I’ve had several opportunities over the last few years to lead workshops about Charlotte Mason’s method of science. Incredibly, there is so much to cover that even when I am …
The Real Scientific Method
Charlotte Mason said, “out-of-door nature-study lays the foundation for science.” (3/281) But have you ever wondered how that works? To explain, I must start by clearing up a scientific myth …
Nature Notebooks
If you have pored over my website in the past, you may have read an article called “Nature Journals.” I have removed that post because it was misleading and contained …
Does Nature Seem Like a Foreign Language to You?
When I was 21, I spent five weeks in a little eastern German town named Wernigerode. It had only been four years since the wall came down and the people …
Nature Study: Object Lessons
Charlotte Mason tells us that the young child is “full of vivid interest. He has a thousand questions to ask, he wants to know about everything; he has, in fact, …
Podcasts on Living Science
Over at A Delectable Education we are in the middle of a series of podcasts on nature study and science. You know it’s my favorite subject, so I’m thrilled that we are exploring …
Physical Geography for Elementary School Students
We talked about geography recently over at A Delectable Education podcast, but as we try to limit each episode to a reasonable bite-sized morsel, there are times when we have …
Hatching Baby Chicks
Several years ago I decided I wanted chickens. Live ones, living in the backyard. I had been moving my family to a more traditional lifestyle, and growing my own food …
Nature Study and Science Lingo
Does the science “lingo” used in Mason’s volumes and around the CM community confuse you at times? I thought I would take a few minutes to clarify some of the nature …
Opening Their Eyes
Early on in my family’s Charlotte Mason education, nature study time just meant going outside to see what we could see. There was no plan. I’m not knocking that way …