Lesson Preparation - Charlotte Mason Poetry

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Few aspects of a Charlotte Mason education are more hotly debated or deeply misunderstood than the question of lesson planning. On the one hand, some say that the teacher must provide elaborate "scaffolding," pre-reading every book, highlighting words and phrases, and evaluating daily progress. On the other hand, Marian Ney in 1981 wrote that Mason tried to develop "a curriculum that would, insofar as possible, be teacher-proof." So what is the truth? Teacher-intensive? Teacher-proof? Or something in the middle? At the 2019 Charlotte Mason Soirée Conference, I got past the rhetoric and debate to share what is really involved in lesson planning in the Charlotte Mason method. The answer may surprise you, and it may challenge you, but either way it will most certainly help you. Here are the slides I presented:

Ask Art #3 - Scaffolding - Charlotte Mason Poetry

What is scaffolding? Does it mean one thing in some educational circles and something else in Charlotte Mason educational circles? Is there anything wrong with scaffolding "the Charlotte Mason way"? Does the concept affect how we approach lessons in a living education?

Ask Art #3 - Scaffolding - Charlotte Mason Poetry

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