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If mankind had not been organized into families, it would never have had the organic power to be organized into commonwealths. Human culture is handed down in the customs of countless households. It is the only way in which human culture can remain human.
G. K. Chesterton, Marriage and the Modern Mind Show Summary: For this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn share about this year’s summer discipleship course, “Joy in the Morning” Gretchen Neisler tells about her own experience with past summer discipleship and why she keeps coming back for more What you can expect from this year’s Morning Time for Moms content and schedule Other ways you can benefit from Cindy’s wisdom and interact with other moms (Scroll down to the “Find Cindy” section for all the links) Books Mentioned:A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Ideas Freely Sown by Anne White
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher
Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition by Deani Van Pelt and Camille Malucci
Joy in the Morning (Jeeves in the Morning) by P. G. Wodehouse
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
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Those who believe in the dignity of the domestic tradition, who happen to be the overwhelming majority of mankind, regard the home as a sphere of vast social importance and supreme spiritual significance, and to talk of being “confined” to it is like talking of being chained to a throne or set in the seat of judgment as if it were the stocks.
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They notice for themselves, and the teacher gives a name and other information as it is asked for… In this way they lay up that store of “common information”… and what is more important, they learn to know and delight in natural objects as in the familiar faces of friends.
Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 237 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, we bring you a conversation all about spring nature study with Cindy, Dawn and Cindy’s friend Jeannette Tulis, who has been a previous guest on the podcast How can moms begin nature study when they have never done it before? How to find spring ephemeral wildflowers, and other things to look for at this time of year Ideas for stepping up your nature study game What are some tips for nature journaling? Books and Links Mentioned:Episode 12: Charlotte Mason Study Groups
Episode 56: Building a Home Library
Who’s Afraid of a Little Paint? by Jeannette Tulis
The Tree Identification Book by George Symonds
Wild Green Things in the City by Anne Ophelia Dowden
The First Book of Weeds by Barbara Beck
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Let them once get in touch with Nature, and a habit is formed which will be a source of delight through life. We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.
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Ourselves, our Souls and Bodies is much used in the P.U.S., as I know of no other attempt to present such a ground plan of human nature as should enable the young student to know where he is in his efforts to ‘be good’ as the children say. The point of view taken in this volume is, that all beautiful and noble possibilities are present in every one; but that each person is subject to assaults and hindrances in various ways of which he should be aware in order that he may watch and pray. Hortatory teaching is apt to bore both young people and their elders; but an ordered presentation of the possibilities and powers that lie in human nature and of the risks that attend these, can hardly fail to have an enlightening and stimulating effect.
Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education Show Summary: On the New Mason Jar today we welcome back Anne White, veteran homeschool mom, author, and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How Anne first discovered Charlotte Mason About Anne’s new book title and how she came to write this work Is this book for homeschoolers? How can we understand and apply “justice” in the way that Charlotte meant here? Why children need time and space to think and let ideas work in them What do you mean by the statement that “there is is only sacred, sanctified education, or desecrated education”? How Anne tied the magic of narration into the ideas in this book Books and Links Mentioned:For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
A Bit of the World’s Work by Anne White
Offering Ourselves: A Lenten Journey with Charlotte Mason by Anne White
Honest, Simple Souls by Anne White
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
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The worth of any calling depends upon its being of use; and no day need go by without giving us practice in usefulness. Each one is wanted for the special bit of work he is fit for; and, of each, it is true that– “Thou cam’st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee.”
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The mind is a spiritual octopus, reaching out limbs in every direction to draw in enormous rations of that which under the actions of the mind itself becomes knowledge. Nothing can stale its infinite variety; the heavens and the earth, the past, the present, and future, things great and things minute, nations and men, the universe, all are within the scope of the human intelligence.
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 330 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn kick off a new series of the podcast, Morning Time for Moms, with our first guest in the series, Jami Marstall How Jami first came to hear about Charlotte Mason How much of AmblesideOnline’s curriculum Jami has personally read as the mother and teacher What practices Jami put in place to ensure she was growing in knowledge How the mother-teacher is the guide, philosopher, and friend What is the significance of the “spiritual octopus” quote from the intro? How can moms build a reading life in the busy seasons of life? What Jami is reading now and what some of her other activities are Books and Links Mentioned:Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Towards a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
The Idea of America by Gordon S. Wood
John Adams by David McCullough
The Universe Next Door by James Sire
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Lynn Bruce’s article on The Spiritual Octopus
S2E22: Charlotte Mason Through High School with Jami Marstall
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What we are concerned with is the fact that we personally have relations with all that there is in the present, all that there has been in the past, and all that there will be in the future––with all above us and all about us––and that fullness of living, expansion, expression, and serviceableness, for each of us, depend upon how far we apprehend these relationships and how many of them we lay hold of….
paraphrase of Charlotte Mason from School Education, pg. 186
Every [mother] is heir to an enormous patrimony, heir to all the ages, inheritor of all the present. The question is, what are the [educational] formalities necessary to put [her] in possession of that which is [hers]? -
Three Questions for the Mother…She must ask herself
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 171 Show Summary: On this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn sit down to chat with veteran homeschool mom, Heather Martin about a wide variety of topics How and when Heather actually learned about Charlotte Mason after organically using many of her methods all along How getting a teaching certificate actually ensured Heather would choose to home educate instead Were there challenges specific to having only boys? What were some of the intentional things you did in your home to build your family culture? Some encouragement for moms regarding mathematics How Heather started local recitation gatherings with other homeschoolers Books and Links Mentioned:
Why must the children learn at all? What should they learn? And, How
should they learn it? If she takes the trouble to find a definite and
thoughtful answer to each of these three queries, she will be in a
position to direct her children’s studies; and will, at the same time, be
surprised to find that three-fourths of the time and labour ordinarily
spent by the child at his lessons is lost time and wasted energy.Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Range by David Epstein
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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, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 26 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn sit down to chat about Cindy’s newest book, Beyond Mere Motherhood How this book came to be What Cindy hopes this book to be and who it is for What you can expect from each chapter of the book How this book is helping launch a new podcast series coming soon! Books and Links Mentioned:Toward a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer
“Why the KJV?” by Lynn Bruce
Blue Sky Daisies
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We allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and spiritual life of mothers, but teach them that the Divine Spirit has constant access to their spirit and is their continue Helper in all the interests, duties, and joys of life.
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Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music,
Johann Sebastian Bach Show Summary: Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy talks with Hannah Paris and Amy Edwards about the new Lenten companion book to Hallelujah, A Sacred Sacrifice How this book came to be through the years Some thoughts on why St. Matthew’s Passion is such an appropriate piece for Lent How the book is laid out for families to use Some thoughts on approaching Lent if it isn’t a normal part of your church tradition Books and Links Mentioned:
but only an infernal clamour and ranting.A Sacred Sacrifice: Cultivating Lenten Traditions with Bach’s Great Passion by Hannah Paris
The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley
The Charlotte Mason Book of Quotes: Copywork to Inspire by Lanaya Gore
Blue Sky Daisies
Truly parents are happy people, to have God’s children lent to them…
Charlotte Mason, from a letter quoted in The Story of Charlotte Mason Find Cindy:Morning Time for Moms
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As a matter of fact, we do not realise children, we under-estimate them; in the divine words, we “despise” them, with the best intentions in the world, because we confound the immaturity of their frames, and their absolute ignorance as to the relations of things, with spiritual impotence: whereas the fact probably is, that never is intellectual power so keen, the moral sense so strong, spiritual perception so piercing, as in those days of childhood which we regard with a supercilious, if kindly, smile.
Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, p. 260 Show Summary: Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn chat with guests Elizabeth and Stacy about the challenges (and benefits!) of homeschooling while serving in the military How Elizabeth and Stacy each first learned about Charlotte Mason What are some of the challenges of military life and frequent relocation? How have you found homeschooling community and friends when changing duty stations? What are some of the benefits your family has experienced because of military life? Are there any homeschooling resources available to military families? How do you adapt your homeschool schedule during the year to stay flexible to change? Books and Links Mentioned:For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
The Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
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Every look of gentleness and tone of reverence, every word of kindness and act of help, passes into the thought-environment, the very atmosphere which the child breathes; he does not think of these things, may never think of them, but all his life long they excite that ‘vague appetency towards something’ out of which most of his actions spring.
Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, p. 36
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Few things could be more disastrous (as, alas, few are more imminent) than a sudden break with the traditions of the past; wherefore, let us gently knit the bonds that bind us to the generation all too rapidly dying out. It is well that we gather up, with tender reverence, such fragments of their insight and experience as come in our way; for we would fain, each, be as an householder, bringing forth out of his treasures things new and old.
Charlotte Mason, Formation of Character, p. 156-157 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy talks with Bethany Stuard, homeschooling mom of 3, about incorporating group singing into the homeschool day How Bethany came to know about Charlotte Mason as a second-generation homeschooler How choral music connected Bethany with poetry, the liturgy, other cultures and more Practical tips for helping children sing confidently at home How folk songs help connect us to other cultures and our own history Tips for finding a choir for a child to join Tips for making the most of composer study Books and Links Mentioned:Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
James Herriot
Peter Kreeft
Melody Sheet Music
Poetry Set to Choral Music on Spotify
Playlist of Folk and Children’s Songs on Spotify
AmblesideOnline Folk Song Selections
Feierabend Song Collection Books
Kodaly Collection
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...a classical education does more, turns out men with intellects cultivated and trained, who are awake to every refinement of thought, and yet ready for action. But the press and hurry of our times and the clamour for useful knowledge are driving classical culture out of the field; and parents will have to make up their minds, not only that they must supplement the moral training of the school, but must supply the intellectual culture, without which knowledge may be power, but is not pleasure, nor the means of pleasure.
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It is not the friends of our election who have exclusive claims upon us; the friends brought to us here and there by the circumstances of life all claim our loyalty, and from these we get…kindness for kindness, service for service, loyalty for loyalty, full measure, heaped together and running over.
Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Book 2, p. 32 Show Summary: Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn welcome back Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory Donna-Jean shares a little about how the Advisory met and went on to work together to create AmblesideOnline and a grew to have deep friendships along the way Donna-Jean talk about how this book came to be and some of the challenges along the way What do you see as the future of the Advisory and AO? Books and Links Mentioned:Six Voices, One Story by the AmblesideOnline Advisory
Archipelago, The AO Advisory Blog
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Our flesh the Word became, and dwelt with us,
And we beheld His glory, as, of God,
The only-begotten Son: we who believed
Knew glory when we saw it, by the signs—
Not of the pomp and majesty of Kings—
But Grace, the touch of God, showed sweet in Him;
And Truth, discerning all things, made Him simple,
His glory saw we—full of grace and truth.Charlotte Mason, from “Savior of the World,”
Show Summary: On this episode of The New Mason Jar, we bring you a replay of a special episode with Cindy’s friends Donna-Jean Breckenridge and Lynn Bruce, who has now gone to be with the Lord. What did homeschooling look like around the Christmas holidays? Why it is okay to take time off from your normal school work for Christmas celebrations Why traditions are so important, possibly even more so as children grow older What are some traditions that your family keeps from previous generations? Handling changes and trauma as the years go by and still keep Christmas with courage What are some Christmas “fails” that happened in your family? Books and Links Mentioned:
Prologue to the Gospel according to St. JohnSaviour of the World, Volume 1 by Charlotte Mason
This Country of Ours: Annotated, Expanded and Updated, Vol. 1 by Donna-Jean Breckenridge
Episode 40: Donna-Jean Breckenridge on Updating This Country of Ours
Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions with Handel’s Messiah by Cindy Rollins
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
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Education is a life. That life is sustained on ideas. Ideas are of spiritual origin, and God has made us so that we get them chiefly as we convey them to one another, whether by word of mouth, written page, Scripture word, musical symphony; but we must sustain a child’s inner life with ideas as we sustain his body with food.
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Cindy and Dawn take some time for a more informal chat about some ideas that have been on their minds and hearts lately The danger of “windows and mirrors” and trying to see ourselves instead of looking to God Some thoughts on narration and attention The value of listening to the experience of older homeschool moms Books and Links Mentioned:The Lord Bless You and Keep You by Michael J. Glodo
Six Voices, One Story by the Ambleside Education Foundation
Education, like faith, is “the evidence of things not seen.”
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Mentally he must be developed so that as he grows older he may have the capacity to grasp the true meaning of social and political questions of the day. His mind should be so trained that he will be able to detect and reject fallacious statements, and quick to discover the claptrap of which our newspapers are so full.
E. A. Smith, “Citizenship: Our Responsibility as Teachers”, June 1911 L’Umile Pianta Show Summary: Today’s guest on The New Mason Jar is Erin Kunkle, a veteran homeschool mom, speaker and co-host of the MAVEN parent podcast How Erin first heard about Charlotte Mason What is Maven all about? What do we mean when we say “culture” and why it is important to stay engaged with it? Does teaching apologetics and Christian worldview align with a Charlotte Mason education? How can we talk about cultural issues in a way that encourages kids to learn to think for themselves? Erin’s advice for talking with kids about difficult topics Books and Links Mentioned:Affiliate links are included below.
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch
More Than a Carpenter by Josh MacDowell with Sean MacDowell
A Practical Guide to Culture by Brett Kunkle and John Stonestreet
Questioning the Bible by Jonathan Morrow
The Story of Reality by Greg Koukl
[We] must listen and consider, being sure that one of the purposes we are in the world for is, to form right opinions about all matters that come in our way.
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We take strong ground when we appeal to the beauty and truth of Mathematics; that, as Ruskin points out, two and two make four and cannot conceivably make five, is an inevitable law. It is a great thing to be brought into the presence of a law, of a whole system of laws, that exist without our concurrence,––that two straight lines cannot enclose a space is a fact which we can perceive, state, and act upon but cannot in any wise alter, should give to children the sense of limitation which is wholesome for all of us, and inspire that sursum corda which we should hear in all natural law.
Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, p. 230-231 Show Summary: Today’s guest on The New Mason Jar is Melissa Bair, a homeschooling mother of 4 who loves math and has degrees in mathematics and computer sciences How Melissa first discovered Charlotte Mason’s philosophy How Melissa came to love mathematics and what impact her teachers had on her What kinds of activities and materials Melissa uses to teach math in a more beautiful way The building blocks of math: notice, wonder, and discover Is math a language or an art? Does seeking to find the beauty in math put too much pressure on homeschool parents? Books and Links Mentioned:Affiliate links are included below.
John Holt
Poetic Knowledge by James Taylor
Leisure: the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Real Learning by Elizabeth Voss
A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhart
Caleb Gattegno
Chasing Rabbits by Sunil Singh
Mater Amabilis
The Mandelbrot Set
In a word our point is that Mathematics are to be studied for their own sake and not as they make for general intelligence and grasp of mind.
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Again, we have made a rather strange discovery, that the mind refuses to know anything except what reaches it in more or less literary form.
Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today’s guest on The New Mason Jar is Jeanne Webb, veteran homeschool of one daughter and former member of the AmblesideOnline Auxilliary, and her whole family are involved in the sciences How Jeanne first heard about the Charlotte Mason philosophy What make Charlotte Mason’s approach to science different from that of typical American science education? What is the relationship of nature study to other areas of scientific study? How do nature study and nature lore prepare children for the more formal study of science? What Jeanne and her family did for nature study Does a Charlotte Mason approach to science do enough to prepare students for higher education? Books and Links Mentioned:
Persons can ‘get up’ the driest of pulverised text-books and enough mathematics for some public examination; but these attainments do not appear to touch the region of mind.
Of Natural Science, too, we have to learn that the way into the secrets of nature is not through the barbed wire entanglements of science as she is taught but through field work or other immediate channel, illustrated and illuminated by books of literary value.The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
The Burgess Bird Book by Thornton W. Burgess
Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Gulp by Mary Roach
It Couldn’t Just Happen by Lawrence O. Richards
The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe
A Meaningful World by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt
Who Made the Moon? by Sigmund Brouwer
The Language of God by Francis Collins
But the object of the Parents’ Review School is not merely to raise the standard of work in the home schoolroom. Our chief wish is that the pupils of the School should find knowledge delightful in itself and for its own sake, without thought of marks, place, prize or other reward; that they should develop an intelligent curiosity about whatever is on the earth or in the heavens, about the past and the present. The children respond and take to their lessons with keen pleasure, if they get even tolerably good teaching, and the want of marks, companionship, or other stimulus is not felt in those home schoolrooms where the interest of knowledge is allowed free play.
attributed to Charlotte Mason, from “Parents’ Review School”, The Parents’ Review, Vol. 12, No. 9 (1901) Find Cindy:Morning Time for Moms
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“There can be no great art without great fable. Great art can only exist where great men brood intensely on something upon which all men brood a little. Without a popular body of fable there can be no unselfish art in any country. Shakespeare’s art was selfish till he turned to the great tales in the four most popular books of his time…”
James Masefield, as Quoted by Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Toward a Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today on the New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn welcome back previous guests Angelina Stanford and Timilyn Downey to cover some questions listeners had about Episode 60: The Building Blocks of Story Is there an objective answer to the question “What is art?” What do we mean when we say literature is art? Why do we say fairy tales are the building blocks of story? What is the danger of not giving children a foundation in myths, fairy tales and the Bible? Is it ever too late to develop a taste for these stories? What is the difference between historical fiction and literature? How does a wide and varied literary education add to our understanding of story?Let us take it to ourselves that great character comes out of great thoughts, and that great thought must be initiated by great thinkers; then we shall have a definite aim in education. Thinking and not doing is the source of character.
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education Books Mentioned:Northrop Frye
C. S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
Beowulf trans. by Burton Raffel
English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. Marshall
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As for Literature–to introduce children to literature is to install them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring a continual holiday to their doors, to lay before them a feast exquisitely served. But they must learn to know literature by being familiar with it from the very first. A child’s intercourse must always be with good books, the best that we can find.
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education, p. 51 Show Summary: Our guests on The New Mason Jar podcast today are Jeannette Tulis and Sherry Early How Sherry first heard about Charlotte Mason How Jeannette started her own home library that then turned into a lending library How did Sherry and Jeannette learn what books to collect and what not to bring home? Where are the best, budget-friendly places to look for good books to buy? How Sherry and Jeannette run their lending libraries What are a few of our guests’ favorite books? Books and Links Mentioned:Episode 12: Charlotte Mason Study Groups with Jeannette Tulis
Picture Book Preschool
Thrift Store Shopping Without Leaving Your House – Bibioguides
Private Lending Libraries List – Biblioguides
The Card Catalogue – Plumfield and Paideia
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Jeannette’s Favorite Picture Book Authors List
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Let the Authors Speak by Carolyn Hatcher
All Through the Ages by Christine Miller
Who Should We Then Read, Vols. 1 & 2 by Jan Bloom
Anatole Series by Eve Titus
Henry the Explorer from Purple House Press
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
David McPhail
Don Freeman
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Obadiah Trio by Brinton Turkle
Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle
Charlotte Zolotow
Jan Wahl
Little Bear Books by Else Holmelund Minarik
Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel
Millicent Selsam
Animals Do the Strangest Things by Arthur and Leonora Hornblow
Carolyn Haywood
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Brisley
Sugar Creek Gang Original Series by Paul Hutchens
Clementine Books by Sarah Pennypacker
The Cobble Street Cousins by Cynthia Rylant
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Mothering by the Book by Jennifer Pepito
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble
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When I get a little money, I buy books, and if any is left, I buy food. My luggage is my library. My home is where my books are.
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All our teaching of children should be given reverently, with the humble sense that we are invited in this matter to co-operate with the Holy Spirit; but it should be given dutifully and diligently.
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 2, Parents and Children Show Summary: Our guests on The New Mason Jar podcast this week are Emily Raible and Tracy Fast How Tracy was homeschooled and came to learn about Charlotte Mason How Emily first heard about Charlotte Mason How Tracy got started using Charlotte Mason’s principles in teaching Sunday school How Emily began creating a Sunday school curriculum using Miss Mason’s principles What differences have been noticeable since implementing the new methods? What a typical Sunday school class looks like in Tracy’s church What Emily’s Sunday school class typically looks like Some more benefits of a Charlotte Mason Sunday school Books and Links Mentioned:For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
The Bible Story Handbook by John and Kim Walton
The Burgess Bird Book by Thornton W. Burgess
House of Humane Letters
Simply Charlotte Mason
AmblesideOnline
Blue Sky Daisies publishing
Example of nature coloring pages Emily mentioned
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Above all, do not read the Bible at the child: do not let any words of the Scriptures be occasions for gibbeting his faults. It is the office of the Holy Ghost to convince of sin; and He is able to use the Word for this purpose, without risk of that hardening of the heart in which our clumsy dealings too often result.
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In teaching music, again, let him once perceive the beautiful laws of harmony, the personality, so to speak, of Music, looking out upon him from among the queer little black notes…
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 2, Parents and Children, p. 278-279 Show Summary: On the New Mason Jar today, Cindy is joined by Heather Bunting, homeschooling mother of 4 and former public school music teacher How Heather first came to learn about Charlotte Mason and her philosophy What is solfege or solfa, and why it is helpful to learn? Why Heather started making videos teaching solfege on her channel Children of the Open Air Is there a benefit to singing a cappella as opposed to singing with accompaniment? Are there resources for implementing singing in the homeschool? How singing connects with a Charlotte Mason education Books and Links Mentioned:For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
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They are the earth and the wind and the home and the heather and all the gracious commonplaces of human life and circumstance. They are children of the open air.
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Without knowledge, Reason carries a man into the wilderness and Rebellion joins company. The man is not to be blamed: it is a glorious thing to perceive your mind, your reasoning power, acting of its own accord as it were and producing argument after argument in support of any initial notion; how is a man to be persuaded, when he wakes up to this tremendous power he has of involuntary reasoning, that his conclusions are not necessarily right, but rather that he who reasons without knowledge is like a child playing with edged tools?
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education, p. 315 Show Summary: On the New Mason Jar today, Cindy chats with Dan Bunting, a pastor and father of 4 homeschooled children How Dan first learned about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy Did you have any concerns about using a Charlotte Mason curriculum initially? What Dan saw about this educational philosophy that impressed him What Dan’s role is in his family’s homeschool journey How Dan is continuing his own education as a father Do you think that a Charlotte Mason education is strong enough in STEM subjects? Dan’s best advice for fathers to support their homeschooling families Books and Links Mentioned:Range by David Epstein
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…habit is inevitable. If we fail to ease life by laying down habits of right thinking and right acting, habits of wrong thinking and wrong acting fix themselves of their own accord.
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