CMP Review 2023-12-05

December 5, 2023

When Mrs. Egerton Evans contemplated homeschooling, she first took full stock of her situation. “I was full of doubts as to the feasibility of my being able to tackle what seemed at first sight to be a whole time job, whilst continuing to do my household work and care for my baby,” she recalled. “My own education had been of the sketchy variety and I felt terribly at sea.”

“Our house was not a large one, but also it was not a model one—no refrigerator, vacuum cleaner or other labour savers; no electric light or gas, even no coal, just oil lamps and a wood stove involving attention at frequent intervals just to keep it alight,” she continued. “With a family of a husband and three invariably hungry children to feed, and a house to keep moderately clean…, the prospect of devoting hours each day to the schoolroom seemed somewhat overwhelming.”

In careful consideration of this stark reality, she made the natural decision … she said “yes” to homeschooling. “And I have never regretted my decision,” she declared.

You see, she was not alone in facing these challenges. Thanks to the Charlotte Mason method, she discovered “a strong and eager ally who has been my faithful assistant at all our lessons.” Find the name of this amazing ally in the irresistible story of a homeschooling mother from 1935. Find it here.

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