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Aug

Charlotte Mason - Masterly Inactivity

   Posted by: MotherHen   in Homeschooling, WFMW

I realize that “Charlotte Mason” style home education might sound way too foofy for Pirates, but it ain’t so!  I know you’re all up on your reading and researching about boys having to sit in chairs at desks and that being all sissyfied and makin’ ‘em into girls.  So, we don’t do that.  What?  Homeschool Pirates!  We make our own rules, thank you very much.

Charlotte Mason knew about boys.  She insisted on 15 minute lessons, with breaks in-between.  But the real genius is the bit called masterly inactivity.  This is time to play without too much interference from the mama.  No, it’s not an excuse to be a slacker-mom.  It’s the part of the day when your Pirate gets to develop his imagination and his muscles.  Outdoor play, every afternoon.  All afternoon if possible.

Mine do most of it in our back yard, but we have a good climbing tree out front, too. So let ‘em play.  It’s good for ‘em!  Works for me!

Now, y’all go over to Shannon’s at Rocks in My Dryer and learn how to do tons of cool stuff!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 11:39 pm and is filed under Homeschooling, WFMW. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 comments so far

 1 

The more I read about Charlotte Mason schooling, the more I love it! :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog this week.
Blessings,
Michele :)

August 27th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
 2 

I haven’t heard of this method, it does sound somebody really has the heart of boys in mind when they created it!

August 28th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
 3 

Mother Hen,
I have truly enjoyed reading all your posts about how you homeschool. Thanks so much for sharing this window into your world.

We start our first year EVER of homeschooling next week. Slightly nervous..you bet! But I know that it is what God has called me to do, so I venture bravely on!

Love the humor in your blog too!

Blessings!

August 28th, 2008 at 4:29 pm