S11E149: Q&A No. 11 with Cindy and Dawn
September 3, 2026Long ago, I was in the habit of hearing this axiom quoted by a philosophical old friend: “The mind can know nothing save what it can produce in the form of an answer to a question put to the mind by itself.” I have failed to trace the saying to its source, but a conviction of its importance has been growing upon me during the last forty years. It tacitly prohibits questioning from without… Charlotte Mason, from Philosophy of Education, p. 16-17 Show Summary: Listen Now: Books and Links Mentioned: Toward a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason The Christmas…
S11E148: Time Management in the Charlotte Mason Homeschool with Erin Daly
There are appointed ways, not always the old paths, but new ones, opened up step by step as we go. The labour of the mother who sets herself to understand her work is not increased, but infinitely lightened; … A…
S11E147: Pennyworth Publishing with Grace Russo
Children should have the joy of living in far lands, in other persons, at other times – a delightful double existence; and this joy they will find, for the most part, in their storybooks. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 153…
S11E146: Homeschooling Girls of Character with Sarah Stonestreet
Their education isn’t a benefit we bestow on them. It’s a feast for them to take and enjoy. Charlotte Mason, from The Modern Paraphrase of Philosophy of Education, p. 71 Show Summary: Listen Now: Books and Links Mentioned: For more…
S11E145: Preparing Boys for Manhood with Heather Martin
Qualities proper to a Ruler.––Nobody understood this better than Queen Elizabeth, who contrived to make a curious division of her personality and be, at the same time, a model ruler and, as a woman, full of the weaknesses of her…
S11E144: Charlotte Mason’s Living Math with Denise Gaskins
The intellectual life, like every manner of spiritual life, has but one food whereby it lives and grows––the sustenance of living ideas. It is not possible to repeat this too often or too emphatically, for perhaps we err more in…
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…
UncategorizedS10E142: 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: Listen Now: Books and Links Mentioned: Nature…
S10E141: The New St. Nicholas Magazine with Fiona and Miranda Altschuler
Is {St Nicholas} not the boys’ and girls’ own Saint, the especial friend of young Americans?… And what is more, isn’t he the kindest, best, and jolliest old dear that ever was known?… He has attended so many heart-warmings in…
S10E140: Helping High-Schoolers Shine with Rachel Kovac
Show Summary: Listen Now: Books and Links Mentioned: Their Future is Shining Bright by Rachel Kovac Find Cindy and Rachel: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram…
S10E139: Charlotte Mason’s Tools for History Study with Celeste Cruz
This, then, is the purpose of narration—a purpose which we would do well to keep constantly before us. There should be no misconception. It is not a teacher’s device designed to find out if the child has completed a given…
