The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

It is by the aid of imagination that a child comes to love people who do not belong to his own country, and as he learns the history of their great deeds and noble efforts, he is eager to learn something of the country in which they lived….of the causes that made the people what they are. E. A. Parish, Parents' Review, VOl. 25, No. 5, 1914 Show Summary: Today's guest is Wendi Capehart, veteran hom...

But, once more, "This kind cometh forth only by prayer." Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today's guest is Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How did Donna-Jean first hear about Charlotte Mason? Where did the phrase "however imperfectly" come from? The value of small things done faithfully. Why Donna-Jean vie...

"Sound principles that are old may easily be laid on the shelf and forgotten, unless in each successive generation a few industrious people can be found who will take the trouble to draw them forth from the storehouse." Thomas Godolphin Rooper Show Summary: Today's guest is Karen Glass, author and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory Why do people think that Charlotte Mason and Classical educati...

And what a barren and dry land should we dwell in if our spirits were narrowed to the limits of that which we can comprehend! Where we err is in supposing that mystery is confined to our religion, that everything else is obvious and open to our understanding: whereas the great things of life, birth, death, hope, love, patriotism, why a leaf is green, and why a bird is clothed in feathers–all such...

And, Mary, seeking meekly for direction, asked 'how shall this be after the wont of men?' and she was shewn how, by the immediate power of God Most High, the Child should be born, holy, the Son of God; and Mary, not knowing what all this might mean to her, cried 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it to me according to Thy word.' Charlotte Mason, Parents Review Article, "The Nativity" Show Summar...

I think all that I have written is still true, but I would emphasize habit and so-on less; child-mind, no, because a child has as much mind as the rest of us. Charlotte Mason, In a letter to Henrietta Franklin Show Summary: Today's guest is Maria Bell, homeschool mother of 4 What is your story of coming to discover Charlotte Mason? What was Charlotte Mason's idea of recitation? What does the Dawn...

Insofar we are laying ourselves out to secure that each shall "live his life"; and that, not at his neighbor's expense; because, so wonderful is the economy of the world that when a man really lives his life he benefits his neighbor as well as himself; we all thrive in the well-being of each. Charlotte Mason, a Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6 Show Summary: Today's guest is Anne White, veteran home...

Today's guest is Liz Wetzel, mother of 5 and Charlotte Mason co-op leader How Liz found the need for a learning community that was sustainable How Liz came to know about Charlotte Mason's philosophy Why Liz's family left Classical Conversations for something else What happened when Liz started a Charlotte Mason reading group How Liz structured their CM community with a focus on older students What...

"It is no arbitrary reward which is attached to the assembling of two or three together; we warm ourselves at each others' fires, and glow with the heat we get. Let but the heads of two or three families meet together to talk over the bringing up of their children, and the best and wisest parents will go home with new insight, renewed purpose, and warmer zeal. 'We shall learn by degrees that educa...

"It may be that the souls of all children are waiting for the call of knowledge to awaken them to delightful living." Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today's episode is our first Charlotte Mason Q&A with Cindy and Dawn What volume should a mother of young children start with first? What does Charlotte say about asking children questions after their readings? Amblesid...

"How delicious it is to sit down with a twig." A Student, as quoted by Charlotte Mason Show Summary: Today's guest is Naomi Goegan, an Auxiliary member of AmblesideOnline How Naomi discovered Charlotte Mason's philosophy What would you say to new moms about starting nature study and going on nature walks? Why does nature study get so closely associated with Charlotte Mason? How is nature study fou...

"Consider, too, what an unequaled mental training the child-naturalist is getting for any study or calling under the sun -the powers of attention, of discrimination, of patient pursuit, growing with his growth, what will they not fit him for?" Charlotte Mason, Vol. 1, Home Education Show Summary: Today's guest is Lynn Seddon, author of the nature study resource Exploring Nature with Children How L...

"Love, and the service of love, are the only things that count." Charlotte Mason, Vol. 4, Ourselves Show Summary: Today's guest is Caitlin Bruce Beauchamp, daughter of Lynn Bruce and an AmblesideOnline graduate How Caitlin came to embrace Charlotte Mason's methods as an adult and foster parent What Caitlin remembers most about her homeschool and growing up experience What subjects were Caitlin's n...

"The method is as old as the mind of man, the distressful fact is that it has been made so little use of in general education." Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today's guest is Karen Glass, author and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory What is narration? How does narration work in the homeschool setting? Does a child have to narrate every lesson? When and how sho...

"Even for their earliest reading lessons, it is unnecessary to put twaddle into the hands of children." Charlotte Mason, Vol. 1, Home Education Show Summary: Today's guests are Amy Edwards and Tina Mugglin of Blue Sky Daisies Publishing How Amy and Tina started Blue Sky Daisies How Cindy started publishing new editions of her books with Blue Sky Daisies A little more information about Morning Time...

"The child brings with him into the world, not character, but disposition. He has tendencies which may need only to be strengthened, or, again, to be diverted or even repressed. His character––the efflorescence of the man wherein the fruit of his life is a preparing––is original disposition, modified, directed, expanded by education; by circumstances; later, by self-control and self-culture; above...

"[T]he fact is, that a few broad essential principles cover the whole field, and these once fully laid hold of, it is as easy and natural to act upon them as it is to act upon our knowledge of such facts as that fire burns and water flows." Charlotte Mason, Vol. 1, Home education Show Summary: Today's guest is Brandy Vencel of Afterthoughtsblog.net How Brandy first came to know about Charlotte Mas...

"The message for our age is, Believe in mind, and let education go straight as a bolt to the mind of the pupil." Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today's guest is Karen Glass, author and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory What, as a whole, are Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles? What exactly is a principle anyway? What prompted Karen to help homeschooling moms unders...

"There are few joys in life greater and more consistent than our joy in Beauty " Charlotte Mason, Vol. 4, Ourselves Show Summary: Today's guest is Leah Boden of Modern Miss Mason How Leah found out about the Charlotte Mason philosophy How Leah learned about and implemented the philosophy with freedom Who was Charlotte Mason anyway? What Leah's book Modern Miss Mason is going to be all about The pr...

"The question is not, — how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education — but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?" Charlotte Mason, Vol. 3, School Education Show Summary: Welcome to the New Mason Jar Podcast from Cindy and Dawn...