Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Miss B. E. Moore was the headmistress of a girls’ elementary school “in one of London’s most needy districts.”[1] In the early 1920s, she decided to adopt the Charlotte Mason method. Soon afterwards she gave a lecture during which she was reportedly “enthusiastic over the results of P.N.E.U. methods during …
Editor’s Note, by Heidi Buschbach Last week, Part I of this article was posted, so if you would like to read more about the history of Morris Dance or the Espérance Club, or the reasons why we include folk dance in our Charlotte Mason curriculum, please read that editor’s note and article. Here in Part …
Editor’s Note, by Heidi Buschbach Why do we dance? Why was folk dance included in Charlotte Mason’s programmes? Why would an article which describes the history of collecting folk dances matter enough to be included in a Parents’ Review article in 1914? Why does it matter to you and me? Mason expressed in her volumes …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Last week we shared Arthur Burrell’s “Recitation: The Children’s Art,” the ground-breaking 1890 article that paved the way for his 1891 book Recitation: A Handbook for Teachers. In this book, which was heartily endorsed and recommended by Charlotte Mason in Home Education, Burrell carefully explained the differences between reading aloud, …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The inaugural issue of The Parents’ Review appeared in February 1890. The second issue, published in March, contained a groundbreaking article that initiated reverberations which continue even to our day. The article was by Arthur Burrell and was the first of several articles he would write for The Parents’ Review …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The May 1952 “memories” issue of The Parents’ Review offered many vivid recollections of the early days and later developments of the Charlotte Mason movement and the House of Education. Our final transcription from the memories issue is this article by Joyce van Straubenzee, who was then the principal of …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In the November/December 1971 issue of The PNEU Journal, Joan L. Molyneux concluded her systematic overview of the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason. In this final chapter, she explains how Charlotte Mason’s first principle is the essential and unifying element of the philosophy. by Joan L. Molyneux The PNEU Journal, …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In the September/October 1971 issue of The PNEU Journal, Joan L. Molyneux continued her systematic overview of the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason. In this chapter, she explores the third instrument of education: “education is a life.” by Joan L. Molyneux The PNEU Journal, 1971, pp. 198–204 5. Living Ideas …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In the July/August 1971 issue of The PNEU Journal, Joan L. Molyneux continued her systematic overview of the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason. In this chapter, she explores the second instrument of education: “education is a discipline.” by Joan L. Molyneux The PNEU Journal, 1971, pp. 154–160 4. Freedom and …