, and really brings them to life.

Comment by Joni Johnson on September 20, 2011 at 9:59am

Hello. I have been homeschooling for six years. I have always loved the CMM of homeschooling. I am a book reader and, thanks to reading to my children, they all love reading books. I am not too aware of how to teach the other subjects...any suggestions?

Comment by Sally Jo Pyle on May 12, 2011 at 6:29am

You all are so sweet to respond to my comment.  We've decided to do My Father's World with Singapore math.  It looks like I'll be able to find supplemental things on the sites you've mentioned. 

 

We also love Queen Homeschool - we got a book called Home Stories for Children and my son LOVES them.  His absolute favorite story is "Don't Smoke".

Comment by Sheri Graham on May 10, 2011 at 10:36am

I am so excited to be a part of The Homeschool Channel and a part of this group!  I love the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling.  I've been homeschooling for 13 years...my oldest is graduating this weekend..yikes!

 

I did thought I would mention that I have some great Charlotte Mason friendly ebooks available on my website for very reasonable prices.  Things like copywork books, great read-alouds...take a look at my site here!

 

I hope to learn more from this lovely group.  Have a wonderful day!

 

In Christ,

Sheri

Comment by Robin Wheatley on April 15, 2011 at 8:08pm

Sally, I have a "fidgety" second-grade boy, and Charlotte Mason's methods absolutely work with him!  The short lessons are great, as he doesn't have time to get bored with them.  It has taken us a while to get some of the methods figured out, and we're still working on it, but it really does seem to work.  The kids are thinking all the time, instead of just waiting for something to happen or doing busy work (something my son abhors!)  Please feel free to contact me directly if you'd like some ideas of what we have done that has worked! - Robin

Webcaster Comment by Susan Evans on April 15, 2011 at 6:51pm

Sally, with your "fidgety" boy, you could do a mix of Charlotte Mason and hands-on unit studies. This is what I do with my own children, 3 boys and an active girl. This way he gets the hands-on stuff he craves, while you mostly just read lively books to him. It's a good combination. If you are a low-energy person, you could do hands-on stuff just once a week, like on Fridays.

Comment by Sally Jo Pyle on April 15, 2011 at 6:42pm

Comment by Gina James on March 16, 2010 at 3:58pm

Hello! My name is Gina James, and I'm excited to find this website, and the Charlotte Mason group!! We are new to the Charlotte Mason method, so I am learning all I can and putting into practice as much of it as I presently know. I homeschooled a son all the way from K-graduation with a "school at home" type education. It worked fine for him, but for my younger one, it's not working well. We've been studying the Charlotte Mason method and putting into practice what we're learning, and my son loves it ! (He's 13). I think we're bringing back his love for learning that was almost killed by the "textbook" method. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated - favorite books, tips, etc. Also, I'd just love to hear a word from each of you!!

Thank you!
Gina

Hi Gina - I'm wondering how it is going for you.  I just joined this forum today and I'm curious.  I have a 2nd grade son whom I want to homeschool next year (we've been doing cyber charter since December of his 1st grade year).  I'm considering the Charlotte Mason method but have been concerned it may bore him - he's very "fidgety".

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