Student Work Showcase: Part 1

"One thing at any rate we know with certainty, that no teaching, no information becomes knowledge to any of us until the individual mind has acted upon it, translated it, transformed, absorbed it, to reappear, like our bodily food, in forms of vitality."
~Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, p.240

Creating is a big part of a Charlotte Mason education, from handicrafts and poems to artwork, compositions, and lab reports. All this creating comes out of Charlotte Mason's key idea that our minds must do some sort of work on what we take in for it to become truly part of us. This showcase is an invaluable window into the learning journey of various students using the Charlotte Mason's methods. They demonstrate the power of a relational education in action. 

• Join the showcase! Any students educated with Charlotte Mason's methods are invited to submit work here.

A quick note

While we encourage you to enjoy these examples of what a Charlotte Mason education can look like, we urge you to resist the temptation to compare them with your own child's progress. Every student is on a unique path, and these samples are meant to illustrate how different children reflect on their observations and readings, not to set a benchmark for individual comparison.

Davis, Age 7: Northern Cardinal, soft pastel and mixed media paper

Preston, Age 13: Written Narration, Citizenship

Ansley, Age 15: A Winter Morning, watercolor

Orann-Ó, Age 6: Soldiers, coloring pencils

Tim & Frankie, Ages 11 and 10: Oral Narration, Reenactment

                                                         Tim & Frankie, Ages 11 and 10: Oral Narration, Reenactment

Did you enjoy this showcase? We would love to include your work in our next Student Work Showcase. You can submit any work completed that highlights the Charlotte Mason method here.