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Homeschool Foreign Language
Homeschool kindergarden ideas can be gleaned from many sources, including education wisdom from the past. Charlotte Mason was a Victorian educator who was raised and taught at home by her parents. In later years, Charlotte developed ideas about how children should be educated by their parents,
writing articles, essays, and books full of advice. Her advice for parents is to let children “live” the foreign
language they’re studying, learning stories and songs and fun ways to use the language without
focusing as much on proficiency.”

“…children begin to use the method which is as full of promise in the teaching of languages as
in English, that is, they are expected to narrate the sentence or paragraph which has been read to
them.” Young children find little difficulty in using French vocables, but at this stage the teacher
should with the children’s help, translate the little passage which is to be narrated, them re-read it
in French and require the children to narrate it.

This they do after a time surprisingly well, and the act of narrating gives them some command of
French phrases as far as they go, much more so than if they learned the little passage from memory.
They may learn Spanish or French songs in both divisions and act out French or Spanish Fables.

This technique of reading the text attentively, followed by narration is continued as the child progresses through grades or levels of learning. This and other methods of how to homeschool are explained by Charlotte Mason.