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Editor's Note, by Art Middlekauff Helen Wix was a House of Education graduate who played a significant role in the advancement of Charlotte Mason's ideas during Miss Mason's lifetime and beyond. As early as 1917 she was promoting the method by speaking at a meeting of Sunday School teachers. The paper she read was published … The post The PNEU Method in Sunday Schools first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

“On my arrival at Ambleside I was interviewed by Miss Mason who asked me for what purpose I had come. I replied: ‘I have come to learn to teach.' Then Miss Mason said: ‘My dear, you have come here to learn to live.'” — a new student at Charloe Mason's teacher training college It is … The post Learning to Live first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor's Note, by Art Middlekauff The final Scale How Meditation to be published in Charlotte Mason's lifetime appeared in the 1909 Parents' Review. However, and perhaps to the surprise of readers, a new meditation was unveiled two years after Mason's death in the April 1925 issue. It was said to be Miss Mason's Easter Day … The post Easter Day first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Charlotte Mason viewed all educational possibilities as fitting into one or the other of two schools of philosophy: Materialism and Idealism. Instead, she offers a "middle way," a new path that draws on the strengths of both schools. The portion of Parents and Children where she discusses these ideas is dense. In this episode of the podcast, Jessica Becker guides us through what Miss Mason had to say, and, more importantly, why it is essential for parents and teachers to find balance between these two educational extremes.   Parents and Children (Volume 2), Charlotte Mason, chapters 11-13 "Probably the chief source of weakness in our attempt to formulate a science of education is that we do not perceive that education is the outcome of philosophy. We deal with the issue and ignore the source. Hence our efforts lack continuity and definite aim. We are content to pick up a suggestion here, a practical hint there, without even troubling ourselves to consider what is that scheme of life of which such hints and suggestions are the output." (2/118)  "Method implies two things-a way to an end, and step-by-step progress in that way." (1/8) "We need not aspire to a complete and exhaustive code of educational laws. This will· come to us duly when humanity bas, so to speak, fulfilled itself. Meantime, we have enough to go on with if we would believe it. What we have to do is to gather together and order our resources ; to put the first thing foremost and all things in sequence, and to see that education is neither more nor less than the practical application of our philosophy. Hence, if our educational thought is to be sound and effectual we must look to the philosophy which underlies it, and must be in a condition to trace every counsel of perfection for the bringing-up of children to one or other of the two schools of philosophy of which it must needs be the outcome." (2/119-120) "Is our system of education to be the issue of naturalism or of idealism, or is there indeed a media via?" (2/120) "The truth is, we are in the throes of an educational revolution ; we are emerging from chaos rather than about to plunge into it; we are beginning to recognise that education is the applied science of life, and that we really have existing material in the philosophy of the ages and the science of the day to formulate an educational code whereby we may order the lives of our children and regulate our own." (2/119) "The functions of education may be roughly defined as twofold : (a) the formation of habits; (b) the presentation of ideas. The first depends far more largely than we recognise on physiological processes. The second is purely spiritual in origin, method, and result. Is it not possible that here we have the meeting-point of the two philosophies which have divided mankind since men began to think about their thoughts and ways? Both are right ; both are necessary; both have their full activity in the development of a human being at his best." (2/125) "For a habit is set up by following out an initial idea with a long sequence of corresponding acts. You tell a child that the Great Duke slept in so narrow a bed that he could not turn over, because, said he, ' When you want to turn over it's time to get up.' The boy does not wish to get up in the morning, but he does wish to be like the hero of Waterloo. You stimulate him to act upon this idea day after day for a month or so, until the habit is formed, and it is just as easy as not to get up in good time." (2/125) "You may bring your horse to the water, but you can't make him drink; and you may present ideas of the fittest to the mind of the child; but you do not know in the least which he will take, and which he will reject." (2/127) "Our part is to see that his educational plat is constantly replenished with fit and inspiring ideas, and then we must needs leave it to the child's own appetite to take which he will have, and as much as he requires." (2/127) "We shall not be content that they learn geography, history, Latin, what not,-we shall ask what salient ideas are presented in each such study, and how will these ideas affect the intellectual and moral development of the child." (2/127) "We shall probably differ from him in many matters of detail, but we shall most likely be inclined to agree with his conclusion that, not some subject of mere utility, but moral and social science conveyed by means of history, literature, or otherwise, is the one subject which we are not at liberty to leave out from the curriculum of' a being breathing thoughtful breath.'" (2/127-28) "Two things are necessary. First, we must introduce into the study of each science the philosophic spirit and method, general views, the search for the most general principles and conclusions. We must then reduce the different sciences to unity by a sound training in philosophy, which will be as obligatory to students in science as to students in literature. . . • Scientific truths, said Descartes, are battles won ; describe to the young the principal and most heroic of these battles; you will thus interest them in the results of science, and you will develop in them a scientific spirit by means of the enthusiasm for the conquest of truth; you will make them see the power of the reasoning which has led to discoveries in the past, and which will do so again in the future. How interesting arithmetic and geometry might be if we gave a short history of their principal theorems; if the child were mentally present at the labours of a Pythagoras, a Plato, a Euclid, or in modern times of a Viete, a Descartes, a Pascal, or a Leibnitz. Great theories, instead of being lifeless and anonymous abstractions, would become human, living truths, each with its own history, like a statue by Michael Angelo, or like a painting by Raphael." (2/128) Atomic Habits, James Clear String, Straightedge and Shadow, Julia Diggins Men, Microscopes and Living Things, Katherine Shippen Nicole's Form 3-4 Biology Science Guide AWAKEN: A Living Books Conference Episode 167: Method vs. System Raphael's School of Athens Living Book Press ADE Teacher Training Videos

The Charlotte Mason Method is an all-encompassing method of education for all of life, and therefore, there are many ways we can fall out of balance as we apply it in our homes and schools. Today, we are discussing the pitfalls of imbalance we face as relates to our teaching. From how we ourselves learn about the method, to combining multiple students; helping our students become more independent or making modifications for individual students. Miss Mason has timeless wisdom to offer us, and she knows we are equipped as mothers to be the primary agent of education for our children. "The mother is qualified," says Pestalozzi, "and qualified by the Creator Himself, to become the principal agent in the development of her child..." (1/2) "N.B. 1. — In home schoolrooms where there are children in A as well as in B, both forms may work together, doing the work of A or B as they are able." (P.U.S. Programmes) "...so soon as the child can read at all, he should read for himself, and to himself..." (1/227) "You may bring your horse to the water, but you can't make him drink ; and you may present ideas of the fittest to the mind of the child ; but you do not know in the least which he will take, and which he will reject." (2/127) "The teacher's part is, in the first place, to see what is to be done, to look over the work of the day in advance and see what mental discipline, as well as what vital knowledge, this and that lesson afford; and then to set such questions and such tasks as shall give full scope to his pupils' mental activity." (3/180-181) "Meantime , we sometimes err, I think, in taking a part for the whole, and a part of a part for the whole of that part." (3/148-149) Living Book Press' Charlotte Mason Volumes ADE's Teacher Training Videos Living Book Press -- Our Season Sponsor Episode 82 -- CM's thought on Holidays Read-Aloud Revival Episode with Dr. Pakaluk Episode 4: -- Three Tools of Education ADE's Patreon Community

As we discuss ways to bring balance to our lives using the Charlotte Mason Method, our first focus is on our Priorities. We can fall off on either side of the horse: Making school all-important, or pushing it to the back burner. Miss Mason has excellent advice for how to avoid either extreme, and the ADE ladies share their own experiences with imbalance. "...this is a delightful thing to remember, every time we do a thing helps to form the habit of doing it; and to do a thing a hundred times without missing a chance, makes the rest easy." (4/I/209) "[H]e learns that one time is NOT 'as good as another;' that there is no right time left for what is not done in its own time..." (1/142) Living Book Press' Charlotte Mason Volumes CM Simple Languages Living Book Press -- Our Season Sponsor Episode 264: The Time-table ADE's Patreon Community

Charlotte Mason wrote that the teacher's “part is not the weariful task of spoon-feeding, but the delightful commerce of equal minds where his is the part of guide, philosopher and friend.” It's easy to assume that Miss Mason herself coined the phrase, but the fact is that people had been applying the label “guide, philosopher … The post Guide, Philosopher, and Friend first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor's Note, by Art Middlekauff Daisy Golding was the Headmistress of the Hanham Road Girls' Elementary School in Bristol. In 1918, her school took the bold step of adopting the Charlotte Mason method. She quickly became an expert in the method and corresponded frequently with Miss Mason herself. In June 1920, a conference was held … The post The Disappearance of Difficulties first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor's Note, by Art Middlekauff Elsie Kitching served as Charlotte Mason's personal assistant for many years before succeeding her as editor of The Parents' Review and Director of the Parents' Union School. Kitching's understanding of and devotion to Miss Mason's ideas were unparalleled, making her an especially valuable interpreter of Charlotte Mason's thought. On several … The post A Measuring Line first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Charlotte Mason's Method can seem confusing and difficult to implement, especially if we view it as a list of do's and don'ts. But when we learn to see it as a unified whole, it is revealed as a truly simple and cohesive method of education. “Time is insufficient for teachers as well as for scholars. How then find room for a new subject ? Where place it ? What would give way for it ? The answer is easy. The art of reading can only benefit education where it adds nothing, eliminates nothing, supersedes nothing, but by assimilation is our aid to all things. It is not a tax but an aid to memory ; it does not fatigue, but relieves and supports the mind. It is to education what the gastric juice is to the nutritive process : it causes and facilitates digestion ; it is not in itself a new factor, but a component part of all the other factors.” (Short Treatise on Reading Aloud. PR 17, p 129) "The reader will say with truth,-" I knew all this before and have always acted more or less on these principles " ; and I can only point to the unusual results we obtain through adhering not ' more or less,' but strictly to the principles and practices I have indicated. I suppose the difficulties are of the sort that Lister had to contend with ; every surgeon knew that his instruments and appurtenances should be kept clean, but the saving of millions of lives has resulted from the adoption of the great surgeon's antiseptic treatment; that is from the substitution of exact principles scrupulously applied for the rather casual ' more or less ' methods of earlier days." (6/19) “Therefore we do not feel it is lawful in the early days of a child's life to select certain subjects for his education to the exclusion of others; … but we endeavour that he shall have relations of pleasure and intimacy established with as many as possible of the interests proper to him; not learning a slight or incomplete smattering about this or that subject, but plunging into vital knowledge, with a great field before him which in all his life he will not be able to explore.” (3/223) "As we have already urged, there is but one right way, that is, children must do the work for themselves." (6/99) "The children, not the teachers, are the responsible persons ; they do the work by self-effort." (6/241) "'The mother is qualified,' says Pestalozzi, 'and qualified by the Creator Himself, to become the principal agent in the development of her child ; . . . and what is demanded of her is a thinking love. • • • God has given to thy child all the faculties of our nature, but the grand point remains undecided-how shall this heart, this head, these hands, be employed? to whose service shall they be dedicated? A question the answer to which involves a futurity of happiness or misery to a life so dear to thee. Maternal love is the first agent in education.'" (1/2) "What we cannot do with Miss Mason's Ideal is to reduce it to lowest terms, and just in so far as we try to, so far we misrepresent it, and misunderstand it. But some of the secret undoubtedly lies in the Programmes of Work; the longer we work from those wonderful programmes the more we realise how well balanced they are; how satisfying to the hungry mind; how the subjects dovetail; how difficult it is to teach history only in history time, how it will 'flow over' into geography, literature, or even into such unexpected channels as arithmetic or botany." (In Memoriam, p. 151) "Method implies two things -- a way to an end, and step-by-step progress in that way. Further, the following of a method implies an idea, a mental image, of the end or object to be arrived at." (1/8) "It would seem a far cry from Undine to a' liberal education ' but there is a point of contact between the two ; a soul awoke within a water-sprite at the touch of love; so, I have to tell of the awakening of a ' general soul ' at the touch of knowledge. Eight years ago the ' soul ' of a class of children in a mining village school awoke simultaneously at this magic touch and has remained awake. We know that religion can awaken souls, that love makes a new man, that the call of a vocation may do it, and in the age of the Renaissance , men's souls, the general soul, awoke to knowledge : but this appeal rarely reaches the modern soul ; and, notwithstanding the pleasantness attending lessons and marks in all our schools, I believe the ardour for knowledge in the children of this mining village is a phenomenon that indicates new possibilities. Already many thousands of the children of the Empire had experienced this intellectual conversion, but they were the children of educated persons. To find that the children of a mining population were equally responsive seemed to open a new hope for the world. It may be that the souls of all children are waiting for the call of knowledge to awaken them to delightful living." (6/Preface) "It is such a temptation to us ordinary folks to emphasize some part at the expense of the rest and so turn a. strength into a weakness. There is only one way to avoid this danger. That is constantly to read and re-read Miss Mason's books, constantly to remind ourselves of her first principles -- for from now onwards Miss Mason's work is in our hands; we dare not leave un-made and effort to keep the truth." (Wix, p. 153) “Questions there will always be, but if we continually keep in touch with Miss Mason's thought by constant reading of all her books, we shall have a sheaf of principles at command by which we can test the value of this or that criticism, this or that book.” (Franklin. PR 36 p. 419) Talkbox.mom Episode 182: Visualization Episode 235: When the Feast is Too Much Miss Wix's Article: Miss Mason's Ideal: Its Breadth and Balance Episode 167: Method vs. System ADE's Patreon Community

Charlotte Mason encouraged us to use a time-table to ensure lessons were kept short and varied. Today on the podcast we're talking about this essential tool, why Miss Mason called it the first principle of a well-managed schoolroom, and how we can make one to fit our family today. "Time-Table; Definite Work in a Given Time. -- I shall have opportunities to enter into some of these points later; meantime, let us look in at a home schoolroom managed on sound principles. In the first place, there is a time-table, written out fairly, so that the child knows what he has to do and how long each lesson is to last. This idea of definite work to be finished in a given time is valuable to the child, not only as training him in habits of order, but in diligence; he learns that one time is not 'as good as another;' that there is no right time left for what is not done in its own time; and this knowledge alone does a great deal to secure the child's attention to his work." (1/142) “In the first place, there is a time-table, written out fairly, so that the child knows what he has to do and how long each lesson is to last. This idea of definite work to be finished in a given time is valuable to the child, not only as training him in habits of order, but in diligence; he learns that one time is not 'as good as another'; that there is no right time left for what is not done in its own time; and this knowledge alone does a great deal to secure the child's attention to his work.” (1/142) “It is impossible to overstate the importance of this habit of attention. It is, ..., ‘within the reach of everyone, and should be made the primary object of all mental discipline'; for whatever the natural gifts of the child, it is only so far as the habit of attention is cultivated in him that he is able to make use of them.” (1/146) "Miss Kitching's introduction to the discussion of this subject involved the following points: "1. That the P.U.S. time-table is intended to serve simply as a guide to the teacher in making her own, for it stands to reason that no two schoolrooms are identical as regards the work done, or the time allotted it. "2. That in making her own time-table the teacher must be careful that no two lessons requiring the same mental effort follow one another in close proximity. "3. That it is better to leave the term's work unfinished, than to rush the pupils through for sake finishing the work set. "The general outcome of the discussion was to the effect that some modification of the programme and time-table is absolutely necessary, each teacher using her own discretion in the matter. Somebody very wisely remarked that Miss Mason intends the programme to fit the child, and not as some wildly imagine, the child to fit the programme." (L'Umile Pianta, May 1915, pp. 58-59) "It is evident that the young lady at home has so much in hand, without taking social claims into consideration, that she can have no time for dawdling, and, indeed will have to make a time-table for herself and map out her day carefully to get as much into it as she wishes." (5/261) Talkbox.mom  Beauty & Truth Math Episode 258: Afternoons ADE's Schedule Cards Schedule Cards in Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese ADE's Patreon Community

All our teaching of children should be given reverently, with the humble sense that we are invited in this matter to co-operate with the Holy Spirit; but it should be given dutifully and diligently. Charlotte Mason, Vol. 2, Parents and Children Show Summary: Our guests on The New Mason Jar podcast this week are Emily Raible and Tracy Fast How Tracy was homeschooled and came to learn about Charlotte Mason How Emily first heard about Charlotte Mason How Tracy got started using Charlotte Mason's principles in teaching Sunday school How Emily began creating a Sunday school curriculum using Miss Mason's principles What differences have been noticeable since implementing the new methods? What a typical Sunday school class looks like in Tracy's church What Emily's Sunday school class typically looks like Some more benefits of a Charlotte Mason Sunday school Books and Links Mentioned: For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay The Bible Story Handbook by John and Kim Walton The Burgess Bird Book by Thornton W. Burgess House of Humane Letters Simply Charlotte Mason AmblesideOnline Blue Sky Daisies publishing Example of nature coloring pages Emily mentioned Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy's Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy's Facebook Cindy's Instagram   Above all, do not read the Bible at the child: do not let any words of the Scriptures be occasions for gibbeting his faults. It is the office of the Holy Ghost to convince of sin; and He is able to use the Word for this purpose, without risk of that hardening of the heart in which our clumsy dealings too often result. Charlotte Mason, Home Education

In the things of science, in the things of art, in the things of practical everyday life, his God doth instruct him and doth teach him, her God doth instruct her and doth teach her. Let this be the mother's key to the whole of the education of each boy and each girl; not of her children; the Divine Spirit does not work with nouns of multitude, but with each single child. Because He is infinite, the whole world is not too great a school for this indefatigable Teacher, and because He is infinite, He is able to give the whole of his infinite attention for the whole time to each one of his multitudinous pupils. We do not sufficiently rejoice in the wealth that the infinite nature of our God brings to each of us. Charlotte Mason, Vol. 2, Parents and Children Show Summary: Today on the New Mason Jar, Camille Malucci is back on the podcast to talk with Cindy about a painting that had a great effect on Charlotte Mason How did Charlotte Mason come to view these frescoes? What are some of the scenes depicted in the frescoes in the Spanish Chapel, Santa Maria Novella? What was it about this painting that so impacted Miss Mason? Why is it so hard for us to grasp the concept of “the Great Recognition” that Mason talks about? How did Charlotte Mason see this recognition as helpful to resolving some of the discord in modernity?   Books and Links Mentioned: The 5th Annual Back to School Conference Parents and Children by Charlotte Mason Common Place Quarterly Magazine The CMEC Camille's episode on the CMEC curriculum Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley The Charlotte Mason Collection at the Armitt Museum Print of The Great Recognition from Riverbend Press   Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy's Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy's Facebook Cindy's Instagram   We must think, we must know, we must rejoice in and create the beautiful. And if all the burning thoughts that stir in the minds of men, all the beautiful conceptions they give birth to, are things apart from God, then we too must have a separate life, a life apart from God, a division of ourselves into secular and religious––discord and unrest. We believe that this is the fertile source of the unfaith of the day, especially in young and ardent minds…and the young man or woman, full of promise and power, becomes a free-thinker, an agnostic, what you will. But once the intimate relation, the relation of Teacher and taught in all things of the mind and spirit, be fully recognised, our feet are set in a large room; there is space for free development in all directions, and this free and joyous development, whether of intellect or heart, is recognised as a Godward movement. Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children

Miss Mason sums up her philosophy and the ways that it can affect the whole nation as we provide true knowledge in literary format in this last chapter of the Volume 6 book club. About Shay Shay is a homeschooling mom of five who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  About Julie Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Resources Reason Can Be SO Unreasonable! | Virtual Book Club: A Philosophy of Education, Chapter 9 (Julie Ross with Shay Kemp) Art in Tuscany Times of Togetherness Morning Time Sample Connect Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance Tuttle Twins: children's books to help you teach your kids how the world really works A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Julie and Shay discuss why the methods are just as important in the upper grades as they are for younger students as they dive into Miss Mason's writings about Continuation Schools during her lifetime.  About Shay Shay is a homeschooling mom of five who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  About Julie Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Connect Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance Tuttle Twins: children's books to help you teach your kids how the world really works A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Julie and Shay Kemp discuss another chapter full of wisdom from Miss Mason as she  describes how her philosophy of education has been tried and proven successful in schools, and what best practices are in elementary and secondary schools.  About Shay Shay is a homeschooling mom of five who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  About Julie Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Connect Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance Tuttle Twins: children's books to help you teach your kids how the world really works A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Editor's Note: Antoinette Devonshire was born in 1893 and arrived at the House of Education in 1915.[1] As a student of Charlotte Mason herself, Antoinette seems to have particularly excelled in French: her “Notes of Lessons” on French reading was published in the November 1915 Parents' Review. Then the March 1917 issue of L'Umile Pianta … The post Miss Mason's Principles In Character Training first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

In this section of Volume 6, Miss Mason covers the subjects of literature, composition, languages, art and music in the curriculum and how to teach those with her methods. Julie and Shay discuss these subjects and the practical ways to follow the methods in your homeschool. About Shay Shay is a homeschooling mom of five who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  About Julie Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Resources Foreign Languages in A CM Education with Adelaide Olguin and Julie Ross Solfa: The Beautiful Gift of a Music Education (with RaeAnna Goss) Narration: The Foundation of A Charlotte Mason Education Connect Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance Tuttle Twins: children's books to help you teach your kids how the world really works A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Editor's Note: The appearance of Maria Montessori's first book in English in 1912 greatly alarmed Charlotte Mason and the PNEU. Mason's response was swift and strong. On December 3 of that same year The Times Educational Supplement published her letter entitled, “Miss Mason on the Montessori System.” This letter became chapter VII of the 1913 … The post The Advanced Montessori Method first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Miss Mason taught us that ‘Education is the science of relations' and that a child should feel from the very beginning that his relations with number are opening up to him yet another realm of beautiful and wonderful things for his enjoyment and delight. Number: A Figure and a Step Onward, Mrs. W.A. Stephens, The Parents' Review Show Summary: Today's guest is Richele Baburina, a veteran homeschooling mother of 2 and author of The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series, and Brush Drawing: A Basic Course How Richele first heard about Charlotte Mason How Richele began researching Charlotte's ideas about teaching mathematics What levels is The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithemetic Series for? What were some of the surprising things Richele learned in her research? Books and Links Mentioned: The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series by Richele Baburina Brush Drawing: A Basic Course by Richele Baburina Find Cindy and Richele: Morning Time for Moms Cindy's Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy's Facebook Cindy's Instagram Richele's Instagram Richele's Artwork Website

Editor's Note: On June 18, 1926, Henrietta Franklin welcomed parents and teachers to the 28th Annual PNEU Conference in Caxton Hall, Westminster. She “plunged” her audience “directly into the pith and marrow” of the PNEU enterprise with an address entitled “Miss Mason's Contribution to Educational Thought.” She insisted that while Mason's fresh ideas had “changed … The post The Mother Who Teaches Her Own Children first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor's Note: The January 1936 issue of The Parents' Review opened with this announcement: It is fifty years since Miss Mason published Home Education, which formed the basis of her work as founder of the P.N.E.U. In commemoration of this, all P.N.E.U. members—parents, teachers, and Parents' Union School pupils (past and present)—are invited to meet … The post Our Founder: Charlotte M. Mason first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor's Note, by Haley Struecker Miss Ellen A. Parish was known in Ambleside as a woman of constant bravery, and such a reputation must have befitted her, for in January of 1923, the will of Miss Charlotte Mason named her “Principal of the House of Education for life.” Ms. Essex Cholmondeley, biographer of Miss Mason, … The post Home Education Under Six first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

The power of the will is one that every homeschooling mother needs to address in order to foster a self-education in their children.  So how do we consider that in our daily lessons? Julie and Shay Kemp discuss Miss Mason's perspective on the will.  ABOUT SHAY Shay is a homeschooling mom of five who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  ABOUT JULIE Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. CONNECT Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

The power of the will is one that every homeschooling mother needs to address in order to foster a self-education in their children.  So how do we consider that in our daily lessons? Julie and Shay Kemp discuss Miss Mason's perspective on the will.  ABOUT SHAY Shay is a homeschooling mom of five who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  ABOUT JULIE Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. CONNECT Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Eighteen months ago, Amy caught wind that Karen Glass had a new project around Charlotte Mason's Home Education. Karen was removing distracting, outdated references, adding back in some essays that had been moved to other volumes, and writing some study questions to help the modern reader see the principles behind Miss Mason's writing. Karen has now published her book, A Thinking Love: Studies from Charlotte Mason's Home Education. Congratulations, Karen, we love the title! We think it's a great time to re-release Karen's interview. It will be an encouragement from beginning to end. Originally, we aired this as two episodes to keep consistency with the rest of our season, but for this special occasion we are sharing it as one long episode. Enjoy! Get a copy of Karen's book. Find the original show notes.

The fun of our Volume 6 Book Club continues as Julie and Shay Kemp discuss Chapter 6, which is a summary of one of Miss Mason's most quoted mottos: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life." Each of these three powerful instruments can be used as motivators in our homeschools to provide a nourishing education to our children, so join us as we talk about how to consider each one and evaluate how we are implementing them to our best advantage! Guest biography Shay is a homeschooling mom of 5 who loves enjoying the learning journey with her children and encouraging others in their paths of faith, parenting and homeschooling.  She believes the best conversations happen when you are comfortable on the front porch and loves to share her own journey from there!  Host biography Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Resources Related podcast episodes: Education is an Atmosphere, Education is a Discipline, Education is a Life Connect Shay Kemp | Facebook | YouTube Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

“Miss Mason's philosophy and methods are very fully set forth in her books, but the books are written with such apparent simplicity that, as a friend once said to me, there is a danger of sliding along the top of the words without touching the profound thought below. It is good, therefore, to confer together, … The post Idyll Challenge IV first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor's Note: Many a student who came to Charlotte Mason's House of Education came because she wanted to become a professional teacher. Some, however, had a different vocation in store: some were to become full-time mothers. A notable example is Eleanor Hughes-Jones. In In Memoriam (1925), she reminisced about her days with Miss Mason in … The post Decoration of the Nursery first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

In this episode, Julie and Shay discuss the ways to motivate our children to learn what Miss Mason addresses, as well as how each one can have pitfalls we should consider. What is the one true motivation that we can confidently use to encourage our children to pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake? Miss Mason shares her wisdom and direction for families that truly want to learn to respect their children as persons.  Host biography Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she's not busy homeschooling, reading children's books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Connect Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method?  Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Editor's Note: Lady Hankey's “introduction to the P.N.E.U. was the discovery of Miss Mason's book Home Education, and this happened when [her] eldest son was about 2½ years old.”[1] She soon discovered that “Miss Mason's ideal is that education is a very wide term. It is not a system but an atmosphere which a child … The post Nursery Games For Children first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

We all know the story. A young, impressionable Miss Mason travels to Florence. With guidebook in hand, she beholds a glorious fresco, the embodiment of a medieval philosophy of education. Her eyes are opened and in her heart she cries, “Eureka!” Unlooked for, unasked for, yet marvelously presented to her mind, she receives as if … The post The Great Recognition Mason Brought To Florence first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

As with every subject, Charlotte Mason's method starts with ideas and continues with natural instruction according to her principles. Math is no exception. Guests Emily Al-Khatib and Heather Schultz unpack the underlying principles of Charlotte Mason's approach to math and reveal a glimpse of the beauty and truth that will be revealed as Miss Mason's method is applied to mathematics. Emily, Liz, and Nicole touch on the most common questions, concerns, fears, and perplexities teachers have about math with these enthusiastic math teachers.

What was Charlotte Mason's source for her philosophy of education? It is a question that I have discussed and debated at length over the past several years. And it is a question which does not seem yet to be settled to everyone's satisfaction within the Charlotte Mason community. Answers seem to fall into three general … The post The Source of Miss Mason's Teaching first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Saiba como e por que ensinar história no método de Charlotte Mason? Neste episódio "Uma introdução à Lição de História". “No estudo do homem, a história desempenha um papel especial ao vincular a sabedoria do passado aos problemas de hoje.” ~A Filosofia Educacional de Charlotte Mason por J.D. Rose História é a disciplina que Mason considerou o tema central em seu currículo e neste episódio nós discutimos o porquê. O papel desta disciplina vai além de informar datas e nomes históricos, pois a história tem um papel extremamente importante na formação de cidadãos. Aperte o play para descobrir a visão de Miss Mason para as lições de história. ➡ Para acessar os recursos, links, livros, e citações mencionados neste episódio é só clicar aqui

This is the principle that first sent me running from Miss Mason and eventually brought me back. Rather than have you make the same loop, I'll save you the time and let you in on the secret now: she's talking about a child's character, not the state of a child's soul. All children have the capacity for good or evil, and education should draw a child towards goodness with the best of ideas. But, I also like to use my personal favorite tool: winking.----------You can find the full episode notes here. ---------Interested in hearing bonus mini episodes, reading book reviews, joining in discussions about classical education, and more? Then you may enjoy The Commonplace on Patreon.

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Episode summary Foreign Language can be a challenge for many of us, but it doesn't have to be! Suzanne Gose talks with Julie Ross about the value of a second language for children and how to approach teaching it with Miss Mason's methods. Guest biography I am a certified Texas Public School teacher who thrived on teaching in the public school system before we began our family. I stayed home with our firstborn, and I missed teaching so much that I reached out to our local community to tutor or host a small Spanish class. After that initial email, I received 42 replies the very next morning! So for 19 years now, I have been teaching Spanish and public speaking to homeschool students weekly in a classroom setting, most recently at the Community Homeschool Center in Bryan, Texas. I am a happily married mother of five children, small business owner, as well as a founder and board member of the Community Homeschool Center. My family and I love living on our small 15 acre farm here in Central Texas with our goats, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and rabbits. I thoroughly enjoy teaching my weekly Spanish classes, supporting homeschool endeavors of the community in any way possible, and striving to keep a happy, well-organized home. Connect Suzanne Gose | Instagram | Facebook: Flip Flop Spanish | Facebook: Spanish Geniuses | Website Julie Ross | Instagram A Gentle Feast | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance A Gentle Feast: a Charlotte Mason curriculum for the entire family Want to know more about the Charlotte Mason method? Visit www.agentlefeast.com and click on LEARN MORE to receive a FREE four-day introduction course. Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

On today's Everything Pistons podcast, Lance Caporossi and Andrew Clements joining us special guest Drew. First, we share our thoughts on Cade Cunningham entering the top five Kia rookie ladder, Isaiah Stewart's ankle injury, and Jerami Grant being discussed in trades. Then, we move on and talk about Saddiq Bey's shooting troubles, Jerami Grant's involvement in the offense, the Pistons trading for a big man, and we end the podcast with what we're thankful for this season. Enjoy and subscribe to our weekly Detroit Pistons podcast, we keep you updated with Pistons news, pistons rumors, and fun pistons talk. Follow us on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/LanceCaporossihttps://twitter.com/E_Pistons_PodFollow us on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/everything_pistons_podcast/

Você já está preparando seu lar para a chegada do Natal? Talvez as crianças estão empolgadas com enfeites e decorações da árvore de Natal, colocando cada peça da natividade no lugar, relembrando Natais passados.... Preparar nosso lar para comemorar o nascimento do nosso Rei é muito bom, mas você já começou a preparar o seu coração para esta celebração especial? E os corações de seus filhos? Na série de Podcasts, “Um Natal Charlotte Mason”, iremos conversar com amigas queridas que estão na jornada de descoberta do método Charlotte Mason e encontraram muita inspiração nas palavras de Miss Mason para preparar o seu lar e o coração de sua família para a celebração do Advento e do Natal.  Neste episódio conversamos com a Lessa Medeiros, mamãe educadora da Maria e do Raul e com mais um a caminho. Lessa fala sobre como a atmosfera do seu lar tem sido transformada pelas ideias vivas de Charlotte Mason e também como ela planeja com intencionalidade os preparativos para celebrar a época do Advento e do Natal com sua família.  A Lessa disponibilizou uma pasta no Drive com materiais que ela e seu marido criaram para celebrar Um Natal Charlotte Mason. Ela gentilmente compartilhou conosco, é só clicar aqui para acessar. Recursos Mencionados: IG da Lessa @lessamedeiros Desafio Natal Charlotte Mason do blog Mãe de Catarina 

What is attention? I'm so glad you asked. Miss Mason defines attention as the act by which the whole mental force is applied to the subject at hand. It's giving your full focus to something. And, of course, Miss Mason believed a mother could train attention to be a habit if she's able to attract and hold the child's attention through the right motive. That Miss Mason. Always getting to the child's heart, isn't she?These habits are so much more than tapping a toddler into housework or finishing a school day. You're offering your child a way in which to live with joy and delight and imagination and pleasure in God's world.Just imagine that.________And bonus fun: today is the day I finally mention Plato. We're real classical homeschoolers now. _________You can find the full episode notes here. _________Continuing Education Picks‘Habit Training Part 2: The Practice of Habit Training,' Patrick EganThe Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg‘Cultivating the Habit of Attention,' My Little Robins‘Duty, Being, and Building with Dirt,' Lindsey Brigham KnottAmusing Ourselves to Death, Neil PostmanClassical HeavyweightAfter Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre

There's a lot to habits in a Charlotte Mason philosophy: How are they formed and what part do they play in virtue? Which ones should we focus on and when? And do they really matter in the early years?The heartbeat of habit training all begins in Miss Mason's idea of a mother's ‘thinking love' for her children. Moms are qualified by God to be primary shapers in their children's lives, which means we have a duty—and a delight—to cultivate the God-given faculties in our kids. We want to equip them so they are able to joyfully serve God throughout their lives. When it comes to habit training, the question before all of us is: to whose service should this child's heart, head, and hands be dedicated and directed? Welcome to Habits 101. _________You can find the full episode notes here. _________Continuing Education PicksHabits: Part 2, Dwell PodcastAtomic Habits, James Clear“Choosing Words Wisely with Children” Abbey Wedgeworth on Daily GraceFormation of Character, Volume 5, Charlotte MasonClassical HeavyweightsNicomachean Ethics, AristotleConfessions, St. Augustine

We are about to embark on a journey around the world. Introducing a new series called “Charlotte Mason Mamas Around the Globe!" Have you thought of the many families who live all over the world who, like you, are working to implement Miss Mason's method of education in their homes? How do they make it work? How can a CM education be relevant and applicable in different countries and cultures? Is it possible to use this philosophy of education if you are not native to the country in which you currently live? Our hope, as we talk to fellow CM mamas in various nations, is to explore some of those questions and also to celebrate the diversity of the body of Christ. We pray you will be encouraged! “We cannot live sanely unless we know that other peoples are as we are with a difference, that their history is as ours, with a difference, that they too have been represented by their poets and their artists, that they too have their literature and their national life.” ~ Charlotte Mason, Vol.6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message

Welcome back to our “Many Faces of CM Mamas” series! In this episode, Erika is going to speak to a mama who demonstrates that the Charlotte Mason philosophy is not just for homeschoolers. Marina Mason is an educator in a public school in the South Bronx, which is one of the poorest districts in the United States. In addition, Marina is the worship leader at our church, alongside her husband, who's the associate pastor at Elements Church. She's part of our leadership as well as one of our Sunday School teachers. On top of all of these ministries, Marina is also a mama of 6, doing her best to implement Miss Mason's philosophy with her traditionally schooled children. Her friendship and encouragement are such a blessing in my life, and I pray the same will happen with you, friend, as you get to know Marina in today's episode. Erika Alicea --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message

THE MANY BEAUTIFUL FACES OF CM MAMAS Today's episode is for those mamas who may not have started homeschooling from the beginning. Maybe you're struggling wiht the transition from traditional school to homeschool or maybe you're contemplating removing your child from their current school in orer to home education them. I've been there before and it is by no means an easy endeavor or transition. Our guest today has also been down this road before, which is one of the may things that drew me to her. We'd like to introduce you to Monica Erwin, who some of you may recognize from Instgram as @sweetwaterhomeschool, and she has done an amazing job with her kids using Miss Mason's philosophy. We pray you will be encouraged! Come on on over to CharlotteMasonForAll.com or on Instagram @CharlotteMasonForAll to let us know. For the King and His kids, Erika Alicea --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message

“It's been quite the journey these last 6 years with my dad battling cancer. But God's mercy and grace was in every moment.” A few weeks after recording this episode, Erika's dad went Home to meet his Faithful Father. This season is dedicated to Erika's loving Papi, Frank Sanchez. ——— Welcome to the series "The Many Faces of CM Mamas!" Miss Mason said, “[I]n the faith… mothers work wonders once they are convinced that wonders are demanded of them." (Vol.1, p.44) There is wisdom in her words. We find ourselves in many different scenarios as we “work wonders” when it comes to our children's education, such as: - homeschooling and working from home or outside the home - caring for a sick parent or relative while homeschooling - transitioning from traditional school to homeschool - battling a chronic illness while homeschooling - home-educating a child with special challenges - public-schooling moms striving to "spread the feast" in their home culture Can you relate to any of those scenarios? In this series we'll be talking to moms who display the many beautiful faces of our CM community! None of our differences – even combined – can overcome who unites us: OUR LORD JESUS; not even when changes arise and the Lord calls us to other commitments, like He has done with our precious sister, Simone. We have been blessed with Simone for our first 2 seasons. The Lord has now called her to other commitments. We are grateful for all the encouragement and insight she has shared with us here. We send her off with love and blessing! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message

Welcome back and thank you for joining us as we wrap up our mother culture series. This is Erika and we have a special guest we'd like to introduce you to who is a dear friend of ours. Her name is Ana Vargas, and she is the Lead Moderator on the Support Team of Life-Giving Motherhood. I met Ana my first year homeschooling. At that time, she was already a powerhouse for the Lord, running the children's ministry at her church as well as a co-op for homeschooling families. But there was a longing for more for her children and she found it when she learned about Miss Mason. She's currently co-leading the Charlotte Mason book club for our local area of the Bronx in NYC as well as Westchester County, just outside of the city. Be encouraged as she gives her testimony on how God has been working in her recently to cultivate life-giving habits into her home. Find Ana on Instagram @learning_to_feast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message

As we continue with our “Foreign Languages in our Multicultural Homes” series, in this episode Mariana chats with Celeste Cruz from "Joyous Lessons." Celeste is the mama to 10 beautiful children, a former English teacher turned homeschool-mom, a Charlotte Mason devotee, a regular speaker at CM conferences, and a team member of the Charlotte Mason Educational Center (CMEC). Her blog, Joyous Lessons, is a treasure trove that she keeps as an “educational notebook of sorts.” Celeste wrote a wonderful and practical blog series on Miss Mason's thoughts on foreign language study. We invite you to listen as Celeste shares her discoveries and her journey on teaching foreign language the Charlotte Mason way. Please join the conversation with any questions or comments, and check out our website - charlottemasonforall.com - for the show notes, which includes all the resources mentioned. We look forward to hearing from you! For the King and His kids, Mariana, Simone, Erika & Min WHERE TO FIND US: Podcast: @charlottemasonforall, www.charlottemasonforall.com Erika Alicea: @cmcityliving, www.charlottemasoncityliving.com Mariana Mastracchio & Simone Moradi: @fe.e.cafe.com.miss.mason, www.feecafecommissmason.com.br (Portuguese CM Community) Min Hwang: @min.j.hwang, www.minjunghwang.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message

I'm Min Hwang, a home-educator to 6 children and a devotee of Miss Mason's philosophy and methods for over a decade. This is my labor of love - to provide help for mamas around the world to have free, convenient access to this Gospel-centered educational philosophy for the whole child, made in God's image. The plan is to read the volumes in this order: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3. I started with Vol.4 since it's the one for students as well and not yet recorded elsewhere. (Vol.1&2 are on Librivox.) Thank you for being here! Find me also sharing at minjunghwang.com, Life-giving motherhood.com (membership for habit formation), Charlotte Mason For All podcast, and on IG @min.j.hwang. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonsvolumes/message

“I can't read the Bible in one moment and then move into our history lessons and rank order humans, their value... I've taught [my children] that God looks at the hearts of people, that He created us, and He knew everything about us while we were still in the womb. There are no accidents and no mistakes, and He loves us. He loves everyone - all of God's people.” ~Amber Johnston Our very first guest is our dear, beloved friend, and sister in the Lord, Amber Johnston of Heritage Mom Blog! Amber is a homeschooling mama of four, who's been following the Charlotte Mason philosophy from the beginning of her journey. Her heart's desire has been to give her kids a Gospel-centered education where she can present ALL of their studies through the lens of being His children. Amber's also hilarious, a powerful speaker, and a good friend. Listen as Amber shares her journey in learning to treat her children as born persons, gaining confidence in following Miss Mason's principles and methods in a way that honors their African-American heritage, and balancing out traditional studies along with the stories of people of color that fully represent the Gospel. Amber can be found writing, consulting, and creating beautiful Heritage Packs on her blog at www.heritagemom.com, and on Instagram @heritagemomblog. Finally, we invite you to join the conversation with any questions or comments over at www.charlottemasonforall.com, where the show notes and direct links to resources mentioned can be found. We look forward to hearing from you! For the King and His kids, Simone, Erika, Min, & Mariana WHERE TO FIND US: Podcast: @charlottemasonforall, www.charlottemasonforall.com Erika Alicea: @cmcityliving, www.charlottemasoncityliving.com Mariana Mastracchio & Simone Moradi: @fe.e.cafe.com.miss.mason, www.feecafecommissmason.com.br (Portuguese CM Community) Min Hwang: @min.j.hwang, www.minjunghwang.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlottemasonforall/message