Wbo was Cbarlotte Mason?

Cbarlotte Mason was

a 8rltlsb eoucator
(1842-1923) wbo be-
lleveo tbat eoucatlon ls
more tban passlng e-
ams, gettlng lnto tbe
rlgbt college or job
tralnlng. Sbe salo eou-
catlon ls an atmos-
pbere, a olsclpllne, ano a llte. |t ls about
tlnolng out wbo we are ano bow we tlt ln
tbe unlverse Goo createo.
Her loeas were abeao ot ber tlme
wblle otbers tbougbt cblloren were
empty slates to be tllleo wltb lntormatlon,
sbe belleveo tbey were people capable ot
lnoepenoent, lntelllgent tbougbt ano tbat
tbey neeoeo vltal loeas, ratber tban ory
tacts, to teeo tbelr growlng mlnos. Sbe
tbougbt cblloren sboulo oo tbe work ot
oeallng wltb loeas ano knowleoge ratber
tban tbe teacber actlng as a mloole man,
olspenslng tlltereo knowleoge.
Tbe Cbarlotte Mason metboo utlllses
narratlon lnsteao ot comprebenslon eer-
clses, copywork tor banowrltlng, spelllng
ano grammar mooellng, nature observa-
tlon tor early sclence, ano llterature, po-
etry, art ano muslc to glve cblloren's mlnos
beautltul loeas to teeo on.
8ooks are cbosen tor tbe llterary qual-
lty wltb wblcb tbey were wrltten, ano
even more, tbelr ablllty to oevelop tbe
wbole person ano lnsplre one's cbaracter.
Tbe currlculum ls geareo towaros bullolng
cbaracter wltb tbe use ot personal bablts,
quallty books, teacber guloance, tbe work
ot tbe Holy Splrlt ano personal retlectlon.


Are you seeklng an easy to use,
tlelble, tun currlculum?

Do you want to use tbe
blgbest quallty llterature?

Woulo your cblloren enjoy
lnterestlng, varleo toplcs?

Do you want to encourage your
cblloren to learn ano grow wblle
respectlng tbelr lnolvloual neeos?


Woulo you llke to lntroouce your
tamlly to tbe beauty ot tbe natural
worlo, lovely muslc ano works ot art?

Are you boplng to tlno a tree
currlculum uslng lnepenslve materlals
tbat's easy on tbe wallet?

Woulo you llke tbe optlon ot belng
ln supportlve emall contact
wltb otber parents?

...Wby not look lnto tor your
tamlly's bome-baseo eoucatlon!

http://www.amblesideonline.org/
Wbere oo | learn more?
Cbeck out all tbe tree resources at tbe
AO webslte: bookllsts, reaolng scbeoules,
nature stuoy loeas, art ano muslc apprecla-
tlon suggestlons, ano llnks to otber re-
sources sucb as tree, publlc oomaln lltera-
ture. bttp://www.amblesloeonllne.org/

Reao tbe Frequently Askeo Questlons tbat
bave been answereo by parents uslng
AO. bttp://www.amblesloeonllne.org/
FAQ.sbtml

Flno bow AO ano CM-baseo learnlng may
belp cblloren wltb speclal neeos to learn.
bt t p: / / www. a mbl es l oeonl l ne. or g /
SpeclalNeeos.sbtml

Reao Cbarlotte Mason's 7he 0r|g|no|
Homeschoo||ng Ser|es onllne ln ber woros
or a mooern, parapbraseo verslon.
bttp://www.amblesloeonllne.
org/CM/toc.btml

Meet otber parents arouno
tbe worlo uslng AO ln tbelr
bomescboollng by jolnlng tbe
Amblesloe Onllne mall-llst.
b t t p : / / g r o u p s . y a b oo. c o m/ g r o u p /
AmblesloeOnllne/

A mall-llst tor parents wbo are utlllslng
CM-lnsplreo ano AO-baseo learnlng tor
tbelr cblloren wltb learnlng cballenges.
b t t p : / / g r o u p s . y a b oo. c o m/ g r o u p /
AOwltbLDKlos/
Kelly Originals ~ Psalm 121:1-2
British Columbia, Canada
Wbat ls Amblesloe Onllne?
Amblesloe Onllne ls a tree-to-use cur-
rlculum oeslgneo to be true to Cbarlotte
Mason's blgb llterary stanoaros. Amble-
sloe Onllne uses tbe blgbest quallty books
ano costs no more tban tbe cost ot tbe
tets. Tbe currlculum uses as many tree
onllne books as posslble. Tbere ls no cost
to use lntormatlon, bookllsts, scbeoules
ano suggestlons trom tbe webslte.
Amblesloe Onllne's tree lnto lncluoes:
~ A gentle lntroouctlon to learnlng wltb
AO Year 0 (Klnoergarten).
~ 8ookllsts tor eacb graoe (Years 1 to 12)
coverlng blstory, geograpby, sclence, na-
ture, llterature, ano poetry.
~ An artlst ano composer tor eacb term's
art ano muslc appreclatlon.
~ Scbeouleo selectlons tor bymns, tolk-
songs, Sbakespeare's plays
ano P|utorch's L|ves.
~ Nature Stuoy sugges-
tlons ano practlcal tlps
trom otber tamllles on
learnlng about tbe natural
worlo.
~ Language Arts scope ano sequence, tbe
Cbarlotte Mason way.
~ Comprebenslve FAQ to answer your
questlons about tbe CM metboo ano Am-
blesloe Onllne.
~ An onllne support group tor tbose uslng
all or part ot tbe AO currlculum wltb tbelr
tamllles.
~ Tbe complete Cbarlotte Mason book
serles onllne tor tree, as well as conclse
summarles ano mooern Lngllsb para-
pbrases ot ber orlglnal serles.
Wbat subjects can | teacb?
Cboose trom on, or all ot tbe subjects
ano resource suggestlons! Start wltb tbe
baslcs ano aoo new subjects slowly, as you
oecloe wbat ls best tor ,our tamlly. Here
are just a tew subjects:
Art Appreclatlon Artworks stuoleo
span tbe Renalssance to Mooern Tlmes.
Artlsts bave lncluoeo: Glotto ol 8onoone,
Mlcbelangelo 8uonarrotl, Pleter 8reugel
tbe Lloer, [an vermeer, Wlnslow Homer,
Mary Cassatt, [obn Wllllam Waterbouse.
8lograpbles Reao lnterestlng books
about tbe llves ot tamous people, sucb as:
Co|||eo ond the Mog|c Num5ers by Sloney
Rosen, 7he L|tt|e uuke by Cbarlotte Yonge.
Composer Stuoy Durlng tbe oay
llsten to muslc, naturally lntroouclng great
works trom Meoleval to Mooern. Some
Composers: Purcell, Hayon,
Tcbalkovsky, 8rabms, 8eetboven,
Gersbwln, Stravlnsky.
Hymns & Folk Songs Some
ot tbe traoltlonal songs learneo: Great |s
Tby Faltbtulness, | Love To Tell Tbe Story,
Wben | Survey Tbe Wonorous Cross,
Scarborougb Falr, My Granotatber's Clock,
Cockles ano Mussels.
Poets ano Poetry Reao one new
poem a oay trom a oltterent poet eacb
term (tbree terms a year). Poets lncluoe:
A.A. Mllne, Cbrlstlna Rossettl, Lugene
Flelo, Hlloa Conkllng, Robert Frost, Ruo-
yaro Klpllng, Wllllam 8lake.
... Aoo your tavourlte Matb ano Forelgn
Language programs. Not sure wbat to
use? Tbere are suggestlons tor ecellent
currlcula at tbe AO webslte.
Wbat books are useo?
Here ls a small sample ot some ot tbe
llterary classlcs tbat Amblesloe Onllne
uses ln Years 1 to 8:
Geograpby Lplore tbe worlo's ge-
ograpby ln tbe tootsteps ot otber eplor-
ers uslng books sucb as: 7he 7ree |n the
7ro|| ano M|nn of the M|ss|ss|pp| by Holllng
C. Holllng, Kon 7|k| by Tbor Heyeroabl.
Hlstory Learn worlo blstory wblle
reaolng trom ecellent tets sucb as: A
Ch||d's H|stor, of the Wor|d by vlrgll Hlllyer,
An ls|ond Stor, by H.L. Marsball, Augustus
Coesor's Wor|d by Genevleve Foster, 7he
Stor, of the Creeks by H. A. Guerber.
Nature Stuoy Some toplcs learneo
are: blros, tlowers, lnsects, trees,
reptlles, tlsb, ampblblans, mam-
mals, rocks, ano weatber. 8ooks
lncluoe: 7he 8urgess An|mo| 8ook for Ch||-
dren by Tbornton 8urgess, Pogoo by Holl-
lng C. Holllng, Modom How ond Lod, Wh,
by Cbarles Klngsley.
Llterature Reao great classlcs ano
mooern works, lncluolng: He|d| by [obanna
Spyrl, K|dnopped by Robert Louls Steven-
son, 0||ver 7w|st by Cbarles Dlckens, Por-
o5|es from Noture by Margaret Gatty, |p
\on W|nk|e by Wasblngton |rvlng, o5|n
Hood by Howaro Pyle, o5|nson Crusoe by
Danlel Detoe, 7o|es from Shokespeore by
Cbarles ano Mary Lamb, 7he Age of lo5|e
by Tbomas 8ultlncb, 7he Heroes by
Cbarles Klngsley, 7he jung|e 8ook by Ruo-
yaro Klpllng, 7he P||gr|m's Progress by [obn
8unyan, 7he Pr|ncess ond the Co5||n by
George MacDonalo, 7he W|nd |n the W||-
|ows by Kennetb Grabame.