My oldest is currently in a Reggio Emilia preschool. I wanted her to start interacting with kids since we live in a rural area. She loves it, I love it! It’s been really great. When we start true homeschooling we might stick with it for another year or so but I’m leaning towards Charlotte Mason as well
Reggio Amelia is the teaching/learning style that appealed to me most when I went to college but I don’t hear about it in the homeschool world. I started pretty traditional, completely flip flopped to unschooling, and now I fall more into the charlotte mason camp in this season. I love how homeschool can look so different in different homes and seasons.
We are all in on Charlotte Mason method schooling, I tried to a couple other methods early on (eclectic, unit study) but CM is honestly perfect for us.
The simplest answer I could give is to say we're eclectic homeschoolers. But the deeper answer is we do what works for parents and students, the season of life, interests, time constraints, etc. When my kids were young, I leaned heavily on Montessori-style activities. We love the living books of Charlotte Mason, the main lesson books of Waldorf, and the lapbooks and notebooks created with unit studies. For math, we usually approach a traditional style with enrichment and "math tables" based on interests.
@@lauram5988 I'm so glad you find it helpful. Don't stick your style in a box though. Your family will find their own method depending on learning styles and preferences too. But this is a great place to start!
I like the classical style and educational model, my first year of homeschooling I chose all my curriculum from recommendations in The Well-Trained Mind. But I’m also a relaxed type-B homeschooler. So it’s an interesting combination. 😂 Maybe it’s a good thing and keeps things less intense for my kiddos. We’ve never tried CC, though. Definitely love bringing in ALL the books too! Thanks for the video! Really enjoyed it.
We did classical conversations for a while and we loved it. We did end up quitting once my oldest got into the second level (moving from the elementary level to like 4th grade) and he got too stressed out. It isn't for everyone. They go over the same thing (and I love the resources they use and we still use it just in a different way) for three years not expecting them to fully learn it but to gain more from it each year. My child stresses out if he doesn't master something before moving on so it didn't work for him as they moved on before he was ready.
I have a whole playlist for getting started. I hope you find it helpful too. Let me know if I can help in any way. I'm passionate about helping families build a firm foundation for their homeschool journey.
This was super helpful for me, as I sift through different approaches in preparation for my daughter’s first year of school. I’m a former Montessori assistant guide, so that’s definitely where I’m most comfortable and confident as a teacher. (Plus I still have some of my old materials.) Charlotte Mason really appeals to me as well, so I wonder how well the two pedagogies would play together. 🤔 If I’m not mistaken, Mason and Montessori were contemporaries, but Mason wasn’t too keen on Montessori’s approach.
@@nicolechatfield2464 I'm glad this helped in some way. Check out the book Wild and Free, your library might even have it for interlibrary loan. It goes a bit further with some of the information and a lot of the people involved with Wild and Free would classify themselves the way you are describing.
I'm glad you liked it. It took a lot of work to get it that short but I know we're all busy mom's who need information fast. That's my goal, to help mom gain confidence and encouragement in a short amount of time.
I definitely learn along my children, but they don't know what they don't know, so I make sure they're exposed to a lot of different subjects and topics and skills, and when they gravitate towards something, I make sure they have plenty of time for it without abandoning others.
I lean classical when I focus too much on external artificial standards and a desire to pay myself on the back. Then I catch myself and remember that's not an attitude I'm wanting to pass on. My favorite reference point is CM, but I am not a purist. So eclectic for sure.
Haha, that's totally fine. There is value in learning different philosophies of education but there is also harm if someone feels boxes in. Eclectic is a great place to land.
Loved every second of this video!!!! Thank you!!! You’re my speed and easy to follow!! 💜💜
@@graced131 wow, that's so nice! Thank you!
My oldest is currently in a Reggio Emilia preschool. I wanted her to start interacting with kids since we live in a rural area. She loves it, I love it! It’s been really great. When we start true homeschooling we might stick with it for another year or so but I’m leaning towards Charlotte Mason as well
Reggio Amelia is the teaching/learning style that appealed to me most when I went to college but I don’t hear about it in the homeschool world. I started pretty traditional, completely flip flopped to unschooling, and now I fall more into the charlotte mason camp in this season. I love how homeschool can look so different in different homes and seasons.
I love this comment! Such a good description of the phases many of us go through. Thank you for sharing!!!
We are all in on Charlotte Mason method schooling, I tried to a couple other methods early on (eclectic, unit study) but CM is honestly perfect for us.
The simplest answer I could give is to say we're eclectic homeschoolers. But the deeper answer is we do what works for parents and students, the season of life, interests, time constraints, etc. When my kids were young, I leaned heavily on Montessori-style activities. We love the living books of Charlotte Mason, the main lesson books of Waldorf, and the lapbooks and notebooks created with unit studies. For math, we usually approach a traditional style with enrichment and "math tables" based on interests.
I think that's great!
Thank you for this rich information! I knew about most of the methods but to hear them back to back is very helpful.
I'm so glad it's helpful. I really enjoy learning these kinda things.
I appreciate this concise summary very much as I work towards determining the best homeschooling approach for my kids!
@@lauram5988 I'm so glad you find it helpful. Don't stick your style in a box though. Your family will find their own method depending on learning styles and preferences too. But this is a great place to start!
I like the classical style and educational model, my first year of homeschooling I chose all my curriculum from recommendations in The Well-Trained Mind. But I’m also a relaxed type-B homeschooler. So it’s an interesting combination. 😂 Maybe it’s a good thing and keeps things less intense for my kiddos. We’ve never tried CC, though.
Definitely love bringing in ALL the books too!
Thanks for the video! Really enjoyed it.
Have you followed @humilityanddoxology ? Amy is an amazing relaxed classical influence!
We did classical conversations for a while and we loved it. We did end up quitting once my oldest got into the second level (moving from the elementary level to like 4th grade) and he got too stressed out. It isn't for everyone. They go over the same thing (and I love the resources they use and we still use it just in a different way) for three years not expecting them to fully learn it but to gain more from it each year. My child stresses out if he doesn't master something before moving on so it didn't work for him as they moved on before he was ready.
Thanks for that review. It's good to see how different families experience things.
I’m a relaxed/charlotte mason homeschool mama 😊
About to embark on homeschooling, this was sooo helpful in getting me started. Thank you
I have a whole playlist for getting started. I hope you find it helpful too. Let me know if I can help in any way. I'm passionate about helping families build a firm foundation for their homeschool journey.
Thank you for this amazing video it really helped me
@@vr739449 oh I'm so glad. Thank you for commenting
I enjoyed this video. I find myself to be a classical, traditional & eclectic homeschooler. 🌻
Thank you! Have you homeschooled from the start?
This was super helpful for me, as I sift through different approaches in preparation for my daughter’s first year of school. I’m a former Montessori assistant guide, so that’s definitely where I’m most comfortable and confident as a teacher. (Plus I still have some of my old materials.) Charlotte Mason really appeals to me as well, so I wonder how well the two pedagogies would play together. 🤔 If I’m not mistaken, Mason and Montessori were contemporaries, but Mason wasn’t too keen on Montessori’s approach.
@@nicolechatfield2464 I'm glad this helped in some way. Check out the book Wild and Free, your library might even have it for interlibrary loan. It goes a bit further with some of the information and a lot of the people involved with Wild and Free would classify themselves the way you are describing.
Thank you!!! So much in such little time.
I'm glad you liked it. It took a lot of work to get it that short but I know we're all busy mom's who need information fast. That's my goal, to help mom gain confidence and encouragement in a short amount of time.
This is such a great video
Thanks Katie. I appreciate that!
I definitely learn along my children, but they don't know what they don't know, so I make sure they're exposed to a lot of different subjects and topics and skills, and when they gravitate towards something, I make sure they have plenty of time for it without abandoning others.
@@karolinaska6836 Yes! I love that!
I lean classical when I focus too much on external artificial standards and a desire to pay myself on the back. Then I catch myself and remember that's not an attitude I'm wanting to pass on. My favorite reference point is CM, but I am not a purist. So eclectic for sure.
I love when people can identify their tendencies. Thanks for commenting.
This was helpful, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Great video title 👌 thanks for the info
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting.
What methods do you lean towards?
Honestly…eclectic.
I really cannot decide what method i am most interested in so i guess we will end up doing eclectic
Haha, that's totally fine. There is value in learning different philosophies of education but there is also harm if someone feels boxes in. Eclectic is a great place to land.