Tips for Switching to Charlotte Mason from Unschooling

Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling

Sonya Shafer

Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting, How To

4.8 • 552 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Coming to Charlotte Mason homeschooling from an unschooling approach? Here's what you need to know. // MENTIONED Five Flavors of Homeschooling video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpgDC0Rosc How to Switch to Charlotte Mason series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkD5hzLjrk3tqby9SMnlStC4rmiRC4rs // FOR MORE The Wonderful Ease of Having a Plan https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/the-wonderful-ease-of-having-a-plan/ Hands-On Learning in the Charlotte Mason Method https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/hands-on-learning-in-the-charlotte-mason-method/ Hands-On Methods the CM Way https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/hands-on-methods-the-cm-way-getting-started-part-4/ Role of Triggers in Forming Habits https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/parents-spotlight-trigger-habit-training-part-3/ // FOLLOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplycharlottemason/ Facebook News: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyCM SCM Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1445273695729787/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/simplycm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimplyCM SCM Forum: https://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ Subscribe Listen to the audio version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/switching-to-charlotte-mason-from-unschooling/#audio Read the blog post version of the podcast

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0:00.0	When you think back to your school days, you probably have some mental images of sitting at a desk,
0:05.3	listening to a teacher talk about something you weren't really interested in and wondering why you had to learn it.
0:12.0	I think the term unschooling was coined to envision the exact opposite of that formal school scenario.
0:21.3	If you've ever started exploring something and trying to learn more about it for no other
0:25.7	reason than that you're deeply interested in it, then you have experienced the joy of
0:31.2	discovering for yourself.
0:33.9	Self-education is a wonderful thing, but it has limitations.
0:38.3	If all of your learning depends on your particular interests, you can have huge holes in your unschooling education.
0:46.3	What if you never get interested in multiplication? That lack could hamper you in your adult life.
0:52.3	On the other hand, what if you never learned about music theory or about chemical reactions,
0:59.4	or about Leonardo da Vinci, or the land of Brazil?
1:03.6	There might be ideas in those studies that would really interest you, but if you've never
1:08.8	heard of them, you would never learn about them.
1:11.9	You simply wouldn't know that there is such a thing.
1:15.9	Balance is a key.
1:17.8	A person needs time to pursue personal interests as well as a guide into the vast array of
1:26.4	ideas that could be explored in this wide world of ours.
1:31.7	And that's what a Charlotte Mason education offers, a beautiful balance between the two.
1:37.6	I've talked with many parents who wanted to incorporate that beautiful balance into their
1:42.6	homeschool and decided to make the switch from
1:45.7	unschooling to a Charlotte Mason approach. If that's you, here are some ideas that can smooth
1:52.1	the way. Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. If you are switching from an
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