Comments on: Charlotte Mason and Special Needs http://themommaknows.com/2008/11/charlotte-mason-and-special-needs/ From homeschooling to grandbabies and beyond Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sensiblemom http://themommaknows.com/2008/11/charlotte-mason-and-special-needs/comment-page-1/#comment-2815 sensiblemom Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:15:10 +0000 http://5kidsandadog.wordpress.com/?p=907#comment-2815 I don't actually use Charlotte Mason.. but I love the ideas and have read quite about her methods. I think it is terrific that you are considering homeschooling again and I think that anything you do one on one outside the educational box will be beneficial to them. Are they at all auditory? With my oldest son we listened to tapes and cds all the time. He knows SO much from this and he has a fantastic ability to listen to something and understand it (ie. sermons). The reason we started doing this was because he was not interested at all in reading (way back in 1st grade). He is a fine reader now.. but his preferred method is auditory (hence the permanent ipod attached to his skull). So I think that starting small with whatever method and finding out WHAT works for YOUR child! is the thing to do. You already know some things that don't so don't let even us homeschoolers tell you it has to look a certain way. Use Charlotte Mason in freedom.. not bondage! I don’t actually use Charlotte Mason.. but I love the ideas and have read quite about her methods. I think it is terrific that you are considering homeschooling again and I think that anything you do one on one outside the educational box will be beneficial to them.

Are they at all auditory? With my oldest son we listened to tapes and cds all the time. He knows SO much from this and he has a fantastic ability to listen to something and understand it (ie. sermons). The reason we started doing this was because he was not interested at all in reading (way back in 1st grade). He is a fine reader now.. but his preferred method is auditory (hence the permanent ipod attached to his skull).

So I think that starting small with whatever method and finding out WHAT works for YOUR child! is the thing to do. You already know some things that don’t so don’t let even us homeschoolers tell you it has to look a certain way. Use Charlotte Mason in freedom.. not bondage!

]]> By: tressays http://themommaknows.com/2008/11/charlotte-mason-and-special-needs/comment-page-1/#comment-2814 tressays Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:57:58 +0000 http://5kidsandadog.wordpress.com/?p=907#comment-2814 I don't know much about Charlotte Mason or her methods. I do remember sitting in a lecture given by Susan Wise Bauer and she was talking about narration. I remember her saying, "If your first grader is complaining that it hurts after writing one sentence it is because it does." That was encouraging for me. I am sorry I am not more help. I don’t know much about Charlotte Mason or her methods. I do remember sitting in a lecture given by Susan Wise Bauer and she was talking about narration. I remember her saying, “If your first grader is complaining that it hurts after writing one sentence it is because it does.” That was encouraging for me.

I am sorry I am not more help.

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