Homeschool Fever

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Anyone familiar with early childhood education has certainly encountered the montessori method.  With private montessori schools springing up all over the nation, many homeschooling parents are now embracing this method of hands-on childhood learning for their own children.  Here is the original book detailing the Montessori method of education, written by Marie Montessori herself.  
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Pre-1850s - Many children are educated in private schools or in the home; grammar schools are available in many larger towns, but attendence is not forced.  Parents had the right to choose and it wasn’t questioned!
1842 - Charlotte Mason is born in England
1852 - Massachusettes declares a compulsary education law for all
Mid-1800s - McGuffey Readers [...]