Retaining knowledge by “telling again”
A Charlotte Mason Moment: "Education which demands a ‘conscious mental effort’, from the scholar, the mental effort of telling again that which has been read or heard. That is how…
Retaining knowledge by “telling again”
A Charlotte Mason Moment: "Education which demands a ‘conscious mental effort’, from the scholar, the mental effort of telling again that which has been read or heard. That is how…
Single readings help build retention
A Charlotte Mason Moment: "A single reading is insisted on, because children have naturally great power of attention; but this force is dissipated by the re-reading of passages, and also,…
The mind is a spiritual organism
A Charlotte Mason Moment: "We hold that the child's mind is no mere sac to hold ideas; but is rather, if the figure may be allowed, a spiritual organism, with…
The difference between intelligent reading and cramming
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “There is much difference between intelligent reading, which the pupil should do in silence, and a mere parrot-like cramming up of contents; and it is not…
