Sharing Creative Ways to Homeschool the Charlotte Mason Way with a Unit Study Approach


Combining Notebooking and Lapbooking

(Working feverishly on completing my Nature Study, Nature Journaling, and Poetry ebook – due to a family health issue, it has been slow going – but now is picking up! If you haven’t signed up for my Katie’s Homeschool Cottage newsletter to enter for a chance in the free drawing for this ebook, please do [...]

Notebooking Pages Sale

It’s time to gear up for another school year! And Debra at Notebooking Pages is having a wonderful sale here at NotebookingPages.com Back-to-School Sale Event – 50% Off. Here is the scoop you need to know:   Tired of Busywork? Seize the Most from Your Day . . . with Notebooking! Save 50% August 3rd [...]

Super Summer Special Sale!

It’s my 21st anniversary today! And to celebrate and remind myself – yes, it really is summer somewhere  (just not where I am), I am having a Special Summer Sale on my Insects – A Unit Study using Charlotte Mason Methods and More ebook! I am doing my best to finish my next one – [...]

Using Copywork

If you have read my previous articles, you know that  I use some Charlotte Mason’s methods in a variety of ways. Some methods I follow exactly as Ms. Mason would have used them with her students; others, I have customized to suit my teaching style and my and my children’s needs. Some Charlotte Mason followers [...]

Using Narration with Exams, Essays, and Timelines

I love using  Charlotte Mason’s methods. I don’t profess to be an expert or even a “pure CM’er.” I am, though, a homeschool mom of two boys with very different learning styles, personalities, and talents. I have tried many different materials (my shelves and closets will back me up on this) and different teaching and [...]

A new Using Charlotte Mason method article series

(And remember to sign up for Katie’s Homeschool Cottage newsletter for our drawing for a copy of our new ebook coming soon called Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry!) We are beginning a new series so that each week there will be a different topic in using the Charlotte Mason method. Based on the Charlotte [...]