S4E49: A Charlotte Mason Journey with Anna, Addison, and Ella Hornstra
Though system is highly useful as an instrument of education, a ‘system of education’ is mischievous, as producing only mechanical action instead of the vital growth and movement of a living being. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary:…
S3E40: Donna-Jean Breckenridge on Updating “This Country of Ours”
Next in order to religious knowledge, history is the pivot on which our curriculum turns. Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6, p. 273 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline…
S3E38: A Tribute to Wendi Capehart
Our aim in education is to give a full life…. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests…. Life should be all living, and not merely a tedious passing of time; not all doing or all…
S2E37: Overcoming Fear in Homeschooling with Jennifer Pepito
It is only in so far as Knowledge is dear to us and delights us for herself that she yields us lifelong joy and contentment. He who delights in her, not for the sake of showing off, and not for…
S2E26: Picturing Charlotte Mason with Lanaya Gore and Twila Farmer
Let me repeat that I venture to suggest, not what is practicable in any household but what seems to me absolutely best for the children; and that, in the faith that mothers work wonders once they are convinced that wonders…
S1E6: Amy Edwards and Tina Mugglin on Morning Time: A Liturgy of Love
“Even for their earliest reading lessons, it is unnecessary to put twaddle into the hands of children.” Charlotte Mason, Vol. 1, Home Education Show Summary: Today’s guests are Amy Edwards and Tina Mugglin of Blue Sky Daisies Publishing How Amy…
S1E4: Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles with Brandy Vencel
“[T]he fact is, that a few broad essential principles cover the whole field, and these once fully laid hold of, it is as easy and natural to act upon them as it is to act upon our knowledge of such…
