CMP Review 2024-12-05

December 5, 2024

“The business of every day is not for the teachers to teach, but for the children to learn” writes Charlotte Mason; “when the children are at work, she works too; if they are painting a given object, she paints it.”

My sister-in-law takes this advice to heart and makes liberal use of her own journals and pencils during lessons with her children — whether the lessons are in history, math, music, art, or … science.

When we visited @sjgroom04’s family for Thanksgiving I was struck by her sketches inspired by Holling C. Holling’s Pagoo. Of course, one could ask what benefit is there for the children if their mother-teacher is sketching. Well, the children learn one thing for certain: that hermit crabs are worth paying attention to; they are worth knowing.

@artmiddlekauff