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"Learn From Charlotte Mason's Essential Guide for Homeschooling ChildrenWhen pioneering British educator Charlotte M. Mason (1842-1923) wrote Home Education: Training and Educating Children Under Nine in 1886, the need for such a practical guide for families was paramount. At the time, such holistic homeschooling methods were largely undocumented and parents benefited greatly from the sharing of Mason's knowledge. The book is just as relevant and popular today, as parents and teachers alike continue to employ the Charlotte Mason (CM) method of home schooling for their own children. As one of the earliest leading advocates of parents educating their children at home, Mason was well ahead of her time, particularly in emphasizing that children should be allowed to learn at their own pace and that the role of parents should be to offer generous amounts of encouragement and support in addition to lessons. She also believed in using ""Living Books"" (high-quality narrative literature that brings subjects alive, offering intellectually stimulating ideas as well as facts), the teaching of positive personal habits, exposure to the arts, journaling, and guided exploration of and immersion in nature. Mason's method provides proven strategies for establishing comfortable home environments that are conducive to successful learning. She regarded education at home as ""an atmosphere, a discipline, a life."" Home Education collects six in-depth and informative lectures on preliminary considerations, outdoor life, establishing habits, morals, lessons, and conscience. Parents will find this classic book an invaluable resource and will reference it for years to come."

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"""Society often leaves us disappointed with its tangled, worn-out, and narrow practices in education. We chart a ""falling capital"" in the product that matters most: the life education and character of our children. Is it not the moment to look at some of the roots? At last Charlotte Mason s seminal books are back in print. These writings will give important priorities and guidelines to parents, teachers, and schools. Welcome back, my dear, valued mentor!"" -Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, director of L'Abri Fellowship, Switzerland, and author of For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School ""Teachers owe much to Charlotte Mason's deep insight into child psychology and to the new principles in character building and mind training which she advocated. The gratitude of [those] who have profited by her counsel will be her enduring memorial.""-Elizabeth R., Her Majesty the Queen Mother of England"

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"CHARLOTTE MASON on training the total child: ""That work which is of most importance to society is the bringing-up and instruction of the children-more than anything else [it is] the home influences brought to bear upon the child that determine the character and career of the future man or woman.""Charlotte Mason (1842-1923), founder of the Charlotte Mason College of Education in England, was 100 years ahead of her time in developing an educational philosophy that stressed bringing broad and stimulating education to a child in a noncompetitive, biblically based way.Mason's timeless, practical insights and her stress on the responsibility of the home have made her a founding influence in the home schooling movement."

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