Learning to read. That plays a big part in your child's education, and especially if you're

trying to give him the tools for self-education and a lifetime of learning. But does your

child need to be reading before he begins that journey? Does he need to have that skill before

he starts first grade?

The answer is no, emphatically no and especially no with the Charlotte Mason method.

This beautiful, generous education does not depend on your students being able to read for

himself in first grade.

Let me tell you why.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

It is possible to give your student a delightful and rich education, even if he's not reading

for himself yet.

How?

Well, first let's talk about the mindset and then we'll look at the methods.

A vital mindset of the Charlotte Mason approach is that your child is an individual person,

and he deserves respect as a person.

And respecting your child as a person means not trying to force him to grow at the same

pace as other children just because their birthdays happen

to be within the same year. Those individual children have different personalities,

different strengths, different interests, and different experiences. They are all learning

and growing, but they are not learning all

the same things at the same time and at the same rate. Some might naturally take to math concepts.

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