A Love of Charlotte Mason and a Giveaway!
I’m not a die hard Charlotte Mason fan, but I would consider myself to have been a Charlotte Mason student in high school. My mom was so inspired by Charlotte Mason that she used all of her methods during my high school years. Before that time we did lots of unit studies, living books, etc. so it wasn’t a surprise when we transitioned to a Charlotte Mason education.
When she latched on to Charlotte Mason’s methods we did it all – the time schedule, the copy work, dictation, nature walks and a nature notebook, poetry, music, and art studies. Living books for literature and history were always found on our bookshelves. The only thing that was not Charlotte Mason approved was my Saxon math, which I pleaded with my Mom to let me keep. 🙂
I have such fond memories of my school years, and now that my Mom has passed away I treasure the memories even more. They are my inspiration for when I get discouraged in homeschooling my own children.
In a way, those school days are an inheritance that she passed on to me; a treasure of wonderful memories to guide me through my own journey of homeschooling my children.
When I started homeschooling I realized a strict Charlotte Mason method was’t practical for me, but I do as much as I can. In the end, I suppose we are a strange mixture of textbooks and Charlotte Mason. 🙂
If you want to learn more about Charlotte Mason and her education methods, here are some books and websites I recommend.
Books
Educating the Wholehearted Child
Websites
I love the online forum that Simply Charlotte Mason has!
If you have never visited the Simply Charlotte Mason website or heard Sonya speak, you are in for a treat when you discover this website! You can purchase lots of curriculum created for a Charlotte Mason education, read her blog, and visit the forum.
Simply Charlotte Mason recently started selling this lovely rubber stamp, with the famous Charlotte Mason quote on it.
I am. I can. I ought. I will.Â
As soon as I saw the stamp I almost cried. I have that motto engraved in my mind, and it makes for one of my treasured homeschool memories. The quote was everywhere in our schoolroom. It was on notebooks, bookshelves, and I had a index card with it written down so I could memorize the saying along with its meanings. It is inspiring, and I was so glad to see this sweet stamp! It’s perfect for using on teacher notebooks, stamping on children’s school papers and much more!
To go along with this give away, my husband quickly designed a printable of this famous Charlotte Mason quote to giveaway to our subscribers. I’m so happy he made it, as I’m printing it out and putting it in our schoolroom!
To gain access to the free 8 ½ by 11 printable, enter your email address below and you will receive an email with the download!Â
I am already subscribed to your blog. Can I download the Charlotte mason quote? I would love to have that in my homeschool room and throughout the house!!
Katherine,
You will see the link to download it in the next email you get from me!
Lovely printable and stamp. This would be a great inspirational tool. Thank you for sharing.
I subscribed, but received a different printable in the email.
Brandy,
The link to download this printable will be at the bottom of the next email you get from me.
Is it too late to get the Charlotte Mason printable?
I subscribed to get the CM quote, but got another quote. (Which was great, btw, thank you!) But I’d really love to have the CM quote – I just started HSing this week using her principles.
Hi, I subscribed to your email list but received a different printable. I would really love to use this one for our homeschool year. Could I still get the pdf file? Thank you!
way late to the party – but is it possible to still get the file for the CM quote?
I subscribed to receive this Charlotte Mason quote. The new one is nice, but this is the one I wanted for my school room. Any chance I may still receive it?
Hi I joined up but can’t find a way to download the CM quote that says will be in the sign up email. It was a different quote. Can you please tell me how to download it. Thank you and blessings
My husband changed the design of it, and it seems everyone wants the old design! LOL Sorry about that! I’ll see if I can get the other one back up.