The importance of getting nourishment from books
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “The boy who has not formed the habit of getting nourishment out of his books in school-days does not, afterwards, see the good in reading. He…
The Habit of Regularity
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “The habit of regularity is as attractive to older children as to the infant. The days when the usual programme [sic] falls through are, we know,…
Narration and the Importance of a Single Reading
A Charlotte Mason Moment “I have already spoken of the importance of a single reading. If a child is not able to narrate what he has read once, let him…
“Reading lessons must be short; ten minutes or a quarter of an hour of fixed attention is enough…”
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “The power of reading with perfect attention will not be gained by the child who is allowed to moon over his lessons. For this reason, reading…
Charlotte Mason on the Law of Association of Ideas
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “You talk to a child about glass – you wish to provoke a proper curiosity as to how glass is made, and what are its uses.…
