Charlotte Mason developed a program and method for Bible lessons for children from ages 6 to 18 that is breathtaking in its simplicity, elegance, and efficacy. I have spent many years researching, writing, and speaking about this wonderful program, and now I am taking the time to respond to some questions that I have been asked …
Editor’s Note: In July 1919, Charlotte Mason wrote to her House of Education graduates. Her letter included this note: We must not forget either, our fellow helpers in India who have … addressed meetings and held up a standard of work to wistful mothers in India; we call to mind especially Mrs. Tasker, Miss Bruce …
When speaking of Bible lessons, Charlotte Mason writes, “Now our objective in this most important part of education is to give the children the knowledge of God.”[1] After years of careful research, I have concluded that Mason did not approach this “most important part of education” in a haphazard fashion. Instead, I have discovered that she developed a …
Editor’s Note by Richele Baburina The scene of a country vicar collecting insects among the ancient oaks of Sherwood Forest might make you think you’ve wandered into a G.K. Chesterton novel. In fact, it was the real life setting of Reverend Alfred Thornley, the clergyman naturalist who examined and graded the nature notebooks of Charlotte …