Editor’s Note: In 1913, Agnes Drury was in charge of the scientific work at the House of Education, and Alfred Thornley was the inspector of nature notebooks. Drury gave a lecture to the students of the House of Education on the topic of nature study, and it was published in the March issue of The Parents’ Review. This early predecessor …
Editor’s Note: Mary Hardcastle (1901-1964) spent her entire life under the umbrella of the PNEU. As a child, she attended a PNEU class taught by R.A. Pennethorne, and then at age 17 she entered the House of Education. She graduated in 1921, and by 1925 she was serving as the Secretary of the school. She …
“Teaching is not a technique exercised by the skilled on behalf of the unskilled. It is a sharing of the effort to know, using all that is best in the world of books, of music, of pictures, all that can be observed and cherished out of doors, all that hand and eye can make; all …
Editor’s Note: Charlotte Mason began the House of Education in 1892, and by 1893 the teacher-students were already keeping nature notebooks. The first “inspector of nature notebooks” was Herbert Geldart, who served in the role from 1893 to 1902, when he was succeeded by Alfred Thornley. One of the first notebooks Thornley inspected was that of …
Editor’s note: Today we are pleased to share chapter 6 of the new book by Karen Andreola entitled Mother Culture – For a Happy Homeschool. This exclusive excerpt entitled “Twice Blessed” is used by permission. Read by Ashley Olander. The family who takes part in the Gentle Art of Learning (what I call Charlotte Mason’s …