S7E97: AmblesideOnline with Special Needs Students with Jen Sova
But our fault, our exceeding great fault, is that we keep our own minds and the minds of our children shamefully underfed. The mind is a spiritual octopus, reaching out limbs in every direction to draw in enormous rations of that which under the action of the mind itself becomes knowledge. Nothing can stale its infinite variety; the heavens and the earth, the past, the present, and future, things great and things minute, nations and men, the universe, all are within the scope of the human intelligence.
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education
Show Summary:
- Today on The New Mason Jar podcast, Cindy and Dawn sit down with Jen Sova, homeschooling mother of three boys and former English teacher
- How Jen discovered the Charlotte Mason philosophy
- How Jen’s sons’ learning differences affect their approach to schooling
- Jen’s classroom teaching experience and how it affected her choice to use AmblesideOnline at home
- Why Jen feels AO’s curriculum allows children to shine in spite of their challenges
- How Jen handles the logistics of the school day with each child’s individual needs
- Why Jen is a staunch defender of the Charlotte Mason philosophy
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The question is not, — how much does the youth know…. but how much does he care? And about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?
Charlotte Mason, School Education
