Charlotte Mason Poetry (recent episodes)

Art Middlekauff explores the origin, application, and relevance of Charlotte Mason’s teaching on the physiology of habit. Recorded live at the 2019 Gospel Vision for Children conference. Show notes page .

A teacher shares her experiences using “Ourselves” with a class of children in this vintage 1909 article. Show notes page .

H. W. Household’s final tribute to Charlotte Mason as a person, and to her method as a philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page .

House of Education graduate Marjorie Evans explores living elements of French instruction in this vintage 1909 paper. Show notes page .

The president of a PNEU branch raises provocative questions about the teaching of classical and living languages in this 1939 vintage article. Show notes page .

Helen Webb lays out the critical importance—and the critical dangers—of habit formation in this vintage 1917 article, reprinted in 1929. Read by Jenny Martin. Show notes page .

Dawn Tull reveals the ongoing tradition of music appreciation in the PNEU in this original article. Show notes page .

Agnes Drury surveys the history and practice of nature notebooks in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1952. Show notes page .

Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander answer a listener’s question about how the Holy Spirit affects flexibility and specificity in the Charlotte Mason method. Show notes page .

Charlotte Mason’s sweeping overview of her philosophy, written in 1909, reprinted in a booklet, and now available for free. Read by Joanne Downing. Show notes page .

Dawn Tull traces the development of music appreciation in the golden age of the PNEU in this original article. Show notes page .

Cedric Glover, the one-time “musical baby,” issues a call to develop a “nation of intelligent listeners” in this vintage 1926 article. Show notes page .

Miss G. Swinburne of Melbourne, Australia explains the underlying ideas of the Charlotte Mason method and how to apply them in practice in this vintage 1923 article. Read by Belinda McReynolds. Show notes page .

Dawn Tull uncovers the genesis of music appreciation in the PNEU and traces its early history in this original article. Read by Ashley Olander. Show notes page .

Ella Glover’s landmark 1902 paper which inspired the music appreciation program of the PNEU. Show notes page .

Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander explore the role and appropriateness of scaffolding in a Charlotte Mason education. Show notes page .

H.W. Household’s 1924 memorandum to PNEU schools clarifying how narration lessons should be conducted. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page .

Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander explore the often-ask question, “What happened to the PNEU?” and how these lessons from history apply to us today. Show notes page .

House of Education graduate Daphne Chaplin explains how literature is taught in the Charlotte Mason method, in this vintage 1913 Parents’ Review article. Read by Ashley Olander. Show notes page .

Nicole Handfield shares her favorite supplies for observing nature and capturing it in the nature notebook. Show notes page .

Chapter I, The Object of Faith, to H.C. Beeching’s Eleven Sermons on Faith , the source material for Chapter 13 of Charlotte Mason’s Parents and Children . Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page .

Dr. Kent Handfield examines Charlotte Mason’s medical claims and health advice in light of modern medical research. Show notes page .

At an international conference on education in 1931, one speaker came with answers. His name was H. W. Household, and his answers are still relevant today. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page .

Art Middlekauff tackles his first tough question from a listener. This questioner asks how Charlotte Mason may have taught creative writing. Show notes page .

Advancement of Science in which she announces “the only scientific basis we have for education.” Read by Joanne Downing. Show notes page .