Editor’s Note, by Dawn Tull It can be difficult for students to comprehend ideas which they cannot physically see in person. What means does the teacher have at his or her disposal in this regard? For example, how do we realistically convey the concept of the topography of a geographical area in a way that …
Many parents get interested in the Charlotte Mason method when their children are young, and they wonder what happens when children educated in this manner get older. Is the Charlotte Mason method a good preparation for life and/or for college? Recently I had the opportunity to talk to a young woman who was homeschooled from …
Editor’s Note: Mary Charlotte (Carta) Sturge was born in 1852 and earned a degree in moral science at the University of Cambridge. She was a frequent speaker at PNEU events from as early as 1896, lecturing on topics such as “The psychology of attention,”[1] “The place of imagination and poetry in Education,”[2] “First Elements of …
Elsewhere I have told the story of how I learned about a medieval saint from Amy Steedman’s In God’s Garden. In the months and years that followed, I read everything I could get my hands on by and about this saint named Catherine of Siena. All of her works had been translated already from her …