Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Agnes Smith was born in 1884[1] and graduated from the House of Education twenty years later.[2] She was active in the alumnae association,[3] and in 1911 she married the Rev. Richard Bevan Pyper.[4] In 1912 the couple had their first child, followed by a second in 1915.[5] Elizabeth passed along her enthusiasm …
Editor’s Note, by Richele Baburina In 1909, the ink barely dry on her diploma from the University of London, a young woman by the name of Irene Stephens traveled north to join Charlotte Mason’s House of Education.[1] Her role at Ambleside was twofold—with a degree in mathematics and astronomy, she would serve as Lecturer in …
Editor’s Note: The July 1917 issue of The Parents’ Review was the “Baby Number,” dedicated to giving parents guidance for the early years. Charlotte Mason called upon several trusted thinkers and friends to contribute articles discussing activities for children younger than age six, when “definite lessons should begin.”[1] To treat the topic of books for …
A question I commonly hear from home educators (both men and women) is how to integrate spirituality with the mundane tasks of home and work life. The Preacher of Ecclesiastes said that God has “set eternity in the hearts of men” (3:11, NIV). At some time or another we all crave a deeper and richer …