A Basket full of Resources for a Charlotte Mason Education {Day 5/5 Back to School Blog Hop}

At the beginning of the year I attended a Charlotte Mason afternoon and was overwhelmed with the beauty of this approach to education.  There were so many inspirational stories and insightful comments through out the afternoon.  One of the books I came across that day was The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason by Laurie Bestvater.  It arrived in the mail today and I'm looking forward to reading it.

The arrival of this book sparked the idea of sharing with you some of the lovely resources I discovered at the Charlotte Mason afternoon. One of the topics which inspired me and caught my attention was that of written work in a Charlotte Mason Homeschool.

"We all have need to be trained to see, and to have our eyes opened before we can take in the joy that is meant for us in this beautiful life."      ~ Charlotte Mason

Notebooking

• Using Notebooking Instead of Textbooks 
• Some Examples of Charlotte Mason Notebooks 
• Steps to Getting Started with Notebooking 
• Notebooks – Acquiring Habits with Intellectual Effort This is one HUGE beautiful resource.  Here you will find write ups on nature journals, common place books, timelines, book of centuries and more.
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Common Place Book

• A Glimpse at Charlotte Mason’s Commonplace
• My first commonplace book 
• Sparkly Gel Pens, a Webinar, and Other Commonplace Book Necessities 
• Notebooks – Acquiring Habits with Intellectual Effort 
• Silva Rerum - Commonplacing as a Habit Shared by Nancy 
• Keeping a Commonplace Book 
• Commonplace Books 

"We are so accustomed to take wonders as matters of course, mere everyday events, that it does not occur to us to be surprised."- Charlotte Mason

Writing

• Why Cursive Is So Good For Your Brain! (Start this video at 13 seconds.  Before this the content is not appropriate)
• Charlotte Mason busywork 
• Latin Copywork – Genesis 1 
•  Classic Copywork Complete eBook Set

Book of Centuries

• YouTube clip by about The Book of Centuries Q&A by Sonya Shafer
• FREE basic Book of Centuries from Simply Charlotte Mason.
• Buy a Book of Centuries
• My Book of Centuries Solution 
• The Book of Centuries by GM Bernau
• The Teaching of Chronology by Dorothea Beale
• Beautiful Book of Centuaries FREE Download
• Book of Centuries - A Recreation of the 1923 Original (Click the sample at the bottom of the page)

Time Line

• Freebie! My Timeline Notebooking Journal ~ 132 Pages! 
• We made our own timeline a couple of years back.  You can find my full tutorial here: Time Lines

Art

•  Artist Studies
• Watercolours and notebooks Articles, Tips & Advice
• watercolor charts 
• Chalk Pastel Tutorials
• Harrington Harmonies Art Lessons
• Dry Brush Watercolour Painting  
• Water Colour Dry Brush 
• Oils
• Drawing For Young Children
• What Do You See? A Child's First Introduction To Art 
• Ken Harris Art School

Books to read

• A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
• Minds More Awake: The Vision of Charlotte Mason
• Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition
• For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
• A Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-to Manual by Catherine Levison
• More Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual by Catherine Levison
• When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today by Elaine Cooper
• Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition
• For the Love of Learning: Information & Resources for Combining Charlotte Mason & Classical Education by Jenny Sockey

Some Encouragement

•  31 Days of Charlotte Mason
• Secrets from Charlotte Mason on Scheduling for Peace 
• Busted: 31 Days of CM Myths 
• On Teaching from a State of Rest
• Ten Ways to Cultivate a Family Art Habit 
• Living Books List
• Book Recommendations 
• A Day in the Life of an Ambleside School
• On Charlotte Mason, College and the Future  
• In My Notebook ... by Laurie Bestvater
• Memories of a P.N.E.U. Education By Christine Verspaandonk 
• The Living Page and Synthetic Thinking 
• The Charlotte Mason Digital Collection 
• Free Charlotte Mason Resources for Homeschool Lovely long list of links to all manner of resources 
• Finds for your Well-Rounded Charlotte Mason Humanities Education 

“And all the time we have books, books teeming with ideas fresh from the minds of thinkers upon every subject to which we can wish to introduce children.” — Charlotte Mason

That brings us to the end of this years 5 Days of back to Homeschool Blog Hop I hope you have been as blessed by the other participants as I have.  

Here are the final eleven participants for you to visit for a basket full of wisdom and encouragement.

Erin @ For Him and My Family

Lori @ At Home: where life happens

Margaret @ Creative Madness Mama

Nicole @ Some Call It Natural

Crystal @ Crystal Starr

Bonnie @ Write Bonnie Rose

Shawna @ Tenacity Divine

Carol @ Home Sweet Life

Kelli @ Adventure Homeschool 

Jacquelin @ A Stable Beginning 

Leah @ As We Walk Along the Road

Other posts in the 5 Days of Charlotte Mason Resources Series

1. Charlotte Mason Education Resource List
2. Shakespeare for a Charlotte Mason Education
3. Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool Bloggers
4. Charles Dickens for a Charlotte Mason Education
5. A Basket full of Resources for a Charlotte Mason Education

I'd love to hear about your favourite Charlotte Mason resources please leave me a link in the comments below

Blessings

Chareen