If you look over Charlotte Mason's list of subjects and books, you will see a handful of subjects that might not have been included in your own school experience.

Charlotte included a wide range of subjects because she believed that children should be introduced to a variety of ideas and encouraged to form relations with the ones that resonated with them

as individuals.

You know that not all of your children have the same interests.

Joey might be interested in all things mechanical, while Susie is happiest outside in nature.

They probably have some common interests, but they also have personal passions, things that

just resonate with them as individuals.

You can't predict or dictate those personal connections.

But one thing is certain.

Your child will never form a relation with something he's never

heard or seen or experienced.

For example, Shantay will never discover a love of poetry if she's never read or heard

a poem.

Our job as educators is to introduce good and appropriate ideas to our children in as many

areas of life as we can. That's one reason a Charlotte Mason education includes listening to music

and singing and looking at good art and all the other subjects we've talked about.

Today, we want to take a look at a final handful of subjects. They might be new to you,

but they heartily deserve to be introduced to your students. Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

Over the past few weeks, we've been walking through how you can make a transition to the Charlotte Mason approach in your home school in stages, getting comfortable at each stage before you

move on to the next one.

If you haven't listened to the episodes for stages one through four, I encourage you

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