May 5, 2018
Anyone ever had a “CM wobble”? I am referring to those times when her philosophy comes head-to-head with a traditional schooling paradigm or some other […]
April 27, 2018
“The Soul is able to apprehend God; in that apprehension is life, liberty, fruition. Knowing God, the Soul lives in its proper element, full, free, and […]
April 25, 2018
I’m currently sitting in the wild woods behind our property. Two little boys, one daughter and two dogs are discovering in the creek. The weather has […]
April 20, 2018
With great interest, I have been reading Art Middlekauf’s ruminations on ‘What would Charlotte Mason Do?’ if she were alive today. The short answer is that […]
April 18, 2018
“Next in order to religious knowledge,” Charlotte Mason said, “history is the pivot upon which our curriculum turns.” (An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education, p. […]
April 13, 2018
Perhaps the main part of a child’s education should be concerned with the great human relationships. Vol. 3, p. 234 . . . a subject […]
April 6, 2018
I consider myself to be a Charlotte Mason enthusiast, and most of my friends share my love for all things Mason. But lately I have realized […]
April 5, 2018
“Teaching is not a technique exercised by the skilled on behalf of the unskilled. It is a sharing of the effort to know, using all that […]
March 30, 2018
I have noticed an interesting phenomenon over the last year or two–I am hungry! Charlotte Mason often compares education to a feast. She instructs us to […]