Charlotte Mason Motherhood

In today's podcast we are discussing principle 20 of Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles. This principle is known as "The Great Recognition" and it discusses the spiritual life of children. -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #20 says: We allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and ‘spiritual’ life of children, but teach them...

In our last podcast, we discussed the way of the will which is the 17th principle, but today we are covering “the way of reason”, which is the eighteenth principle, and with that comes the nineteenth principle. -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #16: “There are two guides to moral and intellectual self-management to offer to children, wh...

Today we are discussing the sixteenth and seventeenth principles of Mason’s Twenty principles. Principle #16 focuses on the “way of the will” which I also like to call, a parent’s best kept secret. Learn more in this episode! -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #16: There are two guides to moral and intellectual self-management to offer t...

In today's episode I'm talking about the fourteenth and fifteenth principles of Charlotte Mason's Twenty Principles. This principle focuses on narration: the art of telling back. -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #14: “As knowledge is not assimilated until it is reproduced, children should “tell back” after a single reading or hearing;...

In today's episode I'm talking about the 13th principle of Charlotte Mason's Twenty Principles. This principle focuses on the "feast" that Mason focuses on. Learn more in this episode! -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #13: In devising a syllabus for a normal child, of whatever social class, three points must be considered: He requires...

In today's podcast we are discussing principle #12 of Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles: "Education is the Science of Relations" -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #12: “Education is the science of relations” that is, that a child has natural relations with a vast number of things and thoughts; so we train him upon physical exercises natur...

In today's podcast we are discussing principles #8-11 of Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles. The eighth principle is the third of three instruments of education; "Education is a life." Learn about what this phrase means and how we can nourish a child's mind in today's episode. -------- Show Notes: See the show notes for this episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Principle #8: “In saying that “educatio...

In today's podcast we are discussing principle #7 of Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles. The seventh principle is the second of three instruments of education; "Education is a discipline." -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: “We need not labour to get children to learn their lessons…Let the lessons be of the right sort and children will learn them wit...

We're covering principles #4-6 of Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles. The sixth principle is the first of three instruments of education; "Education is an atmosphere." -------- Show Notes: See the Show Notes for this Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: “Set an example… in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity… be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone m...

In today's episode I'm introducing the third principle of Charlotte Mason's Twenty Principles. The Twenty Principles are the basis for her educational philosophy. Without these, we can't apply the method. The second principle is "The principles of authority on the one hand, and of obedience on the other, are natural, necessary and fundamental.”. Today we discuss what this principle means, and how...

In today's episode I'm talking about the second principle of Charlotte Mason's Twenty Principles. The Twenty Principles are the basis for her educational philosophy. Without these, we can't apply the method. The second principle is "Children are not born good or bad but with possibilities for good and evil”. Today we discuss what the principle means, and how we can apply it in our own homes. See t...

In today's episode I'm talking about the first principle of Charlotte Mason's Twenty Principles. The Twenty Principles are the basis for her educational philosophy. Without these, we can't apply the method. The first principle is "Children are Born Persons". Today we discuss what the principle means, and how we can apply it in our own homes. See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace...

In today's episode we discuss why so many families are using the Charlotte Mason philosophy to educate their children. See the Show Notes for This Episode -------- Commonplace Quotes: Philippians 4:8 - "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there...

Introducing the Charlotte Mason Motherhood Podcast! So many of us discover Charlotte Mason in the trenches of motherhood with very young children, and we simply don’t have the time to sit down and study her work. We know Mason’s methods are solid, but what does her philosophy look like day-to-day in a real home, with real kids and a real mother? This is why I created this podcast. To help teach yo...