| Charlotte Mason was a great intellectual who had an | | | | life and are very interesting and exciting as you read a |
| extremely elevated opinion about children. Nobody can | | | | living book. These tales make an impact on the spirit |
| yet assimilate Charlotte Masons thoughts, techniques | | | | and psyche. |
| and values into a concrete nutshell. Miss Masons | | | | The Whole books Idea: Basically whole books are the |
| thoughts were so extensive and in-depth; it required six | | | | sum total of the books written by the author. If you |
| huge volumes to include all her inscriptions on the | | | | come across a book written by an author you must |
| subject matter of education only. Speaking of which, | | | | take the effort in reading the whole book. The reverse |
| there is an extremely to the point general idea of a | | | | of this would be the compilations that take account of |
| handful of Charlotte Masons most well-known | | | | only the bits and pieces from other works. This could |
| thoughts. | | | | perhaps include a part from Dickens, a combination of |
| The Charlotte Mason Method of Teaching: Miss | | | | ideas from Tolstoy, etc. |
| Charlotte Mason came up with ideas like Twaddle, | | | | The Idea of Narration: Narration basically is the course |
| Living books, Whole books, Narration, Short lessons, | | | | of action of repeating back what has been already |
| Keeping a Journal, Copy work, Dictation as different | | | | been taught or read. Narrations are by and large done |
| methods of teaching. | | | | verbally. However, as the child matures and his writing |
| The Twaddle Idea: Parents and teachers in the | | | | abilities are enhanced, he could write down the |
| present day might call Twaddle, literature that is | | | | narrations too. You could conduct narrations in an |
| basically is like giving portions of academic happy | | | | imaginative manner like playing a role, sketching, |
| meals to your children. This technique is applied to the | | | | painting, sculpting etc. |
| strong, important intellect and also caters to the | | | | The Idea of conducting Short lessons: Charlotte Mason |
| structuring provisions. Charlotte Mason basically | | | | suggested spending short, focused phases of time on |
| promoted Staying Away From Twaddle and stuffing | | | | an extensive assortment of subject matters. The |
| the child spirit and intelligence with the finest literary | | | | lessons near the beginning years are only for 10-15 |
| facilities accessible. | | | | minutes. However they are gradually extended as the |
| The Living books Idea: Living books are definitely the | | | | children get older. There are a few lessons for high |
| reverse of boring textbooks that are monotonous. The | | | | school students that go nearer to an hour for every |
| characters, locations and incidents described come to | | | | subject matter. |