S3E42: Simply Charlotte Mason with Sonya Shafer
October 27, 2022
Show Summary:
- Today’s guest is Sonya Shafer is a veteran homeschool mom of 4 daughters as well as a popular author and speaker and co-founder of Simply Charlotte Mason
- How Sonya first discovered Charlotte Mason
- How Sonya and her friend Karen Smith started Simply Charlotte Mason
- How Simply Charlotte Mason grew over time to cover a complete curriculum
- Why it is important for parents to have encouragement and support in home educating
- How people can pick and choose SCM resources that work together for a full course of study for the whole family
- A little about the Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series
- How Sonya has homeschooled her special needs daughter
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Books and Links Mentioned:
A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Range by David Epstein
Plato’s Lemonade Stand by Tom Morris
Margin by Richard Swenson, M.D.
Know and Tell by Karen Glass
Find Cindy and Sonya:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
The Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Podcast