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Charlotte Mason Poetry
December 7, 2021
Advent and Time

Advent and Time

Although I grew up in a liturgical church with the changing seasons (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany into Ordinary Time, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and then back to Ordinary Time) and the changing colors (purple, white, green, purple, white, to green again), I thought that these seasons and colors were silly and shallow — my life was run …

November 30, 2021
A Philosophy of Education Restated

A Philosophy of Education Restated

Editor’s Note: Doreen Russo was educated at the Charlotte Mason College, formerly the House of Education. She later described how this training left an indelible mark upon her life: I think, in a way, we took the College with us when we left to teach… the syllabus and timetables… which we worked in the Practising …

November 23, 2021
Music In The Nursery

Music In The Nursery

Editor’s Note, by Dawn Tull As part of the special “Baby Number” edition of the Parents’ Review issued in July 1917, Mrs. Howard (Ella) Glover, the founder of Music Appreciation in the PNEU, wrote an article about musical ear training for the youngest children. Other articles in this “Baby Number” included: Religious Training at Home …

November 16, 2021
The Teaching of Drawing

The Teaching of Drawing

Editor’s Note by Richele Baburina An artist awakens with a start to the bright glow enveloping her London studio. She rushes to the window and can barely believe her eyes. Snow! Without a thought to her appearance, she flings on her coat and hastens out the door—grabbing her paint box and easel on the way. …

November 9, 2021
Maria Montessori and the Classical Tradition

Maria Montessori and the Classical Tradition

What do you think of when you hear the word Montessori? Perhaps you imagine a room specifically designed for children, with small carpets and special shelves filled with activities. Perhaps you think of a carefully structured method to learn mathematics, reading, and even chores and crafts. Perhaps you envision a teacher following precise guidelines to …

November 2, 2021
The Charm of Nature Study

The Charm of Nature Study

Editor’s Note: Geraldine Downton was a student at Charlotte Mason’s House of Education in the late 1920s.[1] She took a special interest in nature study, and excerpts from her nature notes were published in several issues of The Parents’ Review in the following decade.[2] By 1936, she was on the staff of the House of …

October 26, 2021
High School at Home with Charlotte Mason

High School at Home with Charlotte Mason

Many homeschoolers are inspired by Charlotte Mason’s emphasis on nature study, living books, and narration. However, it can be difficult to envision what this emphasis would look like in high school. Does the Charlotte Mason method lose its distinctive features when teaching older teens? Or do Mason’s ideas have a unique application in the final …

October 19, 2021
Children Up To School Age and Beyond (Continued)

Children Up To School Age and Beyond (Continued)

Editor’s Note. In February of 1943, readers of The Parents’ Review were able to read the second part of Elsie Kitching’s monumental “Children Up to School Age and Beyond.” The first part had been published in the January issue and has also been transcribed and recorded by the Charlotte Mason Poetry team. It provided principles …

October 12, 2021
Cultivating a Divine Education with Charlotte Mason

Cultivating a Divine Education with Charlotte Mason

I first encountered the philosophy of Charlotte Mason when my oldest child was just three years old. We joined a book club studying A Charlotte Mason Companion, and my heart was stirred by the vision of a homeschool centered on goodness and beauty. I was drawn to this method that left space in the day …

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