Editor’s Note, by Dawn Tull At the 31st Annual Conference of the PNEU, Captain Benjamin Dooley Parkin was asked to “state in general a few of the basic principles and objectives of Geographical teaching, and in particular, the methods adopted by the Parents’ Union School to carry them out.” Parkin was the headmaster of the …
Editor’s Note: This week we continue our journey through The Changing Year. For more information on how to use this inspiring resource by Florence Haines, please see the episode entitled “A Walk in February.” We hope this week’s episode will give you interesting ideas for special studies, as well as a nudge to go outside …
Editor’s Note: In September of 1886, Charlotte Mason had just finished the “Introductory” for the first edition of Home Education, writing from Manningham, a neighborhood of Bradford.[1] The book would be published before the end of the year. One month later, the Bradford Geographical Exhibition was held.[2] Mason was invited to read a paper. She was …
Editor’s Note: The July 1917 issue of The Parents’ Review was called the “Baby Number.” Each article treated a different aspect of education for the “early years,” children under age 6. One article was written by Charlotte Mason herself, some were written by long-time PNEU influencers such as Dr. Helen Webb and Ella Glover, and some …
Editor’s Note: This week we continue our journey through The Changing Year with a walk in March. For more information on how to use this inspiring resource by Florence Haines, see last month’s episode entitled “A Walk in February.” We hope this week’s episode will give you interesting ideas for special studies, as well as …
Editor’s Note, by Richele Baburina The autumn landscape was a riot of color as Michael Allenby and his governess, Katharine Loveday, moved stealthily along the hedgerow until stopping at an expanse of trees shading the long narrow lane. The boy clambered up a tall sycamore and positioned himself across a large sturdy branch, peering through …
Editor’s Note: Last month we shared the first chapter of Florence Haines’s The Changing Year, a book assigned in the PNEU programmes for many years. As we share the second chapter today, we thought it would be helpful to provide some information as to how this resource has been used by Charlotte Mason educators. I’ve …
Editor’s Note: In September of 1908, educationalists from around the world were invited to present and discuss their views at the first International Moral Education Congress in London. A notable delegate from America named Felix Adler will be familiar to those who have read chapter 10 of Charlotte Mason’s Parents and Children. Interestingly, Adler argued …
Editor’s Note, by Dawn Rhymer Asking our children to narrate is deceptively hard. It seems like such a simple question: “Tell me what you heard.” How can something so simple possibly end in tears, disappointment, a sense of failure, and even anger? As I have spoken on narration over the past four years, my greatest …