S2E20: Cross-Cultural Education and Folk Songs with Wendi Capehart
January 20, 2022It is by the aid of imagination that a child comes to love people who do not belong to his own country, and as he learns the history of their great deeds and noble efforts, he is eager to learn something of the country in which they lived….of the causes that made the people what they are. E. A. Parish, Parents’ Review, VOl. 25, No. 5, 1914 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Wendi Capehart, veteran homeschool mom, world-traveler, and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How Wendi first found out about Charlotte Mason What would you say to people concerned that…
S2E19: “However Imperfectly” with Donna-Jean Breckenridge
But, once more, “This kind cometh forth only by prayer.” Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How did Donna-Jean first hear about Charlotte…
S1E18: Q&A No. 2, On Classical Education with Cindy and Karen
“Sound principles that are old may easily be laid on the shelf and forgotten, unless in each successive generation a few industrious people can be found who will take the trouble to draw them forth from the storehouse.” Thomas Godolphin…
S1E17: Charlotte Mason Methods in a School Setting with Adrienne Freas
And what a barren and dry land should we dwell in if our spirits were narrowed to the limits of that which we can comprehend! Where we err is in supposing that mystery is confined to our religion, that everything…
S1E16: A “Hallelujah” Advent Celebration
And, Mary, seeking meekly for direction, asked ‘how shall this be after the wont of men?’ and she was shewn how, by the immediate power of God Most High, the Child should be born, holy, the Son of God; and…
S1E15: Recitation Gatherings with Dawn Duran and Maria Bell
I think all that I have written is still true, but I would emphasize habit and so-on less; child-mind, no, because a child has as much mind as the rest of us. Charlotte Mason, In a letter to Henrietta Franklin…
S1E14: On Studying Plutarch’s Lives with Anne White
Insofar we are laying ourselves out to secure that each shall “live his life”; and that, not at his neighbor’s expense; because, so wonderful is the economy of the world that when a man really lives his life he benefits…
S1E13: Charlotte Mason Co-ops with Liz Wetzel
Show Summary: Today’s guest is Liz Wetzel, mother of 5 and Charlotte Mason co-op leader How Liz found the need for a learning community that was sustainable How Liz came to know about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy Why Liz’s family left…
S1E12: Charlotte Mason Study Groups with Jeannette Tulis
“It is no arbitrary reward which is attached to the assembling of two or three together; we warm ourselves at each others’ fires, and glow with the heat we get. Let but the heads of two or three families meet…
S1E11: Q&A with Cindy and Dawn, No. 1
“It may be that the souls of all children are waiting for the call of knowledge to awaken them to delightful living.” Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today’s episode is our first Charlotte Mason Q&A with…
S1E10: The Immeasurable Benefits of Nature Study with Naomi Goegan
“How delicious it is to sit down with a twig.” A Student, as quoted by Charlotte Mason Show Summary: Today’s guest is Naomi Goegan, an Auxiliary member of AmblesideOnline How Naomi discovered Charlotte Mason’s philosophy What would you say to…
