Kfamily Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I'm feeling a little lonely these days...:lol::001_smile:!! (Just teasing!) Are there any CM followers left out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IdahoMtnMom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I don't know if I count because I am new here... and new to homeschooling, but I am a CM follower with my little ones.... ages 3 and 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) Oh yes, you absolutely count! And I'm not looking for strict CM followers...I'm not sure I have ever met anyone that doesn't adapt at least a little...and I have known some that were very strict followers (wonderful ladies) but even they adapted a little. Edited October 4, 2011 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Yes, more or less. We do incorporate a lot of CM methods into our homeschooling... copywork and dictation, living books, nature studies, short lessons, and so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana B Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I've been trying to incorporate more CM methods into our school. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I am, at least trying to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Although just beginning our CM journey, we are still here!:) We are loosely following the Higher Up Further in curriculum using TQ AHYS as our American History guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I love CM methods but only pull what works for my family. Not sure if that counts as a follower:001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I have recently started reading her original series. I have been working on incorporating artist and composers studies, multiple books read over longer periods of time, and gasp! Plutarch! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Whew! I'm feeling so much better! Thanks for helping me feel less alone.:001_smile: (And I do incorporate many WTM methods to our CM homeschool.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Me, me, ME! Not devoutly CM, because we love us our workbooks (sometimes), but enough that I have the books, talk the talk, follow the composers (but NOT the artists!), and switched to Apologia from Elemental Science to have a more "cuddle-up-n-read" science curriculum... More about what we do, CM-wise, over here, including free composer & other printables. Feel free to follow along when the rest of the CM world is quiet. There are also forums over at SimplyCM, I think... but I didn't like them as much as here. This site is my "one-stop shopping" for homeschool support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 well, sort of ... :001_smile: We're using a lot of standard WTM-type resources, but Button wasn't thriving until I added a generous helping of CM philosophy. We're character-centered; spend tons of time outside as part of our school; have daily poetry, Bible, and copywork; teatime each day; and will be incorporating handicrafts by the holidays. Also we are doing a version of composer study, though I cycle btw. classical, jazz, folksongs, and gospel music roughly weekly (I may change to a longer cycle time). What would I do wo Ambleside Online, SCM, and Milestones Academy? That's where I refresh my spirit and can be renewed as a homeschool mama. and :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Already Gone Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Another relative newbie, but I consider myself CM and lovin' it. I wouldn't say we've implemented everything we "should" yet, but I am trying to structure our family and learning rhythms based largely on her principles (I've made it through I think about four of her books, and she is so, so wise). CM reminds me of what I liked most about my own upbringing, and I think it's likely it will remain a permanent part of our lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Michele B, I'm just beginning to prepare for Plutarch (yes, we are just now starting this with my 9th grader). We should compare notes, if you'd like. I'm starting with Brutus, which I know is unconventional, but we'll be reading Julius Caesar by Shakespeare soon and I wanted to read Plutarch's Brutus and Caesar before reading the play. (Shakespeare was said to base his ideas of the characters from Plutarch's biography of them.) I know I could use all the help I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hello. Not strictly CM, but certainly CM leaning - and becoming more so next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaHappy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well, we're not devoutly CM, but we use HOD, which is very CM-ish. Love it! I'm not sure I could pull off a strictly CM curriculum on my own. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Michele B, I'm just beginning to prepare for Plutarch (yes, we are just now starting this with my 9th grader). We should compare notes, if you'd like. I'm starting with Brutus, which I know is unconventional, but we'll be reading Julius Caesar by Shakespeare soon and I wanted to read Plutarch's Brutus and Caesar before reading the play. (Shakespeare was said to base his ideas of the characters from Plutarch's biography of them.) I know I could use all the help I can get. I would love to have a Plutarch-buddy! Seriously, I have to work really hard to figure this out before I go over it with dd10almost11. I hope soon she will be able to help me! ;) I started last Monday with Poplicola/Publicola using Anne White's guide from Ambleside. http://www.amblesideonline.org/PlPublicola.shtml I have printed out the section for each week and inserted the vocabulary definitions and helps from the study guide right in the text. Week 2 has gotten pushed back 2 days, and I hope to get it done tomorrow! I thought it would be a good time to start because we are in Year 3 and the Founding Fathers also studied Plutarch. I love that Anne White's guide is divided into 12 chunks, but really, it could be divided into smaller chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturalTXMama Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrightmom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 :001_smile: CM is my favorite educational philosophy. HOD pulls a lot of that together for me though it isn't pure CM. We use Rod & Staff English and we do phonics. I do refer to WTM frequently and try to mesh the two to guide our studies. CM is VERY inspiring and it's "deep". Challenges me to be a better Mama and teacher.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 :001_smile: I'm CM inspired/influenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I use MFW for the core of our studies. They describe themselves as Classical/CM/Unit Studies - so I guess that's what I am, but I always think of myself as a CM homeschooler. When reality collides with my ideal, I need to make some compromises in terms of what tool to use - but I'm always Charlotte's girl at heart. :D (I need to keep reminding myself that the teachers Charlotte trained did not have to also cook and do laundry and run their little students all over town to extra-curriculars and buy groceries and and and...maybe it IS okay if I don't have 5 hours every afternoon to sit outside with them.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I`m new here but I love CM. Mind you I tend to be big on principles and flexible on presentation. We`re using mostly Ambleside ,year 1, with my daughter, who is going to be 7 at Christmas. I originally was looking at classical curricula, having been a classics major myself, but I find CM is really a classical curriculum with some things I really value - a more pedagogically appropriate approach to the younger years in particular, and fewer text books. In fact, in the latter point think it is really more classical than some of the other plans i have seen that claim that label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missiemick Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 CM lovers here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 We're CMish. With our own quirks. And HOD to give us some structure. Otherwise we'll spend all day outside and never crack a book.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 because we love us our workbooks See I don't see some workbooks as anti CM. You need something to do your math in and learn to write.;) I consider myself a CM fan!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 We meld together CM and Classical here. It works well for our family. Each year I have great plans to do Plutarch. We do great for a few weeks and then we slowly peter out. This year was no exception. I so badly want to do Plutarch but I don't know why we can't be consistent with it. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Another CM lover, here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 CM followers here. I am using a little bit of Queen's and what is a big hit is the Outdoor Secrets through Simply Charlotte Mason. We also do CC once a week and I use that as a spine for History and Science but it is done in a CMish way using read alouds to reenforce the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I enjoy the CM method! I actually think CM and a Classical education go hand in hand. I combine them! :001_smile: I am enjoying reading CM originals works. I am almost done with book #1. Loving it! Of course, I love WTM too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Many4 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 We just recently made the switch to a completely CM education. We use CLE for math, but everything is else is pretty much strictly following the standards. We're loving it! We've never enjoyed learning this much before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes I have moved over to much of her ways. I plan on fully incorporating it next year when I can buy what I need. I am holding on to Phonics Road however since the girls really love it and it works. I had so much curriculum purchased that I just can't buy more! I would love to dump it all and just rebuy at this point. I am loving that a lot of the books I need are on the kindle for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 We are eclectic but heavily influenced by CM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Wonderful! I definitely don't feel so lonely anymore!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 :seeya: I know this is a "see ya" smilie, but I'm using it wave hi. Another CMer here. Absolutely. We have gone our own CM way at times, but right now I'm back to Ambleside. I'm not following it 100%, but it's still very much CM. You are not alone.......:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) CM here too! Although this year I'm cheating with Singapore Science MPH 3/4 :tongue_smilie: Nature Studies have been impossible for me/us for the past um, year - in the hot humidity, combining pregnancy, new baby, and such. Even with all that, we managed to study wildflowers, sketch them, raise butterflies, catch and study insects, read about them, etc. Dh also did units in Electricity and Rocks and Minerals with ds. Hey, not bad. Thinking of going back to BFSU next year (which I feel meshes incredibly well with CM philosophy), I miss the approach. We will add living books, go outside more often, watch videos online and on Netflix, and use a good kit. I'll have ds narrate in writing, and follow Dr. Nebel's recommendations in BFSU 3-5. I own and have read most of the Original Home Education series, own and have read both A CM Companion and When Children Love to Learn. Note to self: After reading Emotionally Intelligent Parenting and Raising Children, Raising Ourselves, review key chapters in CM's Home Education. Reread When Children Love to Learn cover to cover. Edited October 5, 2011 by sagira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamatohaleybug Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 :seeya: I am a CM-type. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I discovered C.M. soon after my first baby was born and I fell in love. I immediately began reading her original writings and have been...studying(?)...her methods ever since to some degree. Her writings on early childhood were soooo lovely to me as a mom of little ones. As the "rubber meets the road" I find myself tweaking, failing, finding my feet and such. We are still very much in the beginning of this journey and I'm not sure what it will all look like, but I am still learning about Charlotte (I guess I could spend my whole life studying her) and no matter where our journey takes us she will always be a huge inspiration to me and a fond memory of how this journey began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I have never read a word of CM, but when I took the "what kind of schooler are you" quiz in Cathy Duffy's book, I found out CM and I are secret sisters. Who'da thunk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritsumei Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I like a lot of what I've seen from CM, though I haven't made an exhaustive study. Nature Study is here to stay for us; I try to get us out for official "nature study" twice a week, and have "outside play" time on the schedule every day. Soooo good for me and better for the boys: I could stay inside with my books nearly 24-7! But I'm learning to love being outside. Lots of topics, short duration of lessons, yeah, we do that too. I was reading "Laying Down the Rails" but it got lost... the first habit I was working on was organization for ME. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bula Mama Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 CM is my favorite but I need WTM ideas to keep me more organized!!! So a bit of both, really. But a bit heavier on the CM side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Is it possible to be a CM/WTM/LCC 'er? :D I find myself to be WTM in language arts, LCC in "classical studies" and CM in history, science, nature study, fine arts etc. I plan to do Plutarch and Shakespeare, I am running 2 history streams, (American and Greek), we do narrations, short lessons and lots of outside time. But I do start grammar, and spelling earlier than CM and teach solid phonics for reading. And I emphasize a few really great works of literature each year rather that cramming in lots of "official" literature, along with putting latin to the top of our priority list. So, I guess I am...me.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Actually, that sounds a lot like me too.:001_smile: I add a lot more Ancient classic books per LCC to our studies, and I use WTM and CW along with narrations, copybooks and dictation for English. We use studied dictation instead of spelling. I add grammar as soon as there is a need for it. My younger dd was beginning to encounter grammar as we progressed in French and Latin, along with the fact that she could write well and with great length in English, so these two factors brought a need for grammar. Edited October 5, 2011 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chava_Raizel Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 We're very CMish here. I'm not so good with the nature study, artist study and composer study stuff, but otherwise, we do quite a lot of CM type work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 We love CM and have been following her methods for over 6 years! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I've been trying to be a CM homeschooler for years. I have anxiety that I don't do it very well, but we keep plugging away. :D When we first started homeschooling, we found MFW K and LOVED it. We did not love MFW 1 as much. We've tried LBC and didn't love that as much as I'd hoped. This year, we finally took the plunge into AO and it's been our best year yet. I wish I had not been such a coward and had taken the plunge earlier. I was so sure that I needed everything in one nice tidy box that I didn't listen to what I knew we should be doing. I am blessed to live near Gardner-Webb University, where they have a wonderful CM conference every summer. I have been able to go for the past 3 years, I think, and it's been amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Things we do that are CM- Nature studies (We are at the Grand Canyon right now, talk about great nature studies.) Copywork through 3rd grade then Copywork/Dictation in 3rd or 4th on (no spelling program) Living books for History, Science (as much as possible), & Literature. Narration with all of these. Oral Narr. till 3rd grade. Written Narr. Starting in 4th. Artist studies (Love the portfolios from SCM.) Composer studies (I just have them listen while they do other things. It is very informal.) Short lessons Memory work of Scripture, poetry, and Spanish vocab. Latin beginning in 4th. So yeah I think I am very CM :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Things we do that are CM-Nature studies (We are at the Grand Canyon right now, talk about great nature studies.) Copywork through 3rd grade then Copywork/Dictation in 3rd or 4th on (no spelling program) Living books for History, Science (as much as possible), & Literature. Narration with all of these. Oral Narr. till 3rd grade. Written Narr. Starting in 4th. Artist studies (Love the portfolios from SCM.) Composer studies (I just have them listen while they do other things. It is very informal.) Short lessons Memory work of Scripture, poetry, and Spanish vocab. Latin beginning in 4th. So yeah I think I am very CM :). How have you found no formal spelling goes? We've been doing a light spelling program, but I'm not sure how committed we are to that. We used a phonics up until dd1 was reading and review as required, and i plan to do some formal grammar at grade 4 or so, but I'm not sure about spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Lots of topics, short duration of lessons, yeah, we do that too. I was reading "Laying Down the Rails" but it got lost... the first habit I was working on was organization for ME. :lol: :lol: This sounds so much like me! I just decided I need to write out a couple of monthly goals and the first one is going to be to use my new home journal/organizer. Hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 How have you found no formal spelling goes? We've been doing a light spelling program, but I'm not sure how committed we are to that. We used a phonics up until dd1 was reading and review as required, and i plan to do some formal grammar at grade 4 or so, but I'm not sure about spelling. I know you weren't talking to me, but we use dictation for spelling also, and it's worked wonderfully for us. Last spring, I was considering switching to Spelling Power and I borrowed a friend's and gave dd the placement test. She tested at about a 9th grade level (she was in 4th), so I decided that studied dictation must be working, so why switch? It was getting a little time-consuming for me though to find appropriate passages - is this too long? too short? am I covering spelling concepts and sentence structures thoroughly? - so I decided to try Spelling Wisdom this year, and it's going great so far, as well. It's the same method we've used all along, but all the work is done for me. (It's from Simply Charlotte Mason.) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullia Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm feeling a little lonely these days...:lol::001_smile:!! (Just teasing!) Are there any CM followers left out there? This post and the replies make my heart glad. Our home school was more CM during elementary and middle school years than high school, but I have a great affection for Miss Mason's work and for all the different people who have re-introduced her to home school families. Martha (I used to hang out here pre-high school, and only popped over to comment on writing curricula.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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