S10E142: The Primacy of Nature Study with Sheila Carroll
The child who sees his mother with reverent touch lift an early snowdrop to her lips, learns a higher lesson than the ‘print-books’ can teach.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 63
Show Summary:
- For today’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn welcome back Sheila Carroll of Living Books Press to discuss all things nature study.
- Why Sheila believes nature study to be so crucial to a Charlotte Mason education
- How the mother’s interest in the natural world can inspire her children
- What did Charlotte Mason mean when she said we were all meant to be naturalists?
- Where to start if you really haven’t done any nature study yet?
- What was the nature study movement in America and it’s possible influence on Mason?
- Restoring a vision for the primacy of God’s creation in our families
- What changes has Sheila seen in families when nature study becomes a regular part of their lives?
- What could nature study look like for a family just starting out?
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Books and Links Mentioned:
Nature Study Companion: Simple Ways to Explore Wonders Near and Far (Amazon) & (Living Books Press website)
Episode 128: Life-long Learning Through Narration with Sheila Carroll
Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
Charlotte Mason by Margaret Coombs
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
The Singing Wilderness by Sigrid Olson
Nature Poems edited by Sheila Carroll
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We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 61
