There will come a time in the life of faith for every child when they will have to decide for themselves, “Do I really believe this?” In chapter V of “Parents and Children”, Charlotte Mason speaks to us on the role of “parents as inspirers” in “the things of the Spirit.” Her words of encouragement,...
Just two paragraphs into the preface of Mason’s six volumes, the reader is invited to feast upon this simple living idea: “…the knowledge of God is the principal knowledge, and the chief end of education.” What did Charlotte Mason mean by this statement? As Mason educators, do we read this statement with the careful consideration...
Just two paragraphs into the preface of Mason’s six volumes, the reader is invited to feast upon this simple living idea: “…the knowledge of God is the principal knowledge, and the chief end of education.” What did Charlotte Mason mean by this statement? As Mason educators, do we read this statement with the careful consideration...
“My Lord Chief Explorer, Imagination, deserves a more complete introduction than the by-the-way mention he has had as a colleague of Intellect. He is an amazing personage, with the power to produce, as we have seen, a procession of living pictures in every region open to Intellect. Great artists, whether they be poets or painters, builders or musicians,...
Have you ever thought: “Where’s my guidebook? What have I gotten myself into? or Where are we going exactly?” Perhaps you’ve got a spouse or an extended family member asking these questions about homeschooling right now. This talk is the story of my own process of movement from “homeschool skeptic” and “CM illiterate” to owning...
Have you ever thought: “Where’s my guidebook? What have I gotten myself into? or Where are we going exactly?” Perhaps you’ve got a spouse or an extended family member asking these questions about homeschooling right now. This talk is the story of my own process of movement from “homeschool skeptic” and “CM illiterate” to owning...
