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05-24-2009, 09:44 PM

I have been spending hours going over the AO website and looking at simplycharlottemason, and I am LOVING her method. I love that the kids learn poetry, music and art. I am starting to understand how it all works.

I just have a question, are there any of you who use the AO site as your sole curriculum? How do you work it?

Those of you who do the charlotte mason method more loosly, how do you work that?

I had been thinking of going with a structured curriculum like ACE, but we don't have a huge amount of money, and we have to pay fees for registrations as well as the books etc. Going with something like AO I am assuming I would be a bit more free to buy things as they are needed and not spend $100's of dollars in one go (or at least try not to).

Is it possible to use AO as your curriculum? I can now see that it covers just about everything you need to learn. Can you use AO alongside of simplycharlotte mason? I have noticed they have set out ideas for bible reading, artists and composers.

And my final big deciding (i guess) question is... how much preperation is needed before lessons if you go by the AO curriculum? Will I have to organise

ahead of time lesson plans?

Oh... there is one more question... do you use the books that charlotte method suggests that were written in the 1800's? or find modern versions?

I think that is all for now...

05-24-2009, 09:44 PM	#70
Shnooky Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Charlotte Mason? I have been spending hours going over the AO website and looking at simplycharlottemason, and I am LOVING her method. I love that the kids learn poetry, music and art. I am starting to understand how it all works. I just have a question, are there any of you who use the AO site as your sole curriculum? How do you work it? Those of you who do the charlotte mason method more loosly, how do you work that? I had been thinking of going with a structured curriculum like ACE, but we don't have a huge amount of money, and we have to pay fees for registrations as well as the books etc. Going with something like AO I am assuming I would be a bit more free to buy things as they are needed and not spend $100's of dollars in one go (or at least try not to). Is it possible to use AO as your curriculum? I can now see that it covers just about everything you need to learn. Can you use AO alongside of simplycharlotte mason? I have noticed they have set out ideas for bible reading, artists and composers. And my final big deciding (i guess) question is... how much preperation is needed before lessons if you go by the AO curriculum? Will I have to organise ahead of time lesson plans? Oh... there is one more question... do you use the books that charlotte method suggests that were written in the 1800's? or find modern versions? I think that is all for now...

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