A lot changed in my Spanish teaching method as soon as I exited the public school system. I began implementing a LOT of changes in my new, private foreign language classroom.  I was very aware that my Spanish teaching method was more effective now; easy, and simple. Simple and easy aren't the same thing, after all.When the one removes the requirements of matching the rest of the classrooms in a school district, you really find your own teaching style. As I developed my plans and activities to follow the children, to teach in a way what REALLY worked for the students in front of me, I found myself implementing nothing new, really.It was the style Charlotte Mason lays out in her books for the last century. I didn't set out to defend her method or champion it. Once I saw that I was, after all, following her path, I called upon my memory and training from my education degree at Baylor University. The plans and implementation was all there in Charlotte Mason's methods. It wasn't new at all! I was just doing what works, and CM had already laid it out for me.What I did NOT know was that other people were noticing! Especially Catherine Levison. She's a Charlotte Mason expert, author, and speaker. She had introduced herself at one of the Homeschool Conventions years ago, and congratulated me on my Spanish teaching method. We just "ran into" each other again earlier this week in cyber world. Here's what she said, re-printed with her permission:"I have carried Flip Flop Spanish with me everywhere I have spoken since I discovered it at Cathy Duffy's house. I think it is the most Charlotte Mason system (you can purchase) for teaching Spanish that I've ever seen. No wonder it was so CM friendly. You did a great job. I've been showing and praising your work for a long time. You've helped many people."