Charlotte Mason Poetry

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Charlotte Mason’s rediscovered 1887 lecture to the British Association for the Advancement of Science in which she announces “the only scientific basis we have for education.” Read by Joanne Downing.