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| Methods for All Subjects | Living Books: This method is the most well known among teaching methods of Charlotte Mason. It is lies in the use of living books instead of dry and realistic textbooks. Living books are often called "classics" and display imagination and originality. Living books make the subject alive as they are usually written by one person who has a passion for the subject and writes it in informal or narrative style. Living books haul the child into the subject and involve his or her emotions that help a child to remember the events and facts easily. Living books should be used with all subjects studied.
Narration: This method lies in telling about what children have read. The narration can be executed in oral or written form or drawn and should be performed after only one reading of the material. This method demands to remember all the information the child has read, put everything in order in his or her mind and determine how to present it, combined with the opinion, impressions and emotions of the child. Narration is useful for any child to be in touch with at least one new idea a day with the help of living books. This method learn children how to behave themselves and develop positive features such as habits of attention, perfect execution, obedience, truthfulness, an even temper, neatness, kindness, order, respect, remembering, punctuality, gentleness, and cleanliness, among others.
Short Lessons: This method is associated with giving short lessons for younger children, increasing gradually the time of the lesson while a child becomes mature. Lessons for younger children should be no longer than fifteen or twenty minutes on one exacting subject before teaching something else in order to receive a wide education filled with many diverse subjects. These short lessons are part of training children in the habit of the complete attention. Alongside with short lessons parents should teach a large variety of subjects, alternating the quieter, concentration-intense subjects with the louder, less-concentration-intense subjects and those that allow for physical movement and exercise.
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