Song School Latin is fun for Little Son!
Classical Academic Press uses Classical pronunciation.
Latina Christiana I uses Ecclesiastical pronunciation.
So while Little Son says "Salve!" (sounds like salway)...
Big kids say "Salve!" (sounds like salvay).
Charlotte Mason did not think that Latin was suitable for young children,
(perhaps because it was not as enjoyable as Song School Latin.)
The PNEU schedules show that Latin was not introduced until ages nine - twelve.
"Latin is taught at the House of Education by means of narration after each section has been thoroughly studied in grammer, syntax and style. The literature studied increases in difficulty as the pupil advances in grammar, etc. Nothing but good Latin is ever narrated, so the pupil acquires style as well as structure. The substance of the passage is usually reproduced with the phraseology and style of the original and both students and children learn what is really Latin and realise that it is a language and not a mere grammar." Vol 6 pg 209 Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series.
Now that is a challenge!
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From Macbeth Act 4, Scene 1
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Lines 1-21 memorized!
And now, on to lines 22-38. Because it is required? NO!
But, because she loves the words and how they flow
and loves to recite them!
"It is well to store a child's memory with a good deal of poetry, learnt without labour."
vol 1 pg 224 of Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series.
Here's how we do Poetry.
I choose a poet.
I like the Poetry for Young People Series.
We read through the entire book; one poem each day.
Then the kids and I decide which poem that we want to memorize.
(Daughter chooses Macbeth Act 4, Scene 1. Big Son chooses Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 74-108.I choose Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 Lines Lines 56-88.)
They read their poem each day, to themselves or outloud. That's it!
(I use Librivox to help me memorize my poem.)
  Once they have become well aquainted with the poet and his poems...it is then, easier to bite into this meaty book! |
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We aimed to prove this book wrong!
On the book cover of 'Yo, Millard Fillmore', It claims that you can memorize all of the presidents in
20 minutes. We tried it, (just for fun!)
It did, indeed, take only 20 minutes!
What's more...
one week later with no practice...they can still do it! Pretty cool!
 
BUT...
is there any value in this?
Education is much more than rote memory and dry facts.
Here is what Charlotte Mason had to say:
But children 'ask for bread' and we 'give them a stone.' We give them dry facts about
things, and their minds don't even try to digest them. Instead, their minds vomit them out
(perhaps in the form of answers on a test?) But, if information relates to a principle and
if it's inspired by an idea, then it will be devoured enthusiastically. And that information
will be used to build onto the spiritual nature in the same way that food builds physical
tissue in the physical body.
Charlotte Mason also wrote this:
In order to memorize, we repeat a passage or series of points or names over and over, inventing little clues to help us. We can memorize a string of facts or words this way, and that memory is useful in the short term, but it isn't really assimilated. After its purpose is served, we forget it. That's the kind of memory work students use to pass exams. I won't try to explain (I don't even understand!) this power to memorize. It has its temporary use in education, I'm sure, but it must never take the place of the main tool, which is the ability to focus the attention.
Memorization was used by Charlotte Mason not to assimilate facts, but to give children material to meditate or "chew" on, so her students memorized scripture and poetry.
And that is what we memorize;
Scripture and Poetry.
There are many reasons to memorize scripture. Here are two:
“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11)
"And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up."
(Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
We memorize poetry, because it is lovely.
I like what Andrew Pudewa says:
"There is perhaps no greater tool than memorization to seal language patterns into a human brain, and there is perhaps nothing more effective than poetry to provide exactly what we want: reliably correct and sophisticated language patterns."
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Aug. 31, 2008 Charlotte Mason Habit Training
Barb at Handbook of Nature Study is hosting this edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog carnival!
I contrived this list using
Laying Down the Rails: A Charlotte Mason Habits Handbook
These are all wonderful habits that we should want to instill in our children.
The habits that I am going to address here, may not be of most importance...
but there is no doubt, that they ensure smooth and easy days!
Because I did not want to reward the kids for doing what is expected of them,
but at the same time, I want there to be an incentive and a time limit;
I have given them a list of my expectations to be done before our mealtime or snacktime.
(sort of like chores on a farm being done before breakfast!)
  
It is also my goal that my children can run the household if need be.
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May. 25, 2008 Charlotte and Drawing May. 12, 2008 History and Charlotte Mason
“Charlotte Mason's students were taught history in chronological order,” We have been enjoying 'The Story of the World, Volume 1. Ancient Times.' We are doing a chapter a day, five days a week.It will take eight weeks to finish.We will then continue with 'The Story of the World, volume 2, Middle Ages' and continue on with volume 3 and 4 in chronological order._____________________________________________
Illustrations by the Children
"History provides great material for narrating, and children enjoy narrating what they've read or heard. They also love to draw pictures."- C.M. Volume 1, page 295.-    ______________________________________________'Playing at' History
"Narrating and illustrating aren't the only ways that children express the ideas that fill them when they are exposed to great materials."
- C.M.Volume 1, pg.295 -
      
    This is our first time at paper mache!__________________________________________________________________
Geography Should be Interesting
- C.M. Volume 1, page 273.-
   "The Meaning of a Map
Geography should mostly be learned from maps."- C.M. Volume 1, page 278- ____________________________________________________________Charlotte Mason encouraged the use of whole books not portions of books. I get supplemental books from the library.If I keep them around the kids will read them._____________________________________________________
Dates
"Children will need to have a sense that what they're reading has a specific time when it happened before their collection of knowledge gets too vast."
-C.M. Volume 1 page 292 -
  My Book of Centuries post._________________________________________________________________  We do all of our lessons together, (11 yr, 9 yr, & 5 yr old)even the little guy can narrate a bit and illustrate!It's more fun when you have each other, to share and discuss what you're learning. |
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