A Delectable Education is back for its NINTH year. We have grown a lot over these past 8 years, and so has the Charlotte Mason Community. We are honored to be here sharing with you all still. In this episode we are sharing some big announcements like our 4th Annual Parents' Educational Course Reading List, our 4th Annual Online Conference (coming February 2024) and new Teacher Helps and Training Videos to help your school year go smoothly. We're glad you're here with us. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray 2024 ADE Book Club selection (Find the suggested reading schedule  here)  Episodes By Topic: Explore previous episodes grouped by subject    2023-24 Parents' Educational Course: A suggested reading list curated for the modern CM educator   ADE at HOME 2024: Our fourth annual {Virtual} Conference, check back for more details in November. Registration begins November 24, 2023.   Teacher Helps: Products we've created to help you plan, forecast, and implement lessons   Natural History Planner   Form 3-4 Bible Lesson Breakdowns (Revised Form 1-2 Bible Lesson Breakdowns here)    Form 1-2 Literature Breakdowns (Available August 7, 2023)   Upper Forms Geography: If you have previously purchased these, you can re-download the revised copy from your Purchase History   Recitation Planner with optional add-ons for printable Bile Passages   Teacher Training Videos   Sabbath Mood Homeschool Science Curriculum: Nicole has completed her curriculum with High School Ecology   ADE's Patreon Community

A Delectable Education is back for its NINTH year. We have grown a lot over these past 8 years, and so has the Charlotte Mason Community. We are honored to be here sharing with you all still. In this episode we are sharing some big announcements like our 4th Annual Parents' Educational Course Reading List, our 4th Annual Online Conference (coming February 2024) and new Teacher Helps and Training Videos to help your school year go smoothly. We're glad you're here with us. <a href="https://amzn.to/3XQ2vaG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray</a> 2024 ADE Book Club selection (Find the suggested reading schedule <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Vanity-Fair.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>) <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/episodes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episodes By Topic</a>: Explore previous episodes grouped by subject <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2023-24-parents-educational-course/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 2023-24 Parents' Educational Course</a>: A suggested reading list curated for the modern CM educator <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2024-ade-at-home-conference/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADE at HOME 2024</a>: Our fourth annual {Virtual} Conference, check back for more details in November. Registration begins November 24, 2023. <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/teacher-helps-new/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teacher Helps</a>: Products we've created to help you plan, forecast, and implement lessons <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/science-planner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Natural History Planner</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/bible-forms-iii-iv-lesson-breakdown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Form 3-4 Bible Lesson Breakdowns</a> (Revised Form 1-2 Bible Lesson Breakdowns <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/bible-lessons-breakdown-forms-i-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>) <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/form-1-and-2-literature-breakdowns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Form 1-2 Literature Breakdowns</a> (Available August 7, 2023) <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/geography-upper-forms-europe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upper Forms Geography</a>: If you have previously purchased these, you can re-download the revised copy from your <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/checkout/purchase-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase History</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/recitation-planner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recitation Planner</a> with optional add-ons for printable Bile Passages <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/teacher-training-videos-new/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teacher Training Videos</a> <a href="https://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/living-science-curriculum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sabbath Mood Homeschool Science Curriculum</a>: Nicole has completed her curriculum with <a href="https://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/downloads/hs-biology-ecology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High School Ecology</a> ADE's <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ADelectableEducation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon Community</a>

Intro to Season 9: Announcements! New PEC! New Products!

The end of the school year and the end of this podcast season is cause to pause and reflect. The ADE ladies review the past year and encourage you to not just slam the books closed, but pause to remember the good and give thanks. The episode closes with a fitting devotional to help you gain perspective on the value of the past year and inspire you for what lies ahead. Show Notes: Seven Days that Divide the World, John Lennox  Episode 241: Seasonal Reflections    Seasonal Reflection Questions   ADE at HOME {Virtual} Conference (First weekend in February each year, access for 3 months following)   Awaken: Living Books Conference July 21-22, 2023   ADE's Patreon Community   Parents' Educational Course   Episode 232: Forecasting Lessons -- How to plan    Beyond the Forum Podcast with John Lennox

The end of the school year and the end of this podcast season is cause to pause and reflect. The ADE ladies review the past year and encourage you to not just slam the books closed, but pause to remember the good and give thanks. The episode closes with a fitting devotional to help you gain perspective on the value of the past year and inspire you for what lies ahead. Show Notes: <a href="https://amzn.to/40Yq9lw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seven Days that Divide the World, John Lennox</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2022/05/episode-241-seasonal-reflections/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 241: Seasonal Reflections</a> <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SeasonalReflections.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Seasonal Reflection Questions</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2023/01/2023-ade-at-home-virtual-conference/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADE at HOME {Virtual} Conference</a> (First weekend in February each year, access for 3 months following) <a href="http://www.livingbooksconference.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Awaken: Living Books Conference</a> July 21-22, 2023 <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ADelectableEducation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADE's Patreon Community</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2022-23-parents-educational-course/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parents' Educational Course</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2022/01/episode-232-forecasting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 232: Forecasting Lessons</a> -- How to plan <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6PWfNPni7A&amp;list=PLpVxnnpiCUnPFGanr_x1kgPEB74JRl-Lu&amp;index=17&amp;ab_channel=TheVeritasForum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Beyond the Forum Podcast with John Lennox</a>

Episode 261: Season 8 Closing Ceremonies

Charlotte Mason's educational method was worldwide in her day and, thanks to persons like Mariana Mastracchio, this is happening again in our day. This episode closes out the ADE series on Charlotte Mason in Community for this season. It is an inspiring personal account of how one American-Brazilian mother is impacting the country of Brazil to bring Charlotte Mason's method to that Portuguese speaking nation.  Charlotte Mason For All Podcast   Mariana's Podcast and the Mentorship    - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/descobrindocharlottemason/   - Website: https://descobrindocharlottemason.com.br/   Publishing Company, Editora Ideias Vivas   - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/editoraideiasvivas/   - Website: https://editoraideiasvivas.com.br/   Schedule Cards in Russian, Spanish, French, and Portuguese   Charlotte Mason Colombia   Charlotte Mason Online   Charlotte Mason France   Russian language resources:   -www.uchimdoma.com    -https://vk.com/mamauitman (NOTE: May not be accessible in all areas of the world)   -Luda's Video Seminars:   Образование - это атмосфера   Образование - это жизнь   Образование - это дисциплина   Как учить не по учебникам   * Contact Luda if you are interested in a Russian translation of the book For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Charlotte Mason's educational method was worldwide in her day and, thanks to persons like Mariana Mastracchio, this is happening again in our day. This episode closes out the ADE series on Charlotte Mason in Community for this season. It is an inspiring personal account of how one American-Brazilian mother is impacting the country of Brazil to bring Charlotte Mason's method to that Portuguese speaking nation. <a href="https://charlottemasonforall.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason For All Podcast</a> Mariana's Podcast and the Mentorship  - Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/descobrindocharlottemason/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/descobrindocharlottemason/</a> - Website: <a href="https://descobrindocharlottemason.com.br/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://descobrindocharlottemason.com.br/</a> Publishing Company, Editora Ideias Vivas - Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/editoraideiasvivas/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/editoraideiasvivas/</a> - Website: <a href="https://editoraideiasvivas.com.br/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://editoraideiasvivas.com.br/</a> Schedule Cards in <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/russian-scheduling-cards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/spanish-scheduling-cards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/french-scheduling-cards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">French</a>, and <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/portuguese-scheduling-cards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portuguese</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharlotteMasonColombia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason Colombia</a> <a href="https://charlottemasononline.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason Online</a> <a href="https://charlottemason.fr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason France</a> Russian language resources: -<a href="http://www.uchimdoma.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.uchimdoma.com</a> <a href="https://vk.com/mamauitman" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">-https://vk.com/mamauitman</a> (NOTE: May not be accessible in all areas of the world) -Luda's Video Seminars: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YzLaEdrr7E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Образование - это атмосфера</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHeIskT9Ulg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Образование - это жизнь</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Ul_uN6o4A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Образование - это дисциплина</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH4yziJq6xA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Как учить не по учебникам</a> * Contact Luda if you are interested in a Russian translation of the book For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Episode 260: CM in Your World--CM in Other Countries

Charlotte Mason held big gatherings to continue training educators in her method. Some of our formative learning about Charlotte Mason happened through conferences. This interview in the Charlotte Mason in Community series is with Joy Vanderley who hosts the Awaken conference in Traverse City, Michigan, and who shares about some of the joys and work involved in holding a local conference to make this special environment available to people in your area.   A Charlotte Mason Companion, Karen Andreola  Living Literature Courses: Open Registration begins May 1, 2023   Awaken: A Living Books Conference: July 21-22, 2023   Michelle Miller Howard's Children's Preservation Library   TruthQuest History

Charlotte Mason held big gatherings to continue training educators in her method. Some of our formative learning about Charlotte Mason happened through conferences. This interview in the Charlotte Mason in Community series is with Joy Vanderley who hosts the Awaken conference in Traverse City, Michigan, and who shares about some of the joys and work involved in holding a local conference to make this special environment available to people in your area. <a href="https://amzn.to/40BRGtu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Charlotte Mason Companion</a>, Karen Andreola <a href="https://livingliterature.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Literature Courses</a>: Open Registration begins May 1, 2023 <a href="https://www.livingbooksconference.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Awaken: A Living Books Conference</a>: July 21-22, 2023 Michelle Miller Howard's <a href="https://childrenspreservationlibrary.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Children's Preservation Library</a> <a href="https://www.truthquesthistory.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthQuest History</a>

Episode 259: CM in Your Community: CM Gatherings and Conferences

Charlotte Mason recommended "afternoon occupations" and instructions about them were included in her programmes. Are there particular occupations, specified times and occurrences, and how much does the parent need to superintend these occupations? These and all questions involving afternoon was the focus of the original episode being re-aired, which includes a preliminary conversation from this year about clarifying particulars and eight years more experience of Nicole, Emily, and Liz.       "Then comes 3:45 when the children have an hour's work before tea—handicrafts, singing, painting, picture study are the type of lessons given at this time. Then comes tea, after which the children read and sew and have some time to amuse themselves." ("The Work and Aims of the P.U.S.")   "That the claims of the schoolroom should not be allowed to encroach on the child's right to long hours daily for exercise and investigation." (Vol. 1, p. 177)   "Thus, the morning, after breakfast (the digestion of which lighter meal is not a severe task), is much the best time for lessons and every sort of mental work; if the whole afternoon cannot be spared for out-of-door recreation, that is the time for mechanical tasks such as needlework, drawing, practising; the children's wits are bright enough in the evening, but the drawback to evening work is, that the brain, once excited, is inclined to carry on its labours beyond bed-time, and dreams, wakefulness, and uneasy sleep attend the poor child who has been at work until the last minute. If the elder children must work in the evening, they should have at least one or two pleasant social hours before they go to bed; but, indeed, we owe it to the children to abolish evening 'preparation.'" (Vol. 1, p. 23)   "Five of the thirteen waking hours should be at the disposal of the children; three, at least, of these, from two o'clock to five, for example, should be spent out of doors in all but very bad weather. This is the opportunity for out-of-door work, collecting wild flowers, describing walks and views, etc. (see Home Education). Brisk work and ample leisure and freedom should be the rule of the Home School. The Children's Day will, on the whole, run this: Lessons, 1 1/2 to 4 hours; meals, 2 hours; occupations, 1 to 3 hours; leisure, 5 to 7 hours, according to age. The work not done in its own time should be left undone. Children should not be embarrassed with arrears, and they should have dues sense of the importance of time, and that there is no other time for work not done in its own time. Should the children flag at any time, a day's holiday, a little country excursion, should refresh them." (From Suggestions which accompanied the PNEU Programmes)   "[Referring to the afternoon occupations]...at any time of day, in any division of time, to suit family arrangements; when possible, out of doors." (From Suggestions which accompanied the PNEU Programmes)           If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.   Home Education, Part II: Out of Door Life of Children     The Secret World of Weather, Tristan Gooley         Episode 217: The Work and Aims of the P.U.S.   The Parents' Educational Course Reading List   List of Afternoon Occupations

Charlotte Mason recommended "afternoon occupations" and instructions about them were included in her programmes. Are there particular occupations, specified times and occurrences, and how much does the parent need to superintend these occupations? These and all questions involving afternoon was the focus of the original episode being re-aired, which includes a preliminary conversation from this year about clarifying particulars and eight years more experience of Nicole, Emily, and Liz. <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> "Then comes 3:45 when the children have an hour's work before tea—handicrafts, singing, painting, picture study are the type of lessons given at this time. Then comes tea, after which the children read and sew and have some time to amuse themselves." ("The Work and Aims of the P.U.S.") "That the claims of the schoolroom should not be allowed to encroach on the child's right to long hours daily for exercise and investigation." (Vol. 1, p. 177) "Thus, the morning, after breakfast (the digestion of which lighter meal is not a severe task), is much the best time for lessons and every sort of mental work; if the whole afternoon cannot be spared for out-of-door recreation, that is the time for mechanical tasks such as needlework, drawing, practising; the children's wits are bright enough in the evening, but the drawback to evening work is, that the brain, once excited, is inclined to carry on its labours beyond bed-time, and dreams, wakefulness, and uneasy sleep attend the poor child who has been at work until the last minute. If the elder children must work in the evening, they should have at least one or two pleasant social hours before they go to bed; but, indeed, we owe it to the children to abolish evening 'preparation.'" (Vol. 1, p. 23) "Five of the thirteen waking hours should be at the disposal of the children; three, at least, of these, from two o'clock to five, for example, should be spent out of doors in all but very bad weather. This is the opportunity for out-of-door work, collecting wild flowers, describing walks and views, etc. (see Home Education). Brisk work and ample leisure and freedom should be the rule of the Home School. The Children's Day will, on the whole, run this: Lessons, 1 1/2 to 4 hours; meals, 2 hours; occupations, 1 to 3 hours; leisure, 5 to 7 hours, according to age. The work not done in its own time should be left undone. Children should not be embarrassed with arrears, and they should have dues sense of the importance of time, and that there is no other time for work not done in its own time. Should the children flag at any time, a day's holiday, a little country excursion, should refresh them." (From Suggestions which accompanied the PNEU Programmes) "[Referring to the afternoon occupations]...at any time of day, in any division of time, to suit family arrangements; when possible, out of doors." (From Suggestions which accompanied the PNEU Programmes) <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. Home Education, Part II: Out of Door Life of Children <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZGxtC9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Secret World of Weather</a>, Tristan Gooley <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2021/04/episode-217-the-work-and-aims-of-the-pus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Episode 217: The Work and Aims of the P.U.S.</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2022-23-parents-educational-course/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Parents' Educational Course Reading List</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uc0pN1tnnzvhzhxIL5Ch3b6lZMTBi4tzuOmxSCv-ztg/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">List of Afternoon Occupations</a>

Episode 258: Afternoons (Re-Release)

What do it look like do use the Charlotte Mason Method with a group of students? Kelsi Rea joins the ADE ladies today to explain how she went about developing her Charlotte Mason school. Her enthusiasm is contagious and has led to her consulting with dozens of others with the desire to open schools, as well as co-ops.     Charlotte Mason In Community   Kelsi Rea's Website    Emily's succinct description of Charlotte Mason's Method (to get you started coming up with yours)   Heritage Christian Academy

What do it look like do use the Charlotte Mason Method with a group of students? Kelsi Rea joins the ADE ladies today to explain how she went about developing her Charlotte Mason school. Her enthusiasm is contagious and has led to her consulting with dozens of others with the desire to open schools, as well as co-ops. <a href="https://charlottemasonincommunity.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason In Community</a> <a href="https://www.kelsirea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelsi Rea's Website</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/09/episode-93-listener-qa-19/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Emily's succinct description of Charlotte Mason's Method</a> (to get you started coming up with yours) <a href="https://www.heritagechristianacademy.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heritage Christian Academy</a>

Episode 257: CM in Your Community: Learning in Community

Charlotte Mason firmly believed that novels are our greatest teachers, hence why she included them as a major serving in the feast that nourishes our children's education. This episode was recorded live at the ADE At Home conference, February 3, 2023, with Nicole, Emily, and Liz leading a discussion with attendees who had read the book and come to contribute what they had been taught by Elizabeth Goudge's novel The Scent of Water. If you have read the book, you will revel in the myriad messages this book conveyed to us all, and if you have not, you will be inspired to read it.      The Scent of Water, Elizabeth Goudge     Awaken: Living Books Conference, July 21-22, 2023, Traverse City, MI

Charlotte Mason firmly believed that novels are our greatest teachers, hence why she included them as a major serving in the feast that nourishes our children's education. This episode was recorded live at the ADE At Home conference, February 3, 2023, with Nicole, Emily, and Liz leading a discussion with attendees who had read the book and come to contribute what they had been taught by Elizabeth Goudge's novel The Scent of Water. If you have read the book, you will revel in the myriad messages this book conveyed to us all, and if you have not, you will be inspired to read it. <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Books.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3m93LHk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Scent of Water, Elizabeth Goudge</a> <a href="https://www.livingbooksconference.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Awaken: Living Books Conference</a>, July 21-22, 2023, Traverse City, MI

Episode 256: ADE Book Club--The Scent of Water

For this installment of our ongoing series, CM in Your Community, we are focusing on all the materials available for CM lessons! Mathematics was not a subject Charlotte Mason spoke about a lot, but it was essential, and she thought it beautiful. If you need help in leading your student through upper level math, today's Charlotte Mason in Community interview with Tabitha Wirges and Julie Ryle will prove to be a tremendous encouragement. Listen to two very experienced homeschool moms walk through the mountainous land of algebra and geometry and their contribution toward making this a less daunting task.      For the Children's Sake, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay   A Charlotte Mason Companion, Karen Andreola   A Charlotte Mason Education, Catherine Levison     Climbing Higher Math   Living Literature Courses   Bestowing the Brush Art Lessons    Swedish Drill Teacher Help   Beauty &amp; Truth Math   Sabbath Mood Homeschool Science Guides   Grammar Lessons from Liz Cottrill   Picture Study Portfolios    Poetry Scansion Lessons   Geography Map Questions for Form I,  Form 2,  Upper Forms   ADE's Teacher Helps for Lessons

For this installment of our ongoing series, CM in Your Community, we are focusing on all the materials available for CM lessons! Mathematics was not a subject Charlotte Mason spoke about a lot, but it was essential, and she thought it beautiful. If you need help in leading your student through upper level math, today's Charlotte Mason in Community interview with Tabitha Wirges and Julie Ryle will prove to be a tremendous encouragement. Listen to two very experienced homeschool moms walk through the mountainous land of algebra and geometry and their contribution toward making this a less daunting task. <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Books.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3Y5w6f3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">For the Children's Sake, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/40eIawI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Charlotte Mason Companion, Karen Andreola</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3jcPwjq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Charlotte Mason Education, Catherine Levison</a> <a href="https://climbinghighermath.wixsite.com/cmmath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climbing Higher Math</a> <a href="https://livingliterature.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Literature Courses</a> <a href="https://bestowingthebrush.com/video-courses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bestowing the Brush Art Lessons</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/swedish-drill-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Swedish Drill Teacher Help</a> <a href="https://beautyandtruthmath.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beauty &amp; Truth Math</a> <a href="https://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/living-science-curriculum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sabbath Mood Homeschool Science Guides</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/grammar-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grammar Lessons from Liz Cottrill</a> <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/picture-study-portfolios/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Picture Study Portfolios</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/poetry-scansion-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Poetry Scansion Lessons</a> Geography Map Questions for <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/geography-form-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Form I</a>, <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/form-2-geography-resource/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Form 2</a>, <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/downloads/geography-upper-forms-europe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Upper Forms</a> <a href="https://www.adelectableeducation.com/teacher-helps-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADE's Teacher Helps for Lessons</a>

Episode 255: CM in Your Community: Lessons

Charlotte Mason

Beth Corcoran

Charlotte Mason's method is relevant for every kind of child, which this week's episode verifies. Over two years ago, the ADE ladies were interviewed by Beth Corcoran on her Flamingo Feathers podcast, which focuses on education for children with special needs. Beth has graciously allowed us to post that episode for our listeners, of interest not only to parents with special needs children, but will especially inspire anyone by her introduction that describes how the ADE episode of 2020 has subsequently changed her family's life.

Charlotte Mason's method is relevant for every kind of child, which this week's episode verifies. Over two years ago, the ADE ladies were interviewed by Beth Corcoran on her Flamingo Feathers podcast, which focuses on education for children with special needs. Beth has graciously allowed us to post that episode for our listeners, of interest not only to parents with special needs children, but will especially inspire anyone by her introduction that describes how the ADE episode of 2020 has subsequently changed her family's life.

Episode 254: Charlotte Mason and Special Needs with Beth Corcoran of Flamingo Feathers

Narration, attention, habits: Charlotte Mason knew they were natural to a child and work together. The ADE ladies welcome Annette Dionisio to the podcast, a mom who has diligently employed the art of narration in all areas of life with her children. Beyond the books, narration is key to our personhood and Annette has found it key to parenting. Enjoy this episode of "Voices from the Conference" as Annette presented two. lessons with her children and caught the attention of our 2022 attendees with her masterful use of a child's natural gift of narration.

Narration, attention, habits: Charlotte Mason knew they were natural to a child and work together. The ADE ladies welcome Annette Dionisio to the podcast, a mom who has diligently employed the art of narration in all areas of life with her children. Beyond the books, narration is key to our personhood and Annette has found it key to parenting. Enjoy this episode of "Voices from the Conference" as Annette presented two. lessons with her children and caught the attention of our 2022 attendees with her masterful use of a child's natural gift of narration.

Episode 253: Narration Beyond Lessons

Through twice monthly conversations, three moms who have studied the Charlotte Mason method of education and put her ideas into practice in their homes join together to share with one another for the benefit of listeners by giving explanations of Mason's principles and examples of those principles put into practice out of their own teaching experience. These short discussions aim at providing information, support, and encouragement for others by unfolding the myriad aspects.

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A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast

Charlotte Mason had much to say about children even before they start formal school lessons. This podcast explores the wide world of the preschooler and what families should do to make the most of the early years, the "golden hours" of life before school officially begins.

Charlotte Mason had much to say about children even before they start formal school lessons. This podcast explores the wide world of the preschooler and what families should do to make the most of the early years, the "golden hours" of life before school officially begins.

Episode 79: The Early Years

"Education, said Charlotte Mason, is an "atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." Habit formation, the discipline, is fundamental to our function as persons. Miss Mason offers descriptions of habit formation as well as counsel on habit training. Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss the essentials for building those habits that make for "the good life."

"Education, said Charlotte Mason, is an "atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." Habit formation, the discipline, is fundamental to our function as persons. Miss Mason offers descriptions of habit formation as well as counsel on habit training. Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss the essentials for building those habits that make for "the good life."

Episode 168: Habit Training

This Charlotte Mason podcast focuses on time management: how do we get organized to spread this feast of innumerable subjects, how do we fit everything in, and how do we manage multiple children at various levels with differing needs and subjects. Practical tips, resources, ideas, and time-tested wisdom is abundant in this conversation.  Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome     Our Podcast Episode that talks about the Habit of Attention Nicole's step-by-step guide to preparing your CM schedule A Form by Form breakdown of which subjects are studied when and what lessons those subjects include at each age level  Liz, Emily, and Nicole can help you create your own schedule and/or custom curriculum

This Charlotte Mason podcast focuses on time management: how do we get organized to spread this feast of innumerable subjects, how do we fit everything in, and how do we manage multiple children at various levels with differing needs and subjects. Practical tips, resources, ideas, and time-tested wisdom is abundant in this conversation. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUkZcoM2ojc/VynSQgNOIfI/AAAAAAAAGkk/H55RMNc70Zw427Z3qNisb2H244mq3GjYwCLcB/s1600/Ep33Quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Updt_V1Tvmg/VgRoV8WxlCI/AAAAAAAAE94/yHcRpIIKgXM/s1600/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2015/10/episode-4-three-tools-of-education.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Podcast Episode that talks about the Habit of Attention</a> <a href="http://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/preparing-a-cm-schedule/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole's step-by-step guide to preparing your CM schedule</a> <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/p/form-schedules.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Form by Form breakdown</a> of which subjects are studied when and what lessons those subjects include at each age level <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/p/consulting.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liz, Emily, and Nicole can help you create your own schedule and/or custom curriculum</a>

Episode 33: Scheduling a Charlotte Mason Education

 Charlotte Mason has a unique view of the student and the way in which he learns. This episode focuses on the role of the teacher and how his responsibilities and approach to teaching likewise take on a different perspective in her method. Nicole, Emily and Liz begin with a comparison of traditional teaching qualifications versus Mason's requirements for teachers, concluding with the life-changing help every teacher has at her disposal.  Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome     "We may not despise them, or hinder them ('suffer the little children'), or offend them by our brutish clumsiness of action and want of serious thought; while the one positive precept afforded to us is 'feed' (which should be rendered 'pasture') 'my lambs,' place them in the midst of abundant food." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pg. 81)  "[Y]ou may bring a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink. What I complain of is that we do not bring our horse to the water. We give him miserable little text-books, mere compendiums of facts, which he is to learn off and say and produce at an examination; or we give him various knowledge in the form of warm diluents, prepared by his teacher with perhaps some grains of living thought to the gallon. And all the time we have books, books teeming with ideas fresh from the minds of thinkers upon every subject to which we can wish to introduce children." (School Education, pg. 171)  "[T]he great recognition, that God the Holy Spirit is Himself, personally, the Imparter of knowledge, the Instructor of youth, the Inspirer of genius, is a conception so far lost to us that we should think it distinctly irreverent to conceive of the divine teaching as co-operating with ours in a child's arithmetic lesson, for example. But the Florentine mind of the Middle Ages went further than this: it believed, not only that the seven Liberal Arts were fully under the direct outpouring of the Holy Ghost, but that every fruitful idea, every original conception, whether in Euclid, or grammar, or music, was a direct inspiration from the Holy Spirit, without any thought at all as to whether the person so inspired named himself by the name of God, or recognised whence his inspiration came." (Parents and Children, pg. 270-71)  “Let this be the mother's key to the whole of the education of each boy and each girl; not of her children; the Divine Spirit does not work with nouns of multitude, but with each single child. Because He is infinite, the whole world is not too great a school for this indefatigable Teacher, and because He is infinite, He is able to give the whole of his infinite attention for the whole time to each one of his multitudinous pupils. We do not sufficiently rejoice in the wealth that the infinite nature of our God brings to each of us.” (Parents and Children, pg. 273)  "[W]e perceive that the great work of education is to inspire children with vitalising ideas as to every relation of life, every department of knowledge, every subject of thought; and to give deliberate care to the formation of those habits of the good life which are the outcome of vitalising ideas. In this great work we seek and assuredly find the cooperation of the Divine Spirit, whom we recognise, in a sense rather new to modern thought, as the supreme Educator of mankind in things that have been called secular, fully as much as in those that have been called sacred." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pg. 173)    If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.  Parents and Children (Volume 2), Chapter 25  School Education (Volume 3), Chapters 1-3  Towards a Philosophy of Education (Volume 6), Chapters 5 and 10, section 2    Mornings in Florence, John Ruskin  (Contains affiliate links)    The Descent of the Holy Spirit Fresco here and here

Charlotte Mason has a unique view of the student and the way in which he learns. This episode focuses on the role of the teacher and how his responsibilities and approach to teaching likewise take on a different perspective in her method. Nicole, Emily and Liz begin with a comparison of traditional teaching qualifications versus Mason's requirements for teachers, concluding with the life-changing help every teacher has at her disposal. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-04-DtvLNumI/Vg7Ydfv-LVI/AAAAAAAAFCs/xuB64-hMAQA/s1600/Ep3Quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JO0LiX3JgA/VgRoGyyP0jI/AAAAAAAAE9o/qKs0jgJYVrY/s1600/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> "We may not despise them, or hinder them ('suffer the little children'), or offend them by our brutish clumsiness of action and want of serious thought; while the one positive precept afforded to us is 'feed' (which should be rendered 'pasture') 'my lambs,' place them in the midst of abundant food." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pg. 81) "[Y]ou may bring a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink. What I complain of is that we do not bring our horse to the water. We give him miserable little text-books, mere compendiums of facts, which he is to learn off and say and produce at an examination; or we give him various knowledge in the form of warm diluents, prepared by his teacher with perhaps some grains of living thought to the gallon. And all the time we have books, books teeming with ideas fresh from the minds of thinkers upon every subject to which we can wish to introduce children." (School Education, pg. 171) "[T]he great recognition, that God the Holy Spirit is Himself, personally, the Imparter of knowledge, the Instructor of youth, the Inspirer of genius, is a conception so far lost to us that we should think it distinctly irreverent to conceive of the divine teaching as co-operating with ours in a child's arithmetic lesson, for example. But the Florentine mind of the Middle Ages went further than this: it believed, not only that the seven Liberal Arts were fully under the direct outpouring of the Holy Ghost, but that every fruitful idea, every original conception, whether in Euclid, or grammar, or music, was a direct inspiration from the Holy Spirit, without any thought at all as to whether the person so inspired named himself by the name of God, or recognised whence his inspiration came." (Parents and Children, pg. 270-71) “Let this be the mother's key to the whole of the education of each boy and each girl; not of her children; the Divine Spirit does not work with nouns of multitude, but with each single child. Because He is infinite, the whole world is not too great a school for this indefatigable Teacher, and because He is infinite, He is able to give the whole of his infinite attention for the whole time to each one of his multitudinous pupils. We do not sufficiently rejoice in the wealth that the infinite nature of our God brings to each of us.” (Parents and Children, pg. 273) "[W]e perceive that the great work of education is to inspire children with vitalising ideas as to every relation of life, every department of knowledge, every subject of thought; and to give deliberate care to the formation of those habits of the good life which are the outcome of vitalising ideas. In this great work we seek and assuredly find the cooperation of the Divine Spirit, whom we recognise, in a sense rather new to modern thought, as the supreme Educator of mankind in things that have been called secular, fully as much as in those that have been called sacred." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pg. 173) <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LtCxUD5NKI/VgKR2OvjeVI/AAAAAAAAE4o/195GZCDpeMI/s1600/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. Parents and Children (Volume 2), Chapter 25 School Education (Volume 3), Chapters 1-3 Towards a Philosophy of Education (Volume 6), Chapters 5 and 10, section 2 <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zvf5ZJOeilU/VgRoPGvm1wI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y1GPAsYwjwE/s1600/Books.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481841440/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1481841440&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=JKFJMYHBKRJ4JEHX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/1MOWkJl" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mornings in Florence</a>, John Ruskin (Contains affiliate links) <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Updt_V1Tvmg/VgRoV8WxlCI/AAAAAAAAE94/yHcRpIIKgXM/s1600/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> The Descent of the Holy Spirit Fresco <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/p/the-great-recognition.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/triumph.shtml" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

Episode 3: The Role of the Teacher

 If education is not information, what is it? How do we as teachers feed the whole person's natural desire to know? Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss the tools to implement in education, the motto Mason took for her teachers: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life," defining, discussing, and providing real life instances of these instruments put into practice.    Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome       4. These principles are limited by the respect due to the personality of children, which must not be encroached upon whether by the direct use of fear or love, suggestion or influence, or by undue play upon any one natural desire. 5. Therefore, we are limited to three educational instruments--the atmosphere of environment, the discipline of habit, and the presentation of living ideas. The P.N.E.U. Motto is: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." (Preface to the Home Education Series)  "The child breathes the atmosphere emanating from his parents; that of the ideas which rule their own lives." (Parents and Children, pg. 247)  "Parents and teachers should know how to make sensible use of a child's circumstances (atmosphere) to forward his sound education." (School Education, pg. 182) "Attention is hardly even an operation of the mind, but is simply the act by which the whole mental force is applied to the subject in hand...For whatever the natural gifts of the child, it is only in so far as the habit of attention is cultivated in him that he is able to make use of them." (Home Education, pgs. 145-146)  "A single idea may be a possession so precious in itself, so fruitful, that the parent cannot fitly allow the child's selection of ideas to be a matter of chance; his lessons should furnish him with such ideas as shall make for his further education." (Home Education, pg. 174)  "In the early days of a child's life it makes little apparent difference whether we educate with a notion of filling a receptacle, inscribing a tablet, moulding plastic matter, or nourishing a life, but as a child grows we shall perceive that only those ideas which have fed his life, are taken into his being; all the rest is cast away or is, like sawdust in the system, an impediment and an injury." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pgs. 108-109)  "A time-table, written out fairly, so that the child knows what he has to do and how long each lesson is to last." (Home Education, pg. 142)  "A Child gets through their morning lessons without any sign of weariness." (Home Education, pg. 142)  "It is only as we recognise our limitations that our work becomes effective: when we see definitely what we are to do, what we can do, and what we cannot do, we set to work with confidence and courage; we have an end in view, and we make our way intelligently towards that end, and a way to an end is method. It rests with parents not only to give their children birth into the life of intelligence and moral power, but to sustain the higher life which they have borne." (Parents and Children, pg. 33)    If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.  Home Education, Part V: Lessons as Instruments of Education  Parents and Children, chapters IV, VII, and XXII  School Education, chapter XIV  Towards a Philosophy of Education, chapter VI  

If education is not information, what is it? How do we as teachers feed the whole person's natural desire to know? Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss the tools to implement in education, the motto Mason took for her teachers: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life," defining, discussing, and providing real life instances of these instruments put into practice. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MIOlXZ6RXpU/VgW6ExVSsxI/AAAAAAAAEe8/7q9MQHD_oMY/s1600/Ep4Quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JO0LiX3JgA/VgRoGyyP0jI/AAAAAAAAE9o/qKs0jgJYVrY/s1600/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> 4. These principles are limited by the respect due to the personality of children, which must not be encroached upon whether by the direct use of fear or love, suggestion or influence, or by undue play upon any one natural desire. 5. Therefore, we are limited to three educational instruments--the atmosphere of environment, the discipline of habit, and the presentation of living ideas. The P.N.E.U. Motto is: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." (Preface to the Home Education Series) "The child breathes the atmosphere emanating from his parents; that of the ideas which rule their own lives." (Parents and Children, pg. 247) "Parents and teachers should know how to make sensible use of a child's circumstances (atmosphere) to forward his sound education." (School Education, pg. 182) "Attention is hardly even an operation of the mind, but is simply the act by which the whole mental force is applied to the subject in hand...For whatever the natural gifts of the child, it is only in so far as the habit of attention is cultivated in him that he is able to make use of them." (Home Education, pgs. 145-146) "A single idea may be a possession so precious in itself, so fruitful, that the parent cannot fitly allow the child's selection of ideas to be a matter of chance; his lessons should furnish him with such ideas as shall make for his further education." (Home Education, pg. 174) "In the early days of a child's life it makes little apparent difference whether we educate with a notion of filling a receptacle, inscribing a tablet, moulding plastic matter, or nourishing a life, but as a child grows we shall perceive that only those ideas which have fed his life, are taken into his being; all the rest is cast away or is, like sawdust in the system, an impediment and an injury." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pgs. 108-109) "A time-table, written out fairly, so that the child knows what he has to do and how long each lesson is to last." (Home Education, pg. 142) "A Child gets through their morning lessons without any sign of weariness." (Home Education, pg. 142) "It is only as we recognise our limitations that our work becomes effective: when we see definitely what we are to do, what we can do, and what we cannot do, we set to work with confidence and courage; we have an end in view, and we make our way intelligently towards that end, and a way to an end is method. It rests with parents not only to give their children birth into the life of intelligence and moral power, but to sustain the higher life which they have borne." (Parents and Children, pg. 33) <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LtCxUD5NKI/VgKR2OvjeVI/AAAAAAAAE4o/195GZCDpeMI/s1600/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. Home Education, Part V: Lessons as Instruments of Education Parents and Children, chapters IV, VII, and XXII School Education, chapter XIV Towards a Philosophy of Education, chapter VI

Episode 4: Three Tools of Education

This Charlotte Mason podcast is an immensely realistic and practical guide for the teacher. Liz, Emily, and Nicole share what Charlotte Mason's principles for lesson preparation and planning are, then discuss how to make it happen. What should we as teachers be spending our time on behind the scenes, before the lessons? What is actually required of us to make lessons successful and what is not? These and other daily tasks for smoothing the school days are unpacked in this conversation.

This Charlotte Mason podcast is an immensely realistic and practical guide for the teacher. Liz, Emily, and Nicole share what Charlotte Mason's principles for lesson preparation and planning are, then discuss how to make it happen. What should we as teachers be spending our time on behind the scenes, before the lessons? What is actually required of us to make lessons successful and what is not? These and other daily tasks for smoothing the school days are unpacked in this conversation.

Episode 186: Method of Lessons

Drawing was an essential component of the Charlotte Mason feast of subjects, and this podcast episode describes her purpose for including this skill. If drawing intimidates or paralyzes you because of your own feelings of incompetence to instruct, Emily offers practical tips for opening the world of expression through drawing for your children of all ages.     "It is only what we have truly seen that we can truly reproduce, hence, observation is enormously trained by art teaching. Personally, I believe every living soul can learn to draw from actual objects, if the eye has not first been vitiated by seeing copies of them." (Miss Pennethorne, PR 10) "This is what we wish to do for children in teaching them to draw--to cause the eye to rest, not unconsciously, but consciously n some object of beauty which will leave in their minds an image of delight for all their lives to come." (Vol. 1, p. 313) "Art, when rightly directed, is educational, for it trains not only one faculty, but all the faculties together; it trains the hand and the eye, and it trains the head and the heart; it teaches us to see and to see truly; it teaches us to think--that science can do; but it teaches us also to admire and to love; it disciplines the emotions." (Mr. Collingwood, The Fesole Club Papers) "...the great benefit of "brushwork" being that it can be made quite a moral training in exactness and decision." (Mrs. Perrin, "Brush Drawing", PR 4) "Children should learn to draw as they learn to write. The great point is that they should be encouraged, not flattered. With no help and encouragement the child gradually loses his desire to draw." (Mrs. Steinthal, "Art Training in the Nursery", PR 1) "There are two great points that must be remembered if we wish to make our system of art teaching...successful. The first is, always keep the children interested. Next, let us understand that drawing is not only learnt with a pencil and a piece of paper....The chief value of drawing is that it trains the eye to see things as they are." (Mrs. Steinthal, PR 1) "...we must be careful not to offer any aids in the way of guiding lines, points, and other such crutches; and also that he should work in the easiest medium; that is, with paint-brush or with charcoal, and not with a black-lead pencil. Boxes of cheap colours are to be avoided. Children are worthy of the best." (Vol. 1, p. 313) "The first buttercup in a child's nature note book is shockingly crude, the sort of thing to scandalise a teacher of brush-drawing, but by and by another buttercup will appear with the delicate poise, uplift and radiance of the growing flower." (Vol. 6, p. 217) "Drawing is nothing to do with talent, but can be done with observation, intelligence and application--or by seeing, remembering and expressing and is a fundamentally educative subject." (Juliet Williams, "The Teaching of Drawing and Its Place in Education", PR 34)  School Education (Volume 3), p. 205 Ourselves (Volume ), Book I, Part II, Chapters II and V An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education, Book I, Chapter X (f)  Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards (Affiliate Links)   Drawing Lessons, Florence Monkhouse (PR Article)  Brush Drawing, Miss K. Loveday (PR Article)  The Teaching of Drawing and Its Place in Education, Juliet Williams (PR Article) Brush Drawing, Mrs H. Perrin (PR Article)  Fesole Club Papers, Mr. W. G. Collingwood  What To Draw and How to Draw It In A Large Room Retreat

Drawing was an essential component of the Charlotte Mason feast of subjects, and this podcast episode describes her purpose for including this skill. If drawing intimidates or paralyzes you because of your own feelings of incompetence to instruct, Emily offers practical tips for opening the world of expression through drawing for your children of all ages. <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> "It is only what we have truly seen that we can truly reproduce, hence, observation is enormously trained by art teaching. Personally, I believe every living soul can learn to draw from actual objects, if the eye has not first been vitiated by seeing copies of them." (Miss Pennethorne, PR 10) "This is what we wish to do for children in teaching them to draw--to cause the eye to rest, not unconsciously, but consciously n some object of beauty which will leave in their minds an image of delight for all their lives to come." (Vol. 1, p. 313) "Art, when rightly directed, is educational, for it trains not only one faculty, but all the faculties together; it trains the hand and the eye, and it trains the head and the heart; it teaches us to see and to see truly; it teaches us to think--that science can do; but it teaches us also to admire and to love; it disciplines the emotions." (Mr. Collingwood, The Fesole Club Papers) "...the great benefit of "brushwork" being that it can be made quite a moral training in exactness and decision." (Mrs. Perrin, "Brush Drawing", PR 4) "Children should learn to draw as they learn to write. The great point is that they should be encouraged, not flattered. With no help and encouragement the child gradually loses his desire to draw." (Mrs. Steinthal, "Art Training in the Nursery", PR 1) "There are two great points that must be remembered if we wish to make our system of art teaching...successful. The first is, always keep the children interested. Next, let us understand that drawing is not only learnt with a pencil and a piece of paper....The chief value of drawing is that it trains the eye to see things as they are." (Mrs. Steinthal, PR 1) "...we must be careful not to offer any aids in the way of guiding lines, points, and other such crutches; and also that he should work in the easiest medium; that is, with paint-brush or with charcoal, and not with a black-lead pencil. Boxes of cheap colours are to be avoided. Children are worthy of the best." (Vol. 1, p. 313) "The first buttercup in a child's nature note book is shockingly crude, the sort of thing to scandalise a teacher of brush-drawing, but by and by another buttercup will appear with the delicate poise, uplift and radiance of the growing flower." (Vol. 6, p. 217) "Drawing is nothing to do with talent, but can be done with observation, intelligence and application--or by seeing, remembering and expressing and is a fundamentally educative subject." (Juliet Williams, "The Teaching of Drawing and Its Place in Education", PR 34) <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/04/episode-76-physical-training/studyguide-png/" rel="attachment wp-att-89 nofollow" target="_blank"></a> School Education (Volume 3), p. 205 Ourselves (Volume ), Book I, Part II, Chapters II and V An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education, Book I, Chapter X (f) <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/03/episode-71-listener-q-a-14/books-png-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-106 nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/2ysYEri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain</a>, Betty Edwards (Affiliate Links) <a href="http://www.adelectableeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR02p413DrawingLessons.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drawing Lessons</a>, Florence Monkhouse (PR Article) <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B91zz54BaT2mNkZUcnV5dWktM1IzdzctMjN1R05wb1EtNFBN/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Brush Drawing</a>, Miss K. Loveday (PR Article) <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B91zz54BaT2mb2NMX3ZxYlp4dThjUGFfZTNCQ3hYc2dZNFlJ/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Teaching of Drawing and Its Place in Education</a>, Juliet Williams (PR Article) <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/PR/PR04p344BrushDrawing.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brush Drawing,</a> Mrs H. Perrin (PR Article) <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xEggdH61cWhq6yECVnr6rvZRjBCQBxhQhTctLPewa3k/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Fesole Club Papers</a>, Mr. W. G. Collingwood <a href="https://ia601404.us.archive.org/8/items/whattodrawhowtod00lutz/whattodrawhowtod00lutz.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What To Draw and How to Draw It</a> <a href="http://www.inalargeroomretreat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In A Large Room Retreat</a>

Episode 98: Drawing

Charlotte Mason included a subject uncommon to most modern teachers: recitation. This podcast episode explains why she did, what it is, and how it differs from memorization. This is an essential in the feast and a great gift to the students and the people around them.  Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome      "Children know how to read, but they cannot read." (Burrell, "Recitation")  "Without them the best pieces of English writing lose half their value; the best paper read before a cultivated audience misses its aim; the best lecture is only half a lecture, and the best sermon is an opiate. With them all is changed; the light from the writer's soul is handed down from one generation to another. For good authors cannot die; the human voice is for-ever conferring immortality upon them. So magical is the power of a good reader that he can convey to an audience shades of meaning in his author which he himself does not suspect." (Burrell)  "Recitation and committing to memory are not necessarily the same thing..." (Vol. 1, p. 224)  "And if such appreciation can be born when a good reader and a good audience meet, is it not worse than madness for us to look on English literature as mere work for the study, mere dictionary stuff? It was meant to be interpreted by the voice of life; there is only half the passion in the printed page. If there were more good reading round English firesides, do you suppose that the masterpieces of English thought would be studied, as they often are, merely with an eye to the examiners' certificate?" (Burrell)  "The child should speak beautiful thoughts so beautifully, with such delicate rendering of each nuance of meaning, that he becomes to the listener the interpreter of the author's thought." (Vol. 1, p. 223)  "Knowledge is information touched with emotion: feeling must be stirred, imagination must picture, reason must consider, nay, conscience must pronounce on the information we offer before it becomes mind-stuff." (In Memorium, p. 4)  "At this stage, his reading lessons must advance so slowly that he may just as well learn his reading exercises, both prose and poetry, as recitation lessons." (Vol. 1, pp. 204-205)  "Perfect enunciation and precision are insisted on, and when he comes to arrange the whole of the little rhyme in his loose words and read it off (most delightful of all the lessons) his reading must be a perfect and finished recitation." (Vol. 1, p. 222)  "The teacher reads with the intention that the children shall know, and therefore, with distinctness, force, and careful enunciation; it is a mere matter of sympathy, though of course it is the author and not himself, whom the teacher is careful to produce." (Vol. 6, p. 244)  "The gains of such a method of learning are, that the edge of the child's enjoyment is not taken off by weariful verse by verse repetitions, and, also, that the habit of making mental images is unconsciously formed." (Vol. 1, p. 225)  "There is hardly any 'subject' so educative and so elevating as that which Mr. Burrell has happily described as 'The Children's Art.'" (Vol. 1, p. 223)     If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.  Home Education, Part V, Chapter VII: Recitation  Recitation: The Children's Art, Arthur Burrell, Parents' Review, Vol. 1, pp. 92-103    Lady Clare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson  Charlotte Mason Soiree Facebook Group

Charlotte Mason included a subject uncommon to most modern teachers: recitation. This podcast episode explains why she did, what it is, and how it differs from memorization. This is an essential in the feast and a great gift to the students and the people around them. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-40AKkt9H8XA/WK1yq7s5USI/AAAAAAAAam4/myO-htAnwWsuLHWe3uwcyb6hFLQJ2X1cQCLcB/s1600/Ep69Quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JO0LiX3JgA/VgRoGyyP0jI/AAAAAAAAE9o/qKs0jgJYVrY/s1600/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> "Children know how to read, but they cannot read." (Burrell, "Recitation") "Without them the best pieces of English writing lose half their value; the best paper read before a cultivated audience misses its aim; the best lecture is only half a lecture, and the best sermon is an opiate. With them all is changed; the light from the writer's soul is handed down from one generation to another. For good authors cannot die; the human voice is for-ever conferring immortality upon them. So magical is the power of a good reader that he can convey to an audience shades of meaning in his author which he himself does not suspect." (Burrell) "Recitation and committing to memory are not necessarily the same thing..." (Vol. 1, p. 224) "And if such appreciation can be born when a good reader and a good audience meet, is it not worse than madness for us to look on English literature as mere work for the study, mere dictionary stuff? It was meant to be interpreted by the voice of life; there is only half the passion in the printed page. If there were more good reading round English firesides, do you suppose that the masterpieces of English thought would be studied, as they often are, merely with an eye to the examiners' certificate?" (Burrell) "The child should speak beautiful thoughts so beautifully, with such delicate rendering of each nuance of meaning, that he becomes to the listener the interpreter of the author's thought." (Vol. 1, p. 223) "Knowledge is information touched with emotion: feeling must be stirred, imagination must picture, reason must consider, nay, conscience must pronounce on the information we offer before it becomes mind-stuff." (In Memorium, p. 4) "At this stage, his reading lessons must advance so slowly that he may just as well learn his reading exercises, both prose and poetry, as recitation lessons." (Vol. 1, pp. 204-205) "Perfect enunciation and precision are insisted on, and when he comes to arrange the whole of the little rhyme in his loose words and read it off (most delightful of all the lessons) his reading must be a perfect and finished recitation." (Vol. 1, p. 222) "The teacher reads with the intention that the children shall know, and therefore, with distinctness, force, and careful enunciation; it is a mere matter of sympathy, though of course it is the author and not himself, whom the teacher is careful to produce." (Vol. 6, p. 244) "The gains of such a method of learning are, that the edge of the child's enjoyment is not taken off by weariful verse by verse repetitions, and, also, that the habit of making mental images is unconsciously formed." (Vol. 1, p. 225) "There is hardly any 'subject' so educative and so elevating as that which Mr. Burrell has happily described as 'The Children's Art.'" (Vol. 1, p. 223) <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LtCxUD5NKI/VgKR2OvjeVI/AAAAAAAAE4o/195GZCDpeMI/s1600/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. Home Education, Part V, Chapter VII: Recitation <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/PR/PR01p092RecitationChildrensArt.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recitation: The Children's Art</a>, Arthur Burrell, Parents' Review, Vol. 1, pp. 92-103 <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Updt_V1Tvmg/VgRoV8WxlCI/AAAAAAAAE94/yHcRpIIKgXM/s1600/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/360/2/226.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lady Clare</a>, Alfred, Lord Tennyson <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/charlottemasonsoiree/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason Soiree Facebook Group</a>

Episode 69: Recitation

Charlotte Mason encouraged a practice called "Masterly Inactivity." Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss what this is, why it is important, and how in the world a mother actually manages to balance law and freedom in her home.

Charlotte Mason encouraged a practice called "Masterly Inactivity." Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss what this is, why it is important, and how in the world a mother actually manages to balance law and freedom in her home.

Episode 108: Masterly Inactivity

Charlotte Mason wanted children to set good intellectual habits, and these begin in the first year of formal lessons. A. A. Milne said, "Now we are Six," Mason said, "Now it's time to read," and this episode will describe the scope of the first year of school and its lessons.

Charlotte Mason wanted children to set good intellectual habits, and these begin in the first year of formal lessons. A. A. Milne said, "Now we are Six," Mason said, "Now it's time to read," and this episode will describe the scope of the first year of school and its lessons.

Episode 83: Form IB Recap

This Charlotte Mason education podcast focuses on the papers, the recordings, and drawings--all the reproductions of knowledge in the making. In particular, Liz, Nicole, and Emily address the explicitly described or preserved examples of various notebooks Mason's students used from which we can glean ideas to benefit our own students today.

This Charlotte Mason education podcast focuses on the papers, the recordings, and drawings--all the reproductions of knowledge in the making. In particular, Liz, Nicole, and Emily address the explicitly described or preserved examples of various notebooks Mason's students used from which we can glean ideas to benefit our own students today.

Episode 111: Notebooks and Paperwork, Part I

This month's Charlotte Mason podcast question for us is asked so often in so many forms that the entire episode is devoted to it. Multiple questions are summed up in "Am I failing? What if I'm not doing things perfectly, not doing it all, leaving out subjects, don't know what I'm doing, can't figure it all out, am avoiding subjects...should I give up?" Emily, Liz and Nicole share Miss Mason's counsel, Biblical encouragement, and their own honest experiences.

When The Feast Is Too Much: Listener Q&A #28

This podcast episode explores the reasons Charlotte Mason gave for the necessity of a child's education to include a vast familiarity with the outside world. Beyond discussing why nature study is critical to knowledge of God, the benefits to personal growth, and its fundamental effects on future academic success, many practical suggestions for accomplishing this essential study are discussed to encourage your family's implementation of and regular involvement in nature study.  Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome      "We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things." (Vol. 1, p. 61)  "When children are old enough to understand that science itself is in a sense sacred, and demands some sacrifice, all the common information they have been gathering until then, and the habits of observation they have acquired, will form an excellent ground work for a scientific education. In the meantime let them consider the lilies of the field and fowls of the air." (Vol. 1, p. 63)  "Consider, too, what an unequalled 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? Besides, life is so interesting to him, that he has no time for the faults of temper which generally have their source in ennui; there is no reason why he should be peevish or sulky or obstinate when he is always kept well amused." (Vol. 1, pp. 61-62)  "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without." (Vol. 1, p. 42)  "The first buttercup in a child's nature note book is shockingly crude, the sort of thing to scandalize a teacher of brush-drawing, but by and by another buttercup will appear with the delicate poise, uplift and radiance of the growing flower." (Vol. 6, p. 217)     If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.  Home Education (Volume 1), Part II  School Education (Volume 3), pp. 236-238   "The Charm of Nature Study" by G. Dowton, an article from the Parent's Review     The Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Comstock    The Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv  (Contains affiliate links)    Charlotte Mason Digital Collection  Nature Journal Examples {Here}, {Here}, and {Here} John Muir Laws' Nature Journaling site Examples of Bird and Flower Lists PR Article on the benefits to language from Nature Study

This podcast episode explores the reasons Charlotte Mason gave for the necessity of a child's education to include a vast familiarity with the outside world. Beyond discussing why nature study is critical to knowledge of God, the benefits to personal growth, and its fundamental effects on future academic success, many practical suggestions for accomplishing this essential study are discussed to encourage your family's implementation of and regular involvement in nature study. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9t4nkBxJc_4/VrSVVAC-tBI/AAAAAAAAGHA/xfpzuvFNAv8/s1600/Ep20quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JO0LiX3JgA/VgRoGyyP0jI/AAAAAAAAE9o/qKs0jgJYVrY/s1600/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> "We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things." (Vol. 1, p. 61) "When children are old enough to understand that science itself is in a sense sacred, and demands some sacrifice, all the common information they have been gathering until then, and the habits of observation they have acquired, will form an excellent ground work for a scientific education. In the meantime let them consider the lilies of the field and fowls of the air." (Vol. 1, p. 63) "Consider, too, what an unequalled 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? Besides, life is so interesting to him, that he has no time for the faults of temper which generally have their source in ennui; there is no reason why he should be peevish or sulky or obstinate when he is always kept well amused." (Vol. 1, pp. 61-62) "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without." (Vol. 1, p. 42) "The first buttercup in a child's nature note book is shockingly crude, the sort of thing to scandalize a teacher of brush-drawing, but by and by another buttercup will appear with the delicate poise, uplift and radiance of the growing flower." (Vol. 6, p. 217) <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LtCxUD5NKI/VgKR2OvjeVI/AAAAAAAAE4o/195GZCDpeMI/s1600/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. Home Education (Volume 1), Part II School Education (Volume 3), pp. 236-238 <a href="https://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR41p000CharmNatureStudy.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "The Charm of Nature Study"</a> by G. Dowton, an article from the Parent's Review <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zvf5ZJOeilU/VgRoPGvm1wI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y1GPAsYwjwE/s1600/Books.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801493846/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0801493846&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklib07-20&amp;linkId=VT7NMADS5IVSH3OM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1mhP4g8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Handbook of Nature Study</a>, Anna Comstock <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156512605X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=156512605X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklib07-20&amp;linkId=K4YJKDJWVYHFZON7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1UQa6yo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Child in the Woods</a>, Richard Louv (Contains affiliate links) <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Updt_V1Tvmg/VgRoV8WxlCI/AAAAAAAAE94/yHcRpIIKgXM/s1600/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://www.redeemer.ca/academics/library/charlotte-mason-digital-collection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason Digital Collection</a> Nature Journal Examples <a href="http://charlottemason.redeemer.ca/Box08/cmc60/cmc60-p049cmc60.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">{Here}</a>, <a href="http://charlottemason.redeemer.ca/PNEU-Briefcase/PNEU-Box24/pneu162/i1p001-p065pneu162.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">{Here}</a>, and <a href="http://charlottemason.redeemer.ca/2nd-CM-Briefcase/Box32/i8p071-p154BoxCM32.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">{Here}</a> <a href="http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Muir Laws' Nature Journaling site</a> <a href="http://ohpeacefulday.blogspot.com/search?q=bird+lists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Examples of Bird and Flower Lists</a> <a href="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PR Article on the benefits to language from Nature Study</a>

Episode 20: Nature Study

This podcast faces the reality: a Charlotte Mason education is rewarding--but enormous! It is normal to become weary, worried, and woeful at times about the immense and multitudinous tasks of educating our children, not to mention feeding, clothing, and caring for them daily. The ADE mothers have been in the trenches and share strategies and wisdom for running the race without giving up.

This podcast faces the reality: a Charlotte Mason education is rewarding--but enormous! It is normal to become weary, worried, and woeful at times about the immense and multitudinous tasks of educating our children, not to mention feeding, clothing, and caring for them daily. The ADE mothers have been in the trenches and share strategies and wisdom for running the race without giving up.

Episode 91: When Mothers Get Weary

This week's Charlotte Mason podcast is a recorded nature walk with Nicole Williams and seven-year-old Henry, Liz's grandson. Tag along and listen as they explore Henry's backyard on a cold March afternoon.

This week's Charlotte Mason podcast is a recorded nature walk with Nicole Williams and seven-year-old Henry, Liz's grandson. Tag along and listen as they explore Henry's backyard on a cold March afternoon.

Episode 133: Nature Walk Immersion

 One thing leads to another, it is said, but the powerful interrelation of knowledge and experience Mason identified is the process we must recognize and capitalize on in teaching. She called it the "science of relations" and this episode is an animated discussion that not only defines what Mason meant, but is packed with descriptions of how these three women have observed the process at work in their children's lives. This truly is the exciting aspect of teaching, observed in themselves and their children.  Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome       (11) But we, believing that the normal child has powers of mind which fit him to deal with all knowledge proper to him, give him a full and generous curriculum; taking care only that all knowledge offered him is vital, that is, that facts are not presented without their informing ideas. Out of this conception comes our principle that,--(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, nature lore, handicrafts, science and art, and upon many living books, for we know that our business is not to teach him all about anything. “Those first-born affinities that fit our new existence to existing things.” (Preface to the Home Education Series)  "The mind can know nothing but what it can produce in the form of an answer to a question put by the mind itself." (Parents and Children, pg. 218)  "A small English boy of nine living in Japan, remarked, 'Isn't it fun, Mother, learning all these things? Everything seems to fit into something else.' The boy had not found out the whole secret; everything fitted into something within himself." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pgs. 156-57)  “Much of what we have learned and experienced in childhood, and later, we cannot reproduce, and yet it has formed the groundwork of after knowledge; later notions and opinions have grown out of what we once learned and knew. That is our sunk capital, of which we enjoy the interest though we are unable to realise.” (Home Education, pg. 154)  “At the same time, the child's capacity for knowledge is very limited; his mind is, in this respect at least, but a little phial with a narrow neck; and, therefore, it behooves the parent or teacher to pour in only of the best.” (Home Education, pg. 175)  “You will see at a glance, with this Captain Idea of establishing relationships as a guide, the unwisdom of choosing or rejecting this or that subject, as being more or less useful or necessary in view of a child's future. We decide, for example, that Tommy, who is eight, need not waste his time over the Latin Grammar. We intend him for commercial or scientific pursuits,––what good will it be to him? But we do not know how much we are shutting out from Tommy's range of thought besides the Latin Grammar. He has to translate, for example,––'Pueri formosos equos vident.' He is a ruminant animal, and has been told something about that strong Roman people whose speech is now brought before him. How their boys catch hold of him! How he gloats over their horses! The Latin Grammar is not mere words to Tommy, or rather Tommy knows, as we have forgotten, that the epithet 'mere' is the very last to apply to words. Of course it is only now and then that a notion catches the small boy, but when it does catch, it works wonders, and does more for his education than years of grind. Let us try, however imperfectly, to make education a science of relationships––in other words, try in one subject or another to let the children work upon living ideas. In this field small efforts are honoured with great rewards, and we perceive that the education we are giving exceeds all that we intended or imagined.” (School Education, pgs. 162-63)  "Children can be most fitly educated on things and books." (School Education, pg. 214)    If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.  School Education, chapters VII, XVII, and XVIII  Towards a Philosophy, Introduction and chapter I    Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham   America Moves Forward, Gerald Johnson   Rip van Winkle, Washington Irving   Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin, Marguerite Henry   The Romance of Chemistry, Keith Irwin   Madame How and Lady Why, Charles Kingsley   The Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv  (Contains affiliate links)  

One thing leads to another, it is said, but the powerful interrelation of knowledge and experience Mason identified is the process we must recognize and capitalize on in teaching. She called it the "science of relations" and this episode is an animated discussion that not only defines what Mason meant, but is packed with descriptions of how these three women have observed the process at work in their children's lives. This truly is the exciting aspect of teaching, observed in themselves and their children. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bQ5C5sXiG5M/VgW-ExwRLRI/AAAAAAAAEfI/t04lY_XlkHU/s1600/Ep5Quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JO0LiX3JgA/VgRoGyyP0jI/AAAAAAAAE9o/qKs0jgJYVrY/s1600/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> (11) But we, believing that the normal child has powers of mind which fit him to deal with all knowledge proper to him, give him a full and generous curriculum; taking care only that all knowledge offered him is vital, that is, that facts are not presented without their informing ideas. Out of this conception comes our principle that,--(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, nature lore, handicrafts, science and art, and upon many living books, for we know that our business is not to teach him all about anything. “Those first-born affinities that fit our new existence to existing things.” (Preface to the Home Education Series) "The mind can know nothing but what it can produce in the form of an answer to a question put by the mind itself." (Parents and Children, pg. 218) "A small English boy of nine living in Japan, remarked, 'Isn't it fun, Mother, learning all these things? Everything seems to fit into something else.' The boy had not found out the whole secret; everything fitted into something within himself." (Towards a Philosophy of Education, pgs. 156-57) “Much of what we have learned and experienced in childhood, and later, we cannot reproduce, and yet it has formed the groundwork of after knowledge; later notions and opinions have grown out of what we once learned and knew. That is our sunk capital, of which we enjoy the interest though we are unable to realise.” (Home Education, pg. 154) “At the same time, the child's capacity for knowledge is very limited; his mind is, in this respect at least, but a little phial with a narrow neck; and, therefore, it behooves the parent or teacher to pour in only of the best.” (Home Education, pg. 175) “You will see at a glance, with this Captain Idea of establishing relationships as a guide, the unwisdom of choosing or rejecting this or that subject, as being more or less useful or necessary in view of a child's future. We decide, for example, that Tommy, who is eight, need not waste his time over the Latin Grammar. We intend him for commercial or scientific pursuits,––what good will it be to him? But we do not know how much we are shutting out from Tommy's range of thought besides the Latin Grammar. He has to translate, for example,––'Pueri formosos equos vident.' He is a ruminant animal, and has been told something about that strong Roman people whose speech is now brought before him. How their boys catch hold of him! How he gloats over their horses! The Latin Grammar is not mere words to Tommy, or rather Tommy knows, as we have forgotten, that the epithet 'mere' is the very last to apply to words. Of course it is only now and then that a notion catches the small boy, but when it does catch, it works wonders, and does more for his education than years of grind. Let us try, however imperfectly, to make education a science of relationships––in other words, try in one subject or another to let the children work upon living ideas. In this field small efforts are honoured with great rewards, and we perceive that the education we are giving exceeds all that we intended or imagined.” (School Education, pgs. 162-63) "Children can be most fitly educated on things and books." (School Education, pg. 214) <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LtCxUD5NKI/VgKR2OvjeVI/AAAAAAAAE4o/195GZCDpeMI/s1600/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. School Education, chapters VII, XVII, and XVIII Towards a Philosophy, Introduction and chapter I <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zvf5ZJOeilU/VgRoPGvm1wI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y1GPAsYwjwE/s1600/Books.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618250743/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0618250743&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=LUGQJGZXADGZFO6X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/1M1sVwI" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Carry On, Mr. Bowditch</a>, Jean Lee Latham <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DN1VU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0007DN1VU&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=OD3BNOHNZJ7ZKY63" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1PbZgC6" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">America Moves Forward</a>, Gerald Johnson <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141330929/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0141330929&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=BEAQ7PR6S43IJ6HN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1KSoToi" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rip van Winkle</a>, Washington Irving <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/148140394X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=148140394X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=VMS3XRDMZ2OSKM2Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1hhWLQV" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin</a>, Marguerite Henry <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670604232/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0670604232&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=HDUDUXWNZ7UCD5FK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1KSoXEG" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Romance of Chemistry</a>, Keith Irwin <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YTJUGF2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00YTJUGF2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=3MIHBSIMIKI6N66Z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1hhWUnh" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Madame How and Lady Why</a>, Charles Kingsley <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156512605X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=156512605X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livibooklibr-20&amp;linkId=C2DMIXZK3OCCF5CJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1M1tmaB" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Child in the Woods</a>, Richard Louv (Contains affiliate links)

Episode 5: The Power of Connection

Charlotte Mason sent her programmes out to thousands, but what would she say about families striking out on their own to determine their own course? It is an era of independent-minded homeschoolers; is it possible to come close to her standards for the feast and the right living books to offer? This episode explores the pros and cons of designing your own program, whether it is possible, when it is and is not wise. This episode is full of advice, encouragement,  admonitions, and warnings for those who want to try, are hesitant, are too confident or too unsure of themselves to "do-it-yourself."

Charlotte Mason sent her programmes out to thousands, but what would she say about families striking out on their own to determine their own course? It is an era of independent-minded homeschoolers; is it possible to come close to her standards for the feast and the right living books to offer? This episode explores the pros and cons of designing your own program, whether it is possible, when it is and is not wise. This episode is full of advice, encouragement,  admonitions, and warnings for those who want to try, are hesitant, are too confident or too unsure of themselves to "do-it-yourself."

Episode 162: Creating Your Own CM Curriculum

Nature study is one big, beautiful part of a Charlotte Mason education. This podcast explores what is meant by “special studies,” and where it fits into the entire scheme of knowledge of the world outside. What is meant by field work, nature lore reading, and the nature journal, and how does a parent who is ignorant of nature inspire an interest in the student?

Nature study is one big, beautiful part of a Charlotte Mason education. This podcast explores what is meant by “special studies,” and where it fits into the entire scheme of knowledge of the world outside. What is meant by field work, nature lore reading, and the nature journal, and how does a parent who is ignorant of nature inspire an interest in the student?

Episode 94: Special Studies

This podcast explores what Charlotte Mason had to say about the skill of writing. Why do the children need to write? What writing must they do? How can they be taught penmanship, spelling, punctuation, and style? Join us in working through this incremental and crucial school subject.  Listen Now:  If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome      "I can only offer a few hints on the teaching of writing, though much might be said. First, let the child accomplish something perfectly in every lesson--a stroke, a pothook, a letter. Let the writing lesson be short; it should not last more than five or ten minutes. Ease in writing comes by practice; but that must be secured later. In the meantime, the thing to be avoided is the habit of careless work." (Vol. 1, pp. 233-34)  "[T]here is no part of a child's work at school which some philosophic principle does not underlie." (Vol. 1, p. 240)  "The gift of spelling depends upon the power the eye possesses to 'take' (in a photographic sense) a detailed picture of a word; and this is a power and habit which must be cultivated in children from the first." (Vol. 1, p. 241)     If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy.  Home Education (Volume 1), Part V, Chapters X-XII    Writing to Learn  (Contains affiliate links)    The New Handwriting

This podcast explores what Charlotte Mason had to say about the skill of writing. Why do the children need to write? What writing must they do? How can they be taught penmanship, spelling, punctuation, and style? Join us in working through this incremental and crucial school subject. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 9</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95346" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chrome</a> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z4XHvVNLRTQ/V-Pev9C9y7I/AAAAAAAAHSQ/qudzKjjiNf8k4hGkNScsJTkRRM1r_-IcwCLcB/s1600/Ep48Quote.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JO0LiX3JgA/VgRoGyyP0jI/AAAAAAAAE9o/qKs0jgJYVrY/s1600/Quotes.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> "I can only offer a few hints on the teaching of writing, though much might be said. First, let the child accomplish something perfectly in every lesson--a stroke, a pothook, a letter. Let the writing lesson be short; it should not last more than five or ten minutes. Ease in writing comes by practice; but that must be secured later. In the meantime, the thing to be avoided is the habit of careless work." (Vol. 1, pp. 233-34) "[T]here is no part of a child's work at school which some philosophic principle does not underlie." (Vol. 1, p. 240) "The gift of spelling depends upon the power the eye possesses to 'take' (in a photographic sense) a detailed picture of a word; and this is a power and habit which must be cultivated in children from the first." (Vol. 1, p. 241) <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LtCxUD5NKI/VgKR2OvjeVI/AAAAAAAAE4o/195GZCDpeMI/s1600/StudyGuide.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online <a href="http://amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or get the free Kindle version <a href="http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-kinda-kindle-y-like.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Fisher Academy</a>. Home Education (Volume 1), Part V, Chapters X-XII <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zvf5ZJOeilU/VgRoPGvm1wI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y1GPAsYwjwE/s1600/Books.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://amzn.to/2cYY59S" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing to Learn</a> (Contains affiliate links) <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Updt_V1Tvmg/VgRoV8WxlCI/AAAAAAAAE94/yHcRpIIKgXM/s1600/Links.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/NewHandwriting.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The New Handwriting</a>

Episode 48: Writing: Copywork, Dictation, and Written Narration

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