When we first discovered the Charlotte Mason method, we were excited to try it out for our family. Everything about it appealed to me: the emphasis on nature study, the use of living books, letting the child narrate instead of requiring objective-type, memorization-dependent answers, the rich addition of music and art and handicraft.  We slowly incorporated the different components to our firstborn’s homeschool, which began with a boxed curriculum bought from the U.S., while I continued learning more about the…