S10E143: AmblesideOnline Groups with Naomi Goegan and Cheri Hall
Are we not justified in concluding that singular effects must have commensurate causes, and that we have chanced to light on unknown tracts in the region of educational thought. At any rate that GOLDEN RULE of which Comenius was in search has discovered itself, the RULE,
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 8
“WHEREBY TEACHERS SHALL TEACH LESS AND SCHOLARS SHALL LEARN MORE.”
Show Summary:
- In this episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn chat with AmblesideOnline moms Cheri Hall and Naomi Goegan about their children’s experience with a long-lasting online community.
- How Cheri first discovered the philosophy of Charlotte Mason
- Why and how Naomi first started one of these AO student discussion groups
- What are some of the memorable moments that these students have had in this group?
- What is some advice Naomi has for parents wanting to organize a group like this for their students?
- Were there concerns about the online nature of the group when starting out?
- What is the biggest benefit you see coming out of these groups?
- At the end of the episode, Josiah and Ezra Hall share their personal thoughts on why being in an AO group has been such a blessing.
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Books and Resources Mentioned:
For the Children’s Sake by Edith Schaeffer Macaulay
The Art of Composition by Karen Glass
Notes on Organizing an Unofficial AO Group
Videos of some group discussions:
YR7 YR11 Montage – https://youtu.be/ogY-vBmskC4
YR12 Snow Queen – https://youtu.be/1-QEna23PvA
YR12 Group Sharing – https://youtu.be/FYzPK95EY-Y
Find Cindy and Naomi:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
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“Education,” said Lord Haldane, some time ago, “is a matter of the spirit,”––no wiser word has been said on the subject, and yet we persist in applying education from without as a bodily activity or emollient. We begin to see light. No one knoweth the things of a man but the spirit of a man which is in him; therefore, there is no education but self-education…
Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, p. 26
