CMP Review 2026-09-29

September 29, 2026

It is one thing to read about how lessons are conducted in the Charlotte Mason method. It is another thing to witness a demonstration. It is one thing to see a demonstration by teachers who have studied Miss Mason’s writings. It is another thing to see a demonstration by a teacher who was trained by Miss Mason herself.

In 1915 just such demonstration lessons took place. The occasion was the 19th annual PNEU Conference. Although we can’t go back and watch them today, we have the next best thing: first-hand accounts by the House of Education students who taught the lessons. Over the next few months we plan to release those narratives.

The first was for the youngest students — of age “about six.” And the teacher was one of Charlotte Mason’s first House of Education students, Winnie Kitching, sister of Mason’s celebrated assistant Elsie. Read or hear her retrospective here.

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