CMP Review 2025-06-17

June 17, 2025

Violet Curry was a House of Education graduate who founded her own PNEU school which she led until her retirement in 1956. In 1925, she spoke on the topic of nature study at the PNEU Children’s Gathering in Canterbury. Her paper was published in the Parents’ Review and transcribed on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

The following year, a PNEU meeting was held in connection with the Conference of Educational Associations to consider the topic “Democracy and Taste.” Four subject areas were addressed: citizenship, nature study, art, and music. Miss Curry was asked to speak on nature study.

Miss Curry’s 1926 paper follows a markedly different approach, perhaps given the different audience. Taken together, her two papers provide a panoramic view of nature study. Today we present her second paper. Read or hear it here.

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