http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/#comment-38 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:40:39 +0000 http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/#comment-38 Well she might have thoguht that was a perfect scenario but then she always seems like an exceptionally practical woman to me so i suspect she'd have seen value in the way some of the Street through Time type of books bring a subject to life. I do think those count as living history to some extent, they are certainly appealing in a positive way. Well she might have thoguht that was a perfect scenario but then she always seems like an exceptionally practical woman to me so i suspect she’d have seen value in the way some of the Street through Time type of books bring a subject to life. I do think those count as living history to some extent, they are certainly appealing in a positive way.

]]> http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/#comment-35 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:54:23 +0000 http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/#comment-35 Thanks for the summary Merry, especially the suggestions for what to do with the stories. I like "Pocketful of Pinecones" about a CM approach, but we've not really got into the nature notebooks side of things. I'm not sure whether the bitesize kind of info in DK books would be CM's thing, I think she might have said to read fuller stories or info from "proper" (more detailed, narrative) books, not the predigested stuff. But they are good for dipping into for just a little bit more info. I think there's value in reading the more complex things like Narnia and original version Hans Christian Andersen (not rewritten for today's children i.e. dumbed down), because it encourages listening to correct, detailed English and doesn't have a restricted vocabulary. The stories are so much richer. It's all about balance I suppose. Thanks for the summary Merry, especially the suggestions for what to do with the stories. I like “Pocketful of Pinecones” about a CM approach, but we’ve not really got into the nature notebooks side of things. I’m not sure whether the bitesize kind of info in DK books would be CM’s thing, I think she might have said to read fuller stories or info from “proper” (more detailed, narrative) books, not the predigested stuff. But they are good for dipping into for just a little bit more info. I think there’s value in reading the more complex things like Narnia and original version Hans Christian Andersen (not rewritten for today’s children i.e. dumbed down), because it encourages listening to correct, detailed English and doesn’t have a restricted vocabulary. The stories are so much richer. It’s all about balance I suppose.

]]> http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/#comment-29 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:31:41 +0000 http://muddlepuddle.blogsome.com/2006/01/02/charlotte-mason/#comment-29 That's very useful Merry, thanks. That’s very useful Merry, thanks.

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