S8E103: Composition the Charlotte Mason Way with Karen Glass
January 30, 2025
Forms V and VI: In these Forms some definite teaching in the art of composition is advisable, but not too much.
Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, p. 193
Show Summary:
Today on The New Mason Jar podcast, Dawn moderates a discussion between host Cindy Rollins and guest Karen Glass, veteran homeschool mom and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory
Karen and Cindy talk about narration and composition in the Charlotte Mason paradigm, beginning with a little background on Karen’s new book, The Art of Composition
Why Cindy has always said that parents don’t need a writing program and Karen’s response
Cindy’s concern for parents to remember to focus on ideas in narration over the form of composition
Karen’s thoughts on the building blocks of narration as the foundation of writing and composition
How Karen came to see that she had developed a sort of philosophy of writing as a conversation
Cindy talks about distinguishing between narration and summaries of a text
Karen shares some encouragement for moms with struggling narrators