This is a belated It's Friday post where I share snippets of what we've been doing in our Charlotte Mason High School curriculum. One of my daughter's favourite books this year is The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer but because it covers so much, she finds it difficult to narrate, so … Continue reading It’s (not) Friday #4
Written Narration
Notebook Showcase
About two years ago I started a Charlotte Mason Newsletter which I send out via email about once every month or so. One of the topics I'm often asked about is keeping notebooks in a Charlotte Mason context so late last year I started writing about this in the newsletter. Last month I mentioned that … Continue reading Notebook Showcase
A 16 Year Old’s Written Narration Samples
In a Charlotte Mason education we start off with oral narration, which is basically a child retelling what they've heard or read for themselves in their own words. Oral narration continues all the way through high school but written narration is also added around the age of 10 years, depending on the child. Some of … Continue reading A 16 Year Old’s Written Narration Samples
Charlotte Mason Exam Week
This past week has been an exam week for Year 11, Term 2. We've followed the AmblesideOnline schedule but with quite a few changes and substitutions. These are some sample questions & answers from this week: Poetry: 1. Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory: The Donkey by G. K. Chesterton When fishes flew and … Continue reading Charlotte Mason Exam Week
Home Schooling in Lockdown
Just about everyone where we are is homeschooling these days, but not out of choice. I prefer to say that we are home educating because our situation looks nothing like school. We have been teaching our children for 28 years and it is a normal part of life that we don't think twice about, but … Continue reading Home Schooling in Lockdown
Ambleside Online Year 6: looking back on the week
We finished Shakespeare's King Lear yesterday. Moozle wrote this narration on the play today in 'the style of Plutarch.' I've mentioned in previous posts that we were watching a movie version of King Lear on YouTube. We've got as far as the end of the eighth video but I'll probably skip at least … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 6: looking back on the week
Ambleside Online Year 5 – some written narration samples
Moozle is just finishing up Ambleside Online Year 5. The bulk of it is done but we got behind on a few of the readings so we'll be finishing those off and then doing an exam before heading into Year 6. The Aussie school year starts at the end of January but we've never followed … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 5 – some written narration samples
Bits & Pieces from a Week of a Charlotte Mason Education with a 10 Year Old
Moozle generally gravitates towards poetry when it comes to narrating either Plutarch or Shakespeare. We started Plutarch's Life of Themistocles this term and these are two poetic narrations she did relating to what we covered in our reading: On a more lighthearted note... Free reading this week: The Silver Brumby, Silver Brumby's Daughter and … Continue reading Bits & Pieces from a Week of a Charlotte Mason Education with a 10 Year Old
A Peek at a Week – Year 4 Ambleside Online
These are some selections from a week of Ambleside Online Year 4, tweaked & poked to suit an Australian setting. Our remodelled version which we've been using is here and we're in Term 3. I must admit that when I looked at some of the books on the Year 4 list I doubted that Moozle would … Continue reading A Peek at a Week – Year 4 Ambleside Online
Playing with Plutarch with the artful aid of alliteration
After I had read our Plutarch lesson & Bengy and Moozle had taken turns narrating sections, I had them both write out a number of words starting with the letter 't.' 'T' was the obvious letter to use as we're going through the life of Timoleon and just about everyone involved in the narrative has … Continue reading Playing with Plutarch with the artful aid of alliteration
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