S7E95: Karen Glass on “Much May Be Done with Sparrows”
Town children may get a great deal of pleasure in watching the ways of sparrows––knowing little birds, and easily tamed by a dole of crumbs,––and their days out will bring them in the way of new acquaintances. But much may be done with sparrows.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 59
Show Summary:
- Today on The New Mason Jar podcast, Cindy and Dawn talk with Karen Glass, veteran homeschool mom, member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory, and author of a number of excellent Charlotte Mason education books
- Why is Karen’s new book, Much May Be Done with Sparrows, different from the other works that she has written?
- Who is this book for, and how did it come to be?
- What is a “chap book”?
- How the essay titles, quotes from Charlotte Mason’s works, and Karen’s own thoughts interact in this work
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Books Mentioned:
Much May Be Done with Sparrows by Karen Glass
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Studying to Be Quiet by Laurie Bestvater
Formation of Character by Charlotte Mason
Encore Series Collection by Karen Glass
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The wise ever finds some new thing to learn.
Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, p. 9
We can’t eat in a single day all the food we need for an entire year. We don’t even need to have it in the pantry. We can only eat for today, and we can only read, and learn, and grow for today as well. Like hungry sparrows, let us not despise the crumbs. A page or two, or a verse or two, or one beautiful song, may not seem like much, but we should gather them up day by day. They are our daily bread.
Karen Glass, from Much May Be Done with Sparrows
