In every church we visited while we were travelling, I was asked if we were home educating our children.  Sometimes other mothers would ask what curriculum we were using.  I was surprised at how few were aware of Charlotte Mason.  Those who had heard of Miss Mason usually had misconceptions about her methods.  Sometimes they would say something like, "Charlotte Mason... isn't that something like unschooling?" 

Simply Charlotte Mason  a wonderful resource for information and support about home education, has just finished up a series comparing Charlotte Mason to other homeschool approaches.  It is well worth reading.  As a follow up, in a couple of weeks they will be putting out another series called "Making the Transition to Charlotte Mason."  You can sign up for email updates and read the articles in your inbox (scroll down to the bottom of the blog page), or go to the SCM blog.