https://charlottemasonpoetry.org Charlotte Mason Poetry is dedicated to promoting Charlotte Mason’s living ideas. We strive to share an authentic interpretation of Mason’s life work through a combination of original and vintage articles by a wide variety of authors. Our team draws from and transcribes many rare and wonderful documents from the PNEU many of which cannot be found anywhere else on the web. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:12:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/icon-512-150x150.png https://charlottemasonpoetry.org 32 32 Charlotte Mason Poetry Team false episodic Copyright © 2026 Charlotte Mason Poetry Team Copyright © 2026 Charlotte Mason Poetry Team podcast https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cmp-square-big.jpg https://charlottemasonpoetry.org 048b78cc-ce77-536e-8086-d594ca25af5e https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/fire-in-the-bones/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:02:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22584 Sheila Carroll invites us to renew our vision of education in this plenary recorded live at the 2026 Living Education Retreat. Sheila Carroll full 50:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/wandering-in-wealth/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:01:33 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22551 Heather Suemnicht shares her powerful and moving story in this plenary recorded live at the 2026 Living Education Retreat. Heather Suemnicht full 47:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sacred-and-sane/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:50:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22461 Nancy Kelly explores what constitutes breadth and balance in a Charlotte Mason education in this plenary recorded live at the 2026 Living Education Retreat. Nancy Kelly full 27:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/outside-in-or-inside-out/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:54:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22347 Art Middlekauff explores two paradigms of education and considers the implications. Recorded live at the 2026 Living Education Retreat. Art Middlekauff full 1:08:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-new-educational-frontier/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:53:36 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22269 Keegan Spittle asks whether the Charlotte Mason method should adapt to the demands of college, or colleges should adapt to the demands of the Charlotte Mason method. Keegan Spittle full 9:50 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/idyll-challenge-vi/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:05:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22175 Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. Art Middlekauff full 14:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-imagination-in-childhood/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22098 Charlotte Mason responds to Maria Montessori in this classical open letter from 1915. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 20:25 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-charlotte-mason-feast-spread-for-our-children-with-special-needs/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:01:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=22002 Kathy Dlugolonski explains how a Charlotte Mason feast can be the best thing for our children with special needs. Kathy Dlugolonski full 16:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-evolution-of-home-education-for-girls/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:46:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21912 Mrs. Pell describes the effect of Charlotte Mason’s ideas on the home education of girls in this vintage 1918 article with an editor’s note by Tabitha Wirges. Read by Tabitha Wirges. 📷: @dave_stillwell Transcription Team full 23:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/english-literature-and-the-teaching-methods-of-miss-mason/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:30:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21840 H. W. Household describes and endorses Charlotte Mason’s approach to English literature in this vintage lecture from 1922. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 27:42 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/holidays/ Tue, 26 May 2026 10:22:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21748 Miss C. D. Lawe applies Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education to the summer months in this vintage article from 1917. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 25:27 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ourselves-by-r-a-pennethorne/ Tue, 19 May 2026 10:21:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21641 R. A. Pennethorne provides the PNEU perspective on Alexander Pope’s dictum, “the proper study of mankind is man” in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 15:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/highways-and-by-ways-of-modern-thought/ Tue, 12 May 2026 11:47:17 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21536 Elsie Kitching’s 1917 allegory about Charlotte Mason’s ideas and the history of thought. Read by Lisa Joss. Transcription Team full 20:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education-for-all-letter-iii/ Tue, 05 May 2026 11:22:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21435 Charlotte Mason’s third 1917 letter to The Times. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 23:50 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education-for-all-letter-ii/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:22:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21328 Charlotte Mason’s second 1917 letter to The Times. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 22:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education-for-all-letter-i/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:47:06 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21270 Charlotte Mason’s first 1917 letter to The Times. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 10:57 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/miss-masons-letter-to-the-children/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:30:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21202 Charlotte Mason’s unabridged letter to the children of the 1920 Whitby Gathering. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 8:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-next/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:35:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21142 Elsie Kitching explains the Charlotte Mason approach to character formation in this vintage article from 1920. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 42:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-true-league-of-nations/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:15:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21094 Rev. Francis Lewis discusses the personality of children and nations in this inspiring vintage article from 1918. Transcription Team full 22:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-application-of-pneu-principles-in-the-home/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:01:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=21040 Mrs. Eustace Wade of Australia shares her profound insight into Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Lisa Joss. Transcription Team full 26:29 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-value-of-handicrafts-in-education/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20970 Anges Drury explains the why, when, and how of handicrafts in this vintage article from 1927. Transcription Team full 19:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/some-difficulties-overcome/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:27:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20914 Miss F. M. Clark explains how to overcome various difficulties with the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage paper from 1927. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 11:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/olive-norton-the-transcript/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:52:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20866 The lecture of the woman who introduced Susan Schaeffer Macaulay to Charlotte Mason, transcribed from a vintage 1978 recording. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 1:13:25 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-pneu-ideal-in-education/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:16:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20813 Helen Wix outlines the key ideals of the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1919. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 14:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-is-a-life/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:16:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20766 Helen Wix explains Charlotte Mason’s eighth principle in this vintage article from 1927. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 24:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-few-roots/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:33:26 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20703 Helen Wix presents the foundational ideas of the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1927. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/if-i-could-begin-again/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:32:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20665 Author and mother H. C. Cradock shares her advice on parenting in this vintage article from 1918. Read by Barbara Middlekauff. Transcription Team full 11:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/by-my-spirit/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:30:13 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20610 Rev. Francis Lewis explains that hearts are changed “not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit” in this vintage sermon from 1923. 📷: Photo North (www.photonorth.co.uk) Transcription Team full 19:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/obedience-as-a-vice/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:55:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20550 Mrs. Dermod O’Brien explores the glories and limitations of obedience in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 39:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-scripture-in-the-parents-union-school/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:50:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20485 Rose Amy Pennethorne provides a thorough survey of Charlotte Mason’s method for Bible lessons in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/maurice-ravel/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:46:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20444 Dorothea Bostock introduces Maurice Ravel as the subject for composer study in this vintage PNEU article from 1975. Read by Maeva Dauplay. Transcription Team full 29:23 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/hints-for-home-schoolrooms/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:56:09 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20385 A mother who taught her children at home shares tips and hints in this vintage article from 1923. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 5:10 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-geography-by-mr-g-h-smith/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:11:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20328 An experienced teacher gives practical guidance on teaching geography in this vintage article with a new editor’s note by Dawn Tull. Transcription Team full 26:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education-for-all-by-daisy-golding/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:01:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20270 Daisy S. Golding describes the Charlotte Mason method in action in this vintage paper from 1920. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-need-for-a-liberal-education/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:53:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20214 H. W. Household advocates for a liberal education for all according to the method developed by Charlotte Mason. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 14:05 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-manifestation-of-christ-in-worship/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:41:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20154 In this vintage article from 1924, Rev. Francis Lewis considers the implications of how God was manifested to mankind in Jesus. Transcription Team full 17:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-new-facility-in-composition/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:56:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20105 A school head master shows how the Charlotte Mason method develops the art of composition in this vintage article from 1920. Transcription Team full 15:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/certain-difficulties/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:28:52 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=20047 A school head master presents the benefits of narration in this vintage article from 1920. Transcription Team full 14:24 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/vehicle-of-imagination/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:58:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19984 W. A. Myers Robinson discusses the relationship between poetry, day-dreaming, and imagination in this vintage article from 1971. Transcription Team full 9:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-heart-of-a-child/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:35:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19941 Rev. Francis Lewis shows how the heart of a child opens the door to faith in this vintage sermon from 1924. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 14:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/first-bible-lessons/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:16:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19880 Essex Cholmondeley tenderly explores first approaches to the Bible in this vintage article from 1923. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 10:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/some-notes-on-narration/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:56:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19814 G. L. Husband explores the benefits and nuances of narration in this vintage article from 1924. Transcription Team full 20:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/notes-from-a-home-schoolroom-parent/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:46:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19758 R. Hudson explains the practical side of homeschool scheduling in this vintage article from 1972. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 12:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-group-organization/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:44:56 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19690 G. D. Parkin explains how the small group is at the heart of the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1927. Transcription Team full 24:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-education-of-the-spirit/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:30:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19640 Evelyn Underhill calls for education to bring out the best and highest powers of the spirit in this vintage article from 1916. Ready by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 29:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/now-he-wants-to-read/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:02:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19581 Charlotte Mason College graduate Joyce Goldmanis awakens the joy of reading in a child. Originally published in 1971. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 9:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/pus-in-home-schoolroom/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:05:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19525 A homeschooling mother describes her experience with the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1917. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 9:32 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/meditation-narration-of-the-heart/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:03:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19459 Nancy Kelly explores explore what Charlotte Mason meant by meditation and explains how this neglected Christian practice relates to schoolwork and all of life. Recorded live at the 2021 Living Education Retreat. Nancy Kelly full 42:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/our-three-fold-cord/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:02:51 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19403 The text of the cherished leaflet given to each graduate of Charlotte Mason’s House of Education. Read by Nancy Kelly. Transcription Team full 16:23 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/pneu-notes/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:02:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19351 The main ideas from the 1924 conference on “A Liberal Education for All” are summarized in this vintage article. Transcription Team full 7:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-year-of-pneu/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:03:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19291 E. G. Bolton describes the impact of the Charlotte Mason method on a rural school in this vintage article from 1928. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 7:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/professor-huxley-and-the-pneu/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:01:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19228 House of Education graduate Marion King comments on Thomas Huxley’s “A Liberal Education and Where to Find It” in this vintage article from 1918. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 9:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/stories-that-last/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:55:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19156 Leah Boden explains the powerful role of biography in a Charlotte Mason education. Recorded live at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Leah Boden full 39:31 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-other-side-of-all-doubt/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:49:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19103 Amy Fiedler tells her story as a Charlotte Mason educator, a story that leads through doubt and to the other side. Recorded live at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Amy Fiedler full 51:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/vitality/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:19:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=19037 Nancy Kelly explores how our bodies, souls, and spirits are uniquely enriched by following a Charlotte Mason education. Recorded live at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Nancy Kelly full 43:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/trusting-the-method/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:49:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18958 Art Middlekauff discusses the role of faith, reason, and responsibility in applying the Charlotte Mason method. Recorded at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Art Middlekauff full 1:02:10 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/games-and-wet-day-occupations/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:48:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18899 Cerise Parker shares how to fill rainy summer days with life in this vintage article from 1935. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 19:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/joy-mainstay-of-a-living-education/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:45:20 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18836 Nancy Kelly explores the foundational role of joy in the Charlotte Mason homeschool in this live recording from the 2022 Living Education Retreat. Nancy Kelly full 44:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/art-democracy-and-taste/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:29:28 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18787 Juliet Williams’s paper on art from the 1926 conference on democracy and taste. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 25:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-study-democracy-and-taste/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:01:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18722 House of Education graduate Violet Curry’s paper on nature study from the 1926 conference on democracy and taste. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 28:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/readers-and-critics-part-ii/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:01:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18660 Felix Hope continues to explore the challenging relationship between readers, critics, and artists in this vintage article from 1924. Transcription Team full 26:27 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/readers-and-critics/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:52:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18617 Felix Hope explores the challenging relationship between readers, critics, and artists in this vintage article from 1924. Transcription Team full 26:12 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-pneu-method-in-sunday-schools/ Tue, 27 May 2025 10:42:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18558 Helen Wix explains how Charlotte Mason’s ideas can be applied in Sunday Schools in two vintage papers from 1917. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 29:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-weeks-message-by-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 20 May 2025 10:51:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18504 Charlotte Mason appeals to the world of teachers to adopt her method in this vintage article from 1914. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 7:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/learning-to-live/ Tue, 13 May 2025 10:46:45 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18445 Nancy Kelly explores the transformative nature of the Charlotte Mason method in this live recording from the 2023 Living Education Retreat. Nancy Kelly full 40:42 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/jane-austen/ Tue, 06 May 2025 10:46:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18380 Jane Austen is celebrated by Charlotte Mason’s House of Education in this vintage article from 1903. Read by Leah Boden. Transcription Team full 18:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/conference-at-the-house-of-education-resolutions/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:44:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18309 Transcripts from the historic 1906 conference at the House of Education. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 35:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/easter-day/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:53:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18224 Charlotte Mason’s 1921 meditation on Easter Day, published in the 1925 Parents’ Review. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 9:35 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-war-and-the-children/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:58:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18174 Charlotte Mason addresses a World at War in the light of her philosophy of education in this vintage article from 1915. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/escaping-the-clutches-of-the-cadillac-course/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:49:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18109 Karen Andreola warns the conscientious mom about the Cadillac course and tells her how to escape. Read by Haley Struecker. Karen Andreola full 9:29 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-letter-to-the-children/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:06:36 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=18045 A letter in the final issue of Aunt Mai’s Budget brings the message of forgiveness and redemption to persons of all ages. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 11:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/prayer-speech-of-the-soul/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:53:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17972 Nancy Kelly discusses the place of prayer in the Charlotte Mason method and in life in this live recording from the 2024 Living Education Retreat. Nancy Kelly full 46:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education-for-all-h-w-household/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:48:36 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17919 H. W. Household explains Charlotte Mason’s “liberal education for all” in this vintage paper from 1918. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 23:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ask-art-6-a-classical-education-perspective-on-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:47:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17864 Art Middlekauff and Mariana Mastracchio discuss the Classical Et Cetera podcast series entitled “Charlotte Mason Explained: A Classical Education Perspective.” Art Middlekauff full 1:58:35 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/things-new-and-old/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:43:51 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17810 Rev. Claude Jenkins discusses the history and practice of Lent in this vintage article from 1922. Transcription Team full 13:57 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-note-on-the-teaching-of-school-science/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:53:17 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17752 Dr. Telford Petrie explores Charlotte Mason’s ideas about teaching science in this vintage article from 1928 introduced and read by Dawn Rhymer. Transcription Team full 9:17 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/imagination-as-a-powerful-factor-in-a-well-balanced-mind/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:46:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17686 Ellen Parish explains how to cultivate imagination in and out of lesson time in this vintage article from 1914. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 29:31 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-history-to-young-children/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:47:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17634 Ellen Parish explores the ideal and the practical elements of history study in this vintage article from 1906. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 17:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/should-children-reason/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:51:09 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17580 Elizabeth Cambridge explores the way of reason in this vintage article from 1935. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 22:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-brontes/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:45:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17477 House of Education graduate Margaret Sykes tells the story of the Brontës in this Scale How Tuesday from 1920. Read by Leah Boden. Transcription Team full 45:45 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-cure-of-a-mental-habit/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:44:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17452 A reader of the Parents’ Review shares her personal testimony in this vintage article from 1891. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 9:57 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/god-with-us-as-the-lost-tool-of-education/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:48:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17388 Sara Timothy revisits the question of Charlotte Mason and the classical tradition. Sara Timothy full 27:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/seed-time/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:49:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17315 Helen Webb illuminates the relationship between soil, seed, and season in the heart and life of the child in this vintage paper first published in 1914. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 23:24 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/early-influences/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:47:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17258 Helen Webb explains the role of habit, inspiration, and influence in the development of the person in this vintage paper first published in 1910. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 32:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-mystery-of-the-kingdom-of-god/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:47:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17194 Rev. Francis Lewis explores the mystery of the Kingdom of God in this vintage sermon from 1920. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 11:25 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/transfiguration-or-the-heavenly-vision/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:43:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17125 Rev. Francis Lewis points educators toward the vision of God in this vintage sermon from 1918. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 11:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-nobility-of-work/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:08:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17067 Rev. Francis Lewis explores the nature and meaning of work in this vintage sermon from 1925. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 14:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-whole-teacher/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:40:13 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=17002 Educationist Joseph Allen describes the qualities of a teacher that enables him or her to teach the whole child in this vintage article from the PNEU Journal. Transcription Team full 16:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/examinations-and-the-pneu/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:46:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16932 Headmaster A. V. C. Moore recounts the success of the Charlotte Mason in a preparatory school for boys in this vintage article from 1928. Transcription Team full 28:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/citizenship-and-literature/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:00:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16866 Miss B. E. Moore opens the conference on democracy and taste with her inspiring lecture on citizenship and literature in this vintage article from 1926. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 22:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/technology-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:48:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16803 Art Middlekauff examines the role of technology in the Charlotte Mason homeschool and family. Recorded live. Art Middlekauff full 58:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/something-about-morris-and-country-dances-part-ii/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:47:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16736 Juliet Williams discusses the history and value of folk dancing in this second vintage article with an original editor’s notes by Heidi Buschbach. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 32:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/something-about-morris-and-country-dances/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:03:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16645 Juliet Williams discusses the history and value of folk dancing in this vintage article with an original editor’s notes by Heidi Buschbach. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 37:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-an-essay-towards-a-philosophy-of-education/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:45:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16571 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s sixth volume and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 36:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-art-of-story-telling/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:58:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16512 The account of Arthur Burrell’s 1906 talk to the PNEU on the art of story-telling. Transcription Team full 10:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/recitation-the-childrens-art/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:43:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16442 Arthur Burrell’s original paper which set the stage for the development of recitation in the Charlotte Mason method. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 33:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-programme-for-sunday-reading/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:45:06 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16351 Nancy Kelly examines the PNEU programmes for insights to inform our Sunday reading. Nancy Kelly full 15:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-charlotte-mason-college/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:47:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16297 Joyce van Straubenzee describes the activities and ethos of the Charlotte Mason College during her tenure from 1938 to 1955. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 10:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-charlotte-mason-to-college-and-beyond/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:00:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16244 Antonella Greco talks to Anesley Johnson about the journey from Charlotte Mason homeschool to college and beyond. Antonella Greco full 57:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason-6-of-6/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:38:20 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16172 Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 25:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason-5-of-6/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:45:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16115 Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 23:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason-4-of-6/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:40:32 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=16047 Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 23:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason-3-of-6/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:35:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15980 Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 25:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason-2-of-6/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:47:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15901 Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 20:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason-1-of-6/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:01:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15825 Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 38:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-letter-from-e-c-allen/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:01:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15771 House of Education graduate E. C. Allen shares touching and beautiful memories of her time at the House of Education in 1897–1898. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 9:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/poetry-making/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:50:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15698 René du Plessis describes how she and her children begin a journey of discovery into the art of making poetry. René du Plessis full 8:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/guide-philosopher-and-friend/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:53:17 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15641 Art Middlekauff explores how we can be “guide, philosopher, and friend” to our children in this live recording from the 2024 Living Education Retreat. Art Middlekauff full 49:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/memories-of-scale-how/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:04:50 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15588 Kathleen Conder entered the House of Education of 1894. In 1952 she shared her experience in this vintage article. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 11:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-college-students-in-1952/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:02:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15517 Two third-year students at the Charlotte Mason College describe the school in this vintage article from 1952. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team Charlotte Mason College Students in 1952 full 13:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/idyll-challenge-v/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:04:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15449 Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. Art Middlekauff full 16:46 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-in-the-far-flung-chain-of-the-empire/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:54:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15397 Jo Lloyd explains how the Charlotte Mason method helped families around the world stay connected — and still does today. Jo Lloyd full 13:36 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-house-of-education-under-miss-e-a-parish/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:46:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15334 Essex Cholmondeley continues the 1952 “memories” issue of The Parents’ Review with her recollections of the House of Education. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 10:45 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/memories-of-the-past/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:49:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15280 Henrietta Franklin opens the 1952 “memories” issue of The Parents’ Review with her “Memories of the Past.” Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 7:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/habits-at-home-a-conversation-with-jennifer-pepito/ Tue, 28 May 2024 10:51:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15216 Art Middlekauff talks with Jennifer Pepito about Charlotte Mason, St. Benedict, and Jennifer’s new book “Habits for a Sacred Home.” Art Middlekauff full 1:01:27 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-modern-day-olive-norton/ Tue, 21 May 2024 10:50:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15156 Melanie Walker-Malone tells the story of how her homeschool journey led to the founding of Red Mountain Community School. Art Middlekauff full 1:36:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-boy-jesus/ Tue, 14 May 2024 10:45:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15105 The Rev. H. S. Swithinbank draws lessons and insights from the growth and education of our Lord Jesus Christ in this vintage address from 1897. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 28:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-to-preserve-the-imaginative-power-in-children/ Tue, 07 May 2024 10:47:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=15012 Arthur Burrell shares his practical, poignant, and powerful insights in this paper from 1902. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 59:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/can-appreciation-of-art-be-taught/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:49:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14977 The first appointed lecturer of the National Gallery, S.C. Kaines Smith, explores this question with wit and humor—all while holding the child in high esteem. Transcription Team full 17:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/art-studies/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:52:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14898 Rose Amy Pennethorne shares the history of picture study in this vintage article from 1952. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 8:25 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/picture-study-by-mary-gillies/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:40:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14829 Mary Gillies takes us through picture study across all the forms in this vintage article from 1931. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/picture-study-by-madeline-lambert/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:48:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14765 Madeline Lambert explains the principles and practices of picture study in this vintage article from 1919. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 12:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sunday-school-teaching/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:43:42 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14715 PNEU members share how they incorporated Charlotte Mason’s ideas in their Sunday schools in this set of vintage 1926 articles. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 9:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/an-uncommon-quarterly/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:51:47 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14650 Art Middlekauff talks with the core team of Common Place Quarterly about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy and the community that embraces it. Art Middlekauff full 1:24:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/latin-the-elegant-tongue/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:32:06 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14583 A rare glimpse of Latin in the PNEU of the 1970’s, with a new and extensive editor’s note by Angela Reed. Transcription Team full 16:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-mind-at-work/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:07:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14472 Essex Cholmondeley explores the relationship between discussion and narration in this vintage article from 1944. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 13:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-disappearance-of-difficulties/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:41:56 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14413 Teacher Daisy Golding showcases narration and focuses on principle in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1920. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 10:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/concerning-repeated-narration/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:49:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14353 Elsie Kitching sheds light on the principles and practices of narration in this vintage article from 1928. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 12:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-group-system/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:47:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14285 Learn about new approaches to reading and narration that emerged in Charlotte Mason schools in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 33:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/personhood-explored-part-3/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:10:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14203 Laura Teeple concludes her exploration of Charlotte Mason’s first principle by examining the atmosphere of environment. Laura Teeple Charlotte Mason’s Paradoxical Principle, Part 3 full 30:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/personhood-explored-part-2/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:54:45 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14149 Laura Teeple continues her exploration of Charlotte Mason’s first principle by examining the discipline of habit. Laura Teeple Charlotte Mason’s Paradoxical Principle, Part 2 full 33:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/personhood-explored-part-1/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:48:50 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14112 Laura Teeple explores the apparent contradictions implied by Charlotte Mason’s first principle in order to discover a deeper truth. Laura Teeple Charlotte Mason’s Paradoxical Principle, Part 1 full 26:12 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/olive-norton-the-recording/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:49:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14064 The voice of the woman who introduced Susan Schaeffer Macaulay to Charlotte Mason in this vintage 1978 recording. Art Middlekauff full 1:24:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/olive-norton-the-pneu-teacher/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:50:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=14005 Olive Norton, now a PNEU teacher and headmistress, explains how and why to study Shakespeare in this vintage article from 1976. Read by Jennifer Talsma and Serafina Greco. Transcription Team full 7:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/olive-norton-the-homeschool-mother/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:57:52 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13950 Olive Norton tells the remarkable story of her homeschooling journey in this vintage article from 1962. Transcription Team full 11:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-father-and-son-look-back/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 11:55:36 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13836 Palmer Middlekauff answers his father’s queries in a wide-ranging interview about his experiences in homeschool, college, and the world. Art Middlekauff full 1:18:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-carol-of-the-three-brothers/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:04:11 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13781 An original Christmas poem from 1925 by Frances Chesterton and later published in The Parents’ Review. Transcription Team full 3:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/conversation-piece/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:03:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13727 A PNEU teacher finds meaning in the motto “Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life” in this vintage article from 1961. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 11:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/joy-to-be-bought/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:58:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13656 Donald Beswick shares principles, stories, and ideas that enhance the practice of music appreciation in this vintage article from 1962. Transcription Team full 22:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-home-schoolroom-in-madeira/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:34:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13562 A homeschool mother tells her story in this celebrated vintage article from 1935. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 16:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-relativization-of-classical-education/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:47:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13500 Art Middlekauff describes how the modern redefinition of classical education has surrendered absolutes to relativism. Art Middlekauff full 1:13:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/three-educational-idylls-podcast/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:47:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13402 Charlotte Mason’s 1912 article in which she defines her legacy relative to Harriet Finlay-Johnson and Maria Montessori. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 33:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/high-school-roundtable/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:50:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13348 Antonella Greco, Art Middlekauff, Richele Baburina, and Tessa Keath discuss Charlotte Mason in high school from the point of the PNEU of the past our children in the present. Charlotte Mason Poetry Team full 58:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-in-the-parents-union-school/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:39:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13305 Mrs. Claudia Shelley explains how a Charlotte Mason education prepares young people for the great challenges of life in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 19:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-measuring-line/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:47:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13199 Elsie Kitching brings theories and opinions to the measuring line in this landmark essay from 1933. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 45:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-p-u-s-work-in-a-pneu-school/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:47:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13171 A House of Education graduate gives an overview of the Charlotte Mason method from Forms I to VI in this vintage article from 1931. Read by Lisa Joss. Transcription Team full 12:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/boys-preparatory-schools/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:55:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13089 The headmaster of a boys’ preparatory school explains how they adapted the Charlotte Mason method and became a PNEU school in this vintage article from 1931. Transcription Team full 36:29 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-pneu-and-public-examinations/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:52:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=13033 Costley-White, Elsie Kitching, and Charlotte Mason shed light on upper forms, school certificates, and matriculation exams in vintage pieces from 1919 and 1931. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team The PNEU and Public Examinations full 25:17 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-theology-of-the-great-recognition-audio/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:51:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12972 Art Middlekauff explores the theological basis for “the great recognition which the educator is called upon to make.” Art Middlekauff full 27:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-and-life/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:57:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12899 A house of education graduate shares how a Charlotte Mason education prepares young people not only for life, but also for a livelihood, in this vintage paper from 1928. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 16:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/thomas-aquinas-and-the-great-recognition-audio/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:47:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12844 Art Middlekauff explores the relationship between the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition. Art Middlekauff full 42:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-parents-union-in-a-secondary-school/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:47:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12780 E. Perceval Horsey describes the implementation of the Charlotte Mason method in a secondary school for boys in this vintage article from 1924. Transcription Team full 10:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-history-of-an-idea-children-are-born-persons-audio/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:50:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12731 Art Middlekauff surveys how Charlotte Mason’s first principle was viewed in the centuries before and the century after Miss Mason’s life. Art Middlekauff full 23:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-first-steps-of-education/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:47:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12682 Rhoda Harrison explains how Charlotte Mason’s ideas guide and inspire the first steps of education in this vintage article from 1936. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 21:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-is-education/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:43:30 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12634 Essex Cholmondeley explains the essential features of a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage text from 1925. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 13:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/where-virtue-is-the-goal-audio/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:43:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12584 What does it really look like when virtue is the goal of education? Is virtue really the highest aim of Christian education? Art Middlekauff full 18:31 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-only-child/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:57:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12530 Encouragement and advice from a Charlotte Mason College graduate and mother of an only child from the 1957 Parents’ Review. Transcription Team full 8:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-of-conscience/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:50:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12468 The vintage 1928 overview and evaluation of Charlotte Mason’s Ourselves written by an author and lecturer who knew her well. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 29:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-is-a-liberal-education-audio/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:47:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12417 What is meant by the phrase “a liberal education”? Is it a reference to the seven liberal arts of the classical tradition? Or does it refer to something else? Art Middlekauff full 34:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/jesus-bible-lessons/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:49:13 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12366 Don Rhymer applies Scriptural insights to the method of Bible lessons in this inspiring lecture recorded live at the 2023 Living Education Retreat. Don Rhymer full 49:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-book-of-centuries-2/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:49:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12278 The definitive guide to the Book of Centuries first published in 1928, along with an extended editor’s note telling the story of its development. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 23:31 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/three-new-educational-common-factors/ Tue, 04 Jul 2023 11:03:47 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12236 Rose Amy Pennethorne evaluates the role of technology in a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage article from 1931. Read by Tabitha Wirges. Transcription Team full 9:35 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-way-of-reason/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:47:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12171 A homeschooling mother explains in 1961 how Charlotte Mason’s principle of “the way of reason” has become even more relevant and important in the modern world. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 11:46 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/character-training/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:01:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12107 The role of ideas and habits in the formation of character is explained in this pair of vintage Parents’ Review articles from 1936. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski and Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 39:05 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-the-spirituality-of-motherhood/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:49:32 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12066 Laura Teeple explores Charlotte Mason’s vision for the spirituality of motherhood in this inspiring 2023 academic paper. Laura Teeple Charlotte Mason and the Spirituality of Motherhood full 21:42 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-conflict-of-philosophies/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 10:56:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=12001 Celebrated educationist Sir Fred Clarke contrasts the philosophies of Plato and Rousseau in this classic article from the Parents’ Review. Transcription Team full 1:15:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/obedience/ Tue, 30 May 2023 10:52:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11959 Nancy Hatch (CMT) explains the concepts of authority and obedience in this vintage article from 1961. Read by Lisa Joss. Transcription Team full 16:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/why-small-things-matter/ Tue, 23 May 2023 10:46:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11883 Dr. Helen Webb explains how the little things secure a quiet growing time for the little ones, in this vintage article from 1928. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 23:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ask-art-5-the-motto/ Tue, 16 May 2023 10:58:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11822 Art Middlekauff and Mariana Mastracchio discuss the fascinating origin, history, development, and relevance of the motto “I am, I can, I ought, I will.” Show notes page. Art Middlekauff full 1:36:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-talk-to-nurses-on-the-child-as-a-person/ Tue, 09 May 2023 10:45:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11770 Dr. Helen Webb’s classic exposition of Charlotte Mason’s first principle with an original editor’s note by Haley Struecker. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 27:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/thought-turning/ Tue, 02 May 2023 10:52:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11679 Dr. Helen Webb’s celebrated account of thought-turning as a factor in the training of character, transcribed from the 1902 Parents’ Review. Read by Laurel Aldridge. Transcription Team full 40:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/my-sensations-sweet/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:46:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11590 Mariana Mastracchio explains how and why she implements Charlotte Mason’s guidance for the “education of the senses” in her family. Mariana Mastracchio full 15:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/miss-masons-principles-in-character-training/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:49:09 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11551 Mrs. Evan Campbell shares a mother’s experience of Charlotte Mason’s principles in this celebrated vintage article from 1926. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 21:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/work-partakers-of-his-resurrection/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:55:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11489 Essex Cholmondeley explains how the Resurrection of the Son of God gives new meaning to the work of life in this vintage article from 1926. Read by Laurel Aldridge. Transcription Team full 8:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/occupations-for-children-under-schoolroom-age/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:55:38 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11430 Authentic guidance on how parents can share the quiet growing time with their children from the early days of the PNEU with an editor’s note by Haley Struecker. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 11:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/joy-to-be-shared/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:57:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11365 Donald Beswick makes the case for classical music in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1961. Transcription Team full 19:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-advanced-montessori-method/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:53:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11288 Mrs. Curwen reviews The Advanced Montessori Method in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1921. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 25:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/three-habit-hacks/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:54:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11206 René du Plessis shares three tips for habit training that she gleaned from her study of Charlotte Mason’s Home Education. René du Plessis full 13:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/habit/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:56:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11119 House of Education student Marjorie Peace reflects on Charlotte Mason’s view of habit in this vintage article from 1919. Read by Laurel Aldridge. Transcription Team full 7:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-first-centenary/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:56:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=11043 A novelist, a writer, and a queen reflect on the legacy of Charlotte Mason in a set of vintage articles from the 1942 Centenary Number of the Parents’ Review. Read by Jennifer Talsma and Art Middlekauff. Transcription Team full 18:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/family-bickerings/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:46:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10979 Writer and scholar Leader Scott suggests how to overcome sibling strife in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 20:10 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-work-and-aims-of-the-pneu/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:48:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10884 Madeline Conyers Alston describes and promotes the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1925. Read by René du Plessis. Transcription Team full 27:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/in-praise-of-romanticism/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:44:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10813 Theologian and father Morné Marais shares his personal reflections on the Romantic movement and the movement’s relationship to Charlotte Mason. Morné Marais full 35:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-playroom-leaflet-pr/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:40:38 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10732 House of Education graduate W. E. Laurence explains how to run a school that embraces the little children just as much as the big ones. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 21:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-the-child-who-loves-to-learn/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:40:09 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10692 Anesley Middlekauff makes the case for a Charlotte Mason education. Anesley Middlekauff Charlotte Mason and the Child Who Loves To Learn full 15:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/mother-culture-pr/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:57:33 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10612 The 1892 Parents’ Review article that inspired a homeschool and a homeschool movement, with an editor’s note by Dean and Karen Andreola. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 13:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/children-under-six-leaf/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:43:09 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10589 Catherine Leaf provides guidance for the education of little ones in this vintage article from 1942. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 15:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-and-responsibility/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:48:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10555 Dr. R. Bryce Gibson completes his two-part series on authority and respect in one of the “most valuable” articles ever published in The Parents’ Review. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 26:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-and-personality/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:40:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10532 Dr. R. Bryce Gibson shares the “via media” of authority and respect in one of the “most valuable” articles ever published in The Parents’ Review. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 28:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/introducing-rudolf-eucken/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:40:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10497 Charlotte Mason’s pivotal 1914 book reviews which introduce her readers to a key philosopher and also explain the heart and goal of her poetry volumes about the Saviour of the World. Transcription Team full 13:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-mother-who-teaches-her-own-children/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:49:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10467 Charlotte Mason’s methods and principles from the point of view of the mother who teaches her own children. Read by Lisa Joss. Transcription Team full 18:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/our-founder-charlotte-m-mason/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:42:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10437 Elsie Kitching’s 1936 short biography of Charlotte Mason, drawing from rare original sources. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 45:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/letters-from-mothers-podcast/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 11:47:47 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10409 Ten mothers from around the world used Charlotte Mason’s method and shared their stories in 1924. Now you can hear their stories for yourself. Transcription Team full 55:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/after-fifty-years/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:49:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10385 Fifty years after the publication of Home Education, Elsie Kitching answers the pressing question, “Watchman, what of the night?” in article 5 of the Elsie Kitching series. Read by Laurel Aldridge. Transcription Team full 1:00:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/home-education-under-six/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:46:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10359 Ellen Parish’s magical vision of education for children under the age of six, with an editor’s note by Haley Struecker. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 41:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/too-wide-a-mesh/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:50:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10318 The fourth article in the Elsie Kitching series which explains that the Charlotte Mason method can only be authentically applied when approached from the perspective of philosophy, not psychology. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Transcription Team full 37:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/two-or-three-witnesses/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:19:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10285 Eight mothers share their accumulated wisdom about parenting and children — mothers who learned from Charlotte Mason herself at her Ambleside school. Transcription Team full 38:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-great-inheritance/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:52:17 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10250 Elsie Kitching’s 1925 opening address to The Parent’s Union School Gathering at Canterbury, the third article in the Elsie Kitching series. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 1:07:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-code-of-education-in-the-gospels/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:59:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10219 Art Middlekauff shares the principles of teaching given by the greatest Teacher of all. Recorded live at the 2022 Gospel Vision for Children conference. Art Middlekauff full 53:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/notes-and-queries-by-elsie-kitching/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:56:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10199 Elsie Kitching answers seekers and critics in this vintage article from 1926, the second in the Elsie Kitching series. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 27:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-place-of-science-in-the-education-of-children/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:00:17 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10171 Physics professor George Burch proposes a better approach to science education in this vintage article from 1897. Read by Dawn Rhymer. Transcription Team full 30:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/moral-training/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:45:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10136 Elsie Kitching explains how to prepare young people for life in this vintage article from 1916, the first in the Elsie Kitching series. Transcription Team full 29:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/two-educational-ideals/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:48:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10101 A paper by Charlotte Mason published in 1928 but intended for inclusion in “Towards a Philosophy of Education.” Transcription Team full 54:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-formation-of-character/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:43:50 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10076 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s fifth volume and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 23:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/of-such-is-the-kingdom/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:58:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10051 The Rev. C. B. Phillips explains how the childhood of Christ illuminates the childhood of persons in this vintage article from 1919. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 13:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/critical-thinking-through-narration/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:58:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=10007 Don Rhymer, retired professor of Mechanical Engineering, explains how the elusive skill of critical thinking is best developed. Don Rhymer full 40:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/letter-from-a-scientist/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:46:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9968 A scientist in Australia probes to the heart of faith during a time of global suffering in this vintage article from 1916. Read by Lisa Joss. Transcription Team full 15:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/using-technology-well/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:58:51 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9929 Art Middlekauff interviews Doug Smith, co-founder of Simply Charlotte Mason™, on the role of technology in a Charlotte Mason homeschool. Art Middlekauff full 1:11:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/self-education/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:53:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9871 Charlotte Mason’s original and unabridged 1913 declaration that “there is no education but self-education.” Transcription Team full 28:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/to-overcome-fear/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:50:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9850 Jennifer Pepito explains how to overcome fear in a message adapted from a chapter of her newly released “Mothering by the Book.” Jennifer Pepito full 20:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-mason-method-of-teaching/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:51:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9807 E. Percival Horsey tells how he went from being a skeptic to a believer in the method of Miss Mason in this vintage article from 1922. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 19:10 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/scouting-the-joy-of-discovery/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:51:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9766 Brittney McGann explores how scouting cultivates joy in everyday discoveries. Recorded live at the 2022 Living Education Retreat. Brittney McGann full 47:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/godly-sorrow-worldly-sorrow-and-joy/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:46:51 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9749 Art Middlekauff points the way through sorrow to joy for the homeschool parent. Recorded live at the 2022 Living Education Retreat. Art Middlekauff full 42:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/songs-for-children/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:47:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9731 Walter Ford explains the importance folk songs and other singing in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1910. Read by Heidi Buschbach. Transcription Team full 37:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/idyll-challenge-iv/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:50:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9715 Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. Art Middlekauff full 14:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/decoration-of-the-nursery/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:42:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9698 House of Education graduate and mother Eleanor Hughes-Jones guides the physical atmosphere of the nursery in this vintage article from 1917. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 10:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-on-the-authority-of-scripture/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:51:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9685 Art Middlekauff delves into the concepts of essential and accidental truth as he explores Charlotte Mason’s views on the authority of Scripture. Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason on the Authority of Scripture full 1:04:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-worldview-formation/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:59:20 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9668 Becky Aniol explains the important and surprising connection between Charlotte Mason and worldview formation. Becky Aniol Charlotte Mason and Worldview Formation full 12:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nursery-games-for-children/ Tue, 31 May 2022 10:52:42 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9649 A mother explains the nature and role of children’s play in a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage article from 1917. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 17:12 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-great-recognition-mason-brought-to-florence-audio/ Tue, 24 May 2022 10:58:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9638 Art Middlekauff explains what really happened when Charlotte Mason visited the Spanish Chapel in Florence. Art Middlekauff full 21:57 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/pestalozzi-the-first-modern-educator/ Tue, 17 May 2022 10:55:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9620 The PNEU celebrates the contributions of Johann Pestalozzi in vintage articles from 1927 and 1966. Transcription Team full 21:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-approach-to-poetry/ Tue, 10 May 2022 11:00:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9594 Monk Gibbon’s timeless celebration of poetry and the Charlotte Mason way to teach it. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 31:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/living-memories-of-emeline-steinthal-an-interview/ Tue, 03 May 2022 10:46:26 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9577 Richele Baburina speaks with the great-granddaughter of Emeline Steinthal, Charlotte Mason’s dear friend and colleague. Richele Baburina full 45:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/religious-teaching-in-the-home/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:54:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9559 In this vintage article from 1909, Headmistress Mary Alice Douglas explains that spiritual formation involves more just than Bible lessons. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 13:32 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/susan-schaeffer-macaulay-interviews-joan-molyneux/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:49:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9548 The complete recording of the historic and heartwarming conversation between Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and PNEU Principal Joan Molyneux. Art Middlekauff full 1:20:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/my-experience-with-charlotte-mason-in-sunday-school/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:58:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9537 Dawn Tull shares how children respond when Charlotte Mason methods are brought to the Sunday school. Dawn Tull full 9:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/influence/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 10:59:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9504 Emeline Steinthal explains the proper role of influence in this vintage article from 1899. Read by Jacqueline Townsend. Transcription Team full 10:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/do-charlotte-masons-ideas-still-work/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:19:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9479 Art Middlekauff surveys the experiences of American home educator Marian Ney to explore the relevance and application of Charlotte Mason’s ideas to our day. Art Middlekauff full 24:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-citizenship/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:54:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9454 In this 1915 paper, Eleanor Frost explains how to teach citizenship the Charlotte Mason way. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 17:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-source-of-miss-masons-teaching/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:53:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9445 Art Middlekauff elaborates the source of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy, as revealed by her student and friend Ellen Parish. Art Middlekauff full 56:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-is-a-discipline/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:49:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9414 House of Education graduate N. Chubb explains the second instrument of education in this vintage article from 1967. Transcription Team full 11:46 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/managing-multiple-forms/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:47:13 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9396 Essex Cholmondeley addresses the questions and challenges of the first-term teacher in this Notes and Queries from 1927. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 7:50 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-few-remarks-on-music-teaching-part-ii/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:59:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9371 Part 2 of W. H. Leslie’s 1926 guide for singing instruction in the Parents’ Union Schools. Read by Heidi Buschbach. Transcription Team full 26:05 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-masons-first-principle-audio/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:56:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9332 Art Middlekauff explores the meaning, scope, and application of Charlotte Mason’s principle “Children are born persons” through a survey of her writings. Art Middlekauff full 52:27 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/children-are-born-persons-audio/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:52:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9290 Charlotte Mason explains what her first principle means in this definitive paper from 1911. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 54:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/meditation-by-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:47:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9249 Charlotte Mason explains the most important part of the preparation of the mother or teacher who would instruct children in the things of the divine life. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 7:29 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/bible-lessons-faq-part-2/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:59:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9214 Art Middlekauff responds to the second set of frequently asked questions about Charlotte Mason’s program and method of Bible lessons. Art Middlekauff full 47:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/bible-teaching-in-the-p-n-e-u/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:07:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9176 E. Bruce-Low explains how to do Bible lessons the way she learned to at the House of Education. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 15:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/bible-lessons-faq/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:53:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9140 Art Middlekauff responds to frequently asked questions about Charlotte Mason’s program and method of Bible lessons. Art Middlekauff full 39:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-study-in-the-home/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:06:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9110 The Reverend Alfred Thornley shows how the riches of nature study are within the reach of every family and every home in this vintage article from 1908. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 22:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-year-in-review-1922/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:54:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1506 Henrietta Franklin looks back on the wonderful blessings enjoyed by children and parents who were applying the Charlotte Mason method in 1922. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 6:05 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-new-and-old-conceptions-of-knowledge/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:17:58 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9058 Charlotte Mason takes her stand in this 1912 letter to The Times, presented now in its original and unabridged form. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 19:23 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/knowledge-and-narration/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:05:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9031 Daisy Golding explains how to incorporate narration “faithfully along the lines of the PNEU” in this vintage article from 1925. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 16:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/advent-and-time/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:55:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=9011 Pastor Allen Kannapell explains how Christians are out of step with chronological time, and how Advent and the Church Calendar chart a different course. Allen Kannapell full 12:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-philosophy-of-education-restated/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:54:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8986 The vintage 1985 book review of “For the Children’s Sake” by certified Charlotte Mason Teacher Doreen Russo. Transcription Team full 13:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/music-in-the-nursery/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:53:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8971 Ella Howard Glover explains how no child is too young for the best music in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1917. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 9:24 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-drawing/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:54:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4485 Artist Juliet Williams explains how to bring drawing within the reach of all persons in this vintage article introduced by Richele Baburina. Transcription Team full 32:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/maria-montessori-and-the-classical-tradition-audio/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:49:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8881 Art Middlekauff explores the relationship between Montessori’s theory of education and the classical tradition. Art Middlekauff full 37:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-charm-of-nature-study/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:50:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4476 G. Downton describes the theory, practice, and joy of nature study in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Read by Haley Struecker. Transcription Team full 19:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/high-school-at-home-with-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:53:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8840 Art Middlekauff explores how the Charlotte Mason method applies to high school homeschooling in this live recording. Art Middlekauff full 52:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/children-up-to-school-age-and-beyond-continued/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:58:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8817 Elsie Kitching explains the Charlotte Mason method for children ages 6 to 18 in this vintage article from 1943. Transcription Team full 46:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/cultivating-a-divine-education-with-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:58:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8803 Jennifer Pepito explains how the Charlotte Mason method can help parents to lead their children to a greater awareness of and love for God. Jennifer Pepito full 28:50 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/children-up-to-school-age-and-beyond/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:59:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8781 Elsie Kitching explains the Charlotte Mason method for the early years in this vintage article from 1943. Transcription Team full 37:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/i-tried-charlotte-masons-schedule-for-30-days/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:05:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8745 Richele Baburina followed Charlotte Mason’s daily schedule for 30 days. Here’s what happened. Richele Baburina full 14:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-english/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:00:58 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8727 Headmaster G. H. Smith explains and defends the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage paper from 1922. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 35:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-physicians-look-at-charlotte-masons-views-on-air-and-exercise/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:01:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8714 Dr. Kent Handfield examines Charlotte Mason’s claims and advice about air and exercise in light of modern medical research. Kent Handfield full 28:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/physical-culture/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:49:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8698 Miss Rothera explains the importance and development of physical culture in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Transcription Team full 23:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-tired-to-inspired/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:56:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8687 Mary Beuving tells her story of how the challenges of circumstances gave way before the power of ideas. Mary Beuving full 30:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/simplicity/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:57:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8664 Charlotte Mason’s 1898 groundbreaking essay on the call and practice of simplicity. Transcription Team full 25:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-ourselves/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:02:42 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8639 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s fourth volume and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 15:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/neglected-nature/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:57:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4473 R. A. Pennethorne explores the challenges with realizing Charlotte Mason’s full vision for nature study in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Transcription Team full 10:42 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-first-reading-charlotte-masons-books/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:58:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8598 A former Vice Principal of the Charlotte Mason College describes her appreciation of Mason’s volumes in this vintage article from 1955. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 17:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-role-of-knowledge-in-moral-development/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:58:13 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8584 Art Middlekauff explains the role of knowledge in the moral development of children. Recorded live at the 2021 Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference. Art Middlekauff full 38:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-the-philosophy-of-science/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:58:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8572 Art Middlekauff explores two different philosophies of science and shows the path followed by Charlotte Mason. Recorded live at the Living Education Retreat. Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason and the Philosophy of Science full 54:12 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/classical-meets-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:59:13 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8549 Shannon Whiteside explains what happens when classical education mixes with Charlotte Mason. Recorded live at the 2021 Living Education Retreat. Shannon Whiteside full 43:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-nature-work-at-the-house-of-education/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:57:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4478 Agnes Drury explains how aspiring teachers were taught to study nature and keep nature notebooks in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Read by Tabitha Wirges. Transcription Team full 14:42 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-perfect-charlotte-mason-education/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:00:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8523 Art Middlekauff discusses the lure of the perfect implementation of the Charlotte Mason method, and then suggests another way. Art Middlekauff full 42:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/religious-training-in-the-home/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:59:55 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8509 Mary Wolseley-Lewis offers practical guidance to parents for discipleship in the home in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 25:24 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-modern-take-on-scouting/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:58:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8494 Brittney McGann explains how the essence of the scouting program of the PNEU can be recreated today. Brittney McGann full 12:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/scouting/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:00:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4595 The classic Parents’ Review article explaining how scouting was incorporated in the PNEU, with editor’s note by Nicole Williams. Read by Nicole Williams. Transcription Team full 29:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/homeschooling-and-socialization/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:58:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8466 Anesley Middlekauff explores the question of whether or not homeschooling provides adequate socialization for children. Anesley Middlekauff full 10:25 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-the-teaching-of-religion-to-children/ Tue, 25 May 2021 10:57:52 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8449 The Rev. William Danks lifts the veil on spiritual instruction in this convicting vintage article from the Parents’ Review. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 23:50 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-best-atlas-for-you/ Tue, 18 May 2021 11:00:20 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8406 Dawn Tull lays out the important points to consider when selecting an atlas or map for geography lessons. Dawn Tull full 16:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-parents-union-school/ Tue, 11 May 2021 10:57:55 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8380 Charlotte Mason’s landmark address prepared for the 1912 Children’s Gathering at Winchester. Read by Jo Downing. Transcription Team full 43:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/teaching-tech/ Tue, 04 May 2021 10:55:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8367 Art Middlekauff explores the place of computer literacy in a Charlotte Mason education. Art Middlekauff full 25:32 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/practical-carrying-out/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8352 The Charlotte Mason method in practice, as explained by House of Education graduate Miss Bruce Low in 1917. Read by Tabitha Wirges. Transcription Team full 15:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/jane-austen-by-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:00:52 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8338 Charlotte Mason’s 1911 reflection on the life and work of Jane Austen. Read by Leah Boden. Transcription Team full 39:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/reverence-in-action/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:59:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8325 Art Middlekauff concludes his series exploring the quality that Charlotte Mason said should accompany all our teaching of children. Art Middlekauff full 21:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-a-home-schoolroom/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:01:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8315 An ordinary mother tells the extraordinary story of her Charlotte Mason homeschool in this vintage 1930 Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 28:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/reverence-in-lessons/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:00:56 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8305 Art Middlekauff continues his series exploring the quality that Charlotte Mason said should accompany all our teaching of children. Art Middlekauff full 19:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-reading-habit-and-a-wide-curriculum/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:00:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8292 Charlotte Mason’s 1913 paper in which she presents her vision for how “we should have what the world has not yet seen.” Read by Jo Downing. Transcription Team full 25:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/all-our-teaching-of-children/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:17 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8271 Charlotte Mason said that something should accompany all our teaching of children. Art Middlekauff explains what it is. Art Middlekauff full 18:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-jane-austen-evening/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:00:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8247 Listen in to a PNEU celebration of Jane Austen in this vintage Scale How Evening from 1912. Transcription Team full 1:24:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-the-counties-of-england/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8212 Rachel North traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s third geographical reader volume and discusses its relevance to students today. Rachel North full 11:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-learning-geography/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:00:52 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8196 Mrs. Mole explains a tool for geography lessons in this vintage Parents’ Review article referenced by the PNEU programmes. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 9:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-charlotte-mason-to-college/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:00:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8173 Antonella Greco talks to Anesley Middlekauff about the transition from Charlotte Mason homeschool to college in Iowa. Antonella Greco full 43:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/spiritual-joy/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:00:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8150 In this vintage Parents’ Review article, theologian Mary Carta Sturge explains how to introduce little ones to the idea of God. Transcription Team full 22:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/my-latin-journey/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:00:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8129 Art Middlekauff shares about his reluctant investigation into Latin study and what he was surprised to find there. Art Middlekauff full 16:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-latin/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:00:30 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8100 The teaching of Latin in a PNEU school is described in this vintage Parents’ Review article with an extensive introduction by Angela Reed. Transcription Team full 22:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-chemistry/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:00:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8058 Art Middlekauff explores Charlotte Mason’s perspective on the teaching of chemistry and considers its application for educators today. Art Middlekauff full 25:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/knowledge-versus-information/ Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:00:38 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=8032 H. W. Household calls for a reform of education in the tradition of Charlotte Mason in this vintage 1944 article from The Parents’ Review. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 20:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/episode-200/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:00:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7985 Charlotte Mason Poetry celebrates our 200th episode with an inside look at the 10 most popular episodes of our podcast. Art Middlekauff full 19:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-school-education/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:00:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7962 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s third volume and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 13:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/emmanuel-the-key-to-our-hope/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:00:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7916 Pastor Allen Kannapell looks through the lens of the prophet Isaiah toward the Messiah who has come. Allen Kannapell full 27:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/conference-lessons/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:00:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7896 House of Education graduate Eleanor Frost recounts an inspiring class in history, science, and geography in this vintage article from The Parents’ Review. Transcription Team full 12:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/school-discipline/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:00:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7875 G. F. Husband explains how the Charlotte Mason method changes the way educators think about discipline in this vintage article from 1928. Transcription Team full 8:24 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-december/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:00:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7848 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of December. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 24:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-gloucestershire/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:00:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7830 H. W. Household explains how the Charlotte Mason method awakens a love of learning in this vintage article from 1927. Read by Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team Charlotte Mason And Gloucestershire full 30:12 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-badge-and-the-motto/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:42:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7808 Elsie Kitching explains the meaning behind the badge and motto of the Parents' Union School in this classic article from 1956. Read by Read by Barbara Middlekauff. Transcription Team full 19:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/spelling-by-dictation/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:00:56 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7786 Art Middlekauff draws from experience and principle to consider the best way to teach spelling. Art Middlekauff full 28:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-november/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:00:26 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7767 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of November. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 27:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-living-education-in-brazil/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:00:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7745 Lizie Henrique describes how Charlotte Mason’s ideas are breathing new life into education in Brazil. Read by Tina Schallhorn. Lizie Henrique full 17:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-the-teaching-of-poetry-to-children/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:57:42 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7721 Thorough guidance on the teaching of poetry to children in this vintage article from 1908, with a new editor’s note by Amber Johnston. Read by Amber Johnston. Transcription Team full 34:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-the-millennium/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:00:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7703 Art Middlekauff speculates about Charlotte Mason’s view of the millennium of Revelation 20:1–6. Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason and the Millennium full 28:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-october/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:39:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7670 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of October. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 24:27 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/when-did-you-start-to-enjoy-history/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:00:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7651 Rob Young reflects on his own experience of learning history and urges parents and teachers to offer the best for their children. Rob Young full 12:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/conference-on-pneu-methods/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:00:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7622 H. W. Household gives an inside look at the Charlotte Mason method in practice in 196 schools in this vintage article from 1925. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 1:13:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/math-for-older-students/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 11:00:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7586 Richele Baburina and Art Middlekauff explain the Charlotte Mason approach to upper level math. Richele Baburina & Art Middlekauff full 38:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/some-experiences-of-a-pioneer-school/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:00:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7568 Hear the inspiring account of the miracle at Drighlington in this touching and practical vintage article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 44:49 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-september/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:00:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7546 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of September. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 26:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-scale-how-meditations/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:59:51 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7500 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s “Scale How Meditations” and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 20:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-promises-of-poetry/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:57:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7474 Amber Johnston tells the story of how poetry changed her heart, her family, and her life. Amber Johnston full 24:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-the-teaching-of-poetry/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:54:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7453 Learn how and why to teach poetry to children in this vintage Parents’ Review article with editor’s note by Amber Johnston. Read by Amber Johnston. Transcription Team full 21:23 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-august/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:00:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7423 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of August. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 29:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-living-education-in-france/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:59:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7408 Antonella Greco speaks with Maeva Kosse about applying Charlotte Mason’s philosophy to the French homeschooling milieu. Antonella Greco full 22:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/teaching-children-to-pray/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:00:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7383 Rev. Prebendary Northcote provides guidance to parents in this vintage article from the special “Religious Education” issue of The Parents’ Review. Transcription Team full 21:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/scripture-teaching/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7365 Helen Wix explains the method of teaching Scripture in the Parents’ Union School in this vintage article from 1915. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-july/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:00:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7337 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of July. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 27:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-your-heritage/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:02:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7312 Art Middlekauff interviews Amber Johnston of HeritageMom.com on the relevance and application of Charlotte Mason’s ideas. Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason and Your Heritage full 1:25:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/idyll-challenge-3/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:02:55 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7299 Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. Art Middlekauff full 9:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/teaching-methods-of-miss-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:00:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7280 H.W. Household makes the case for Charlotte Mason in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 35:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/principles-before-programmes/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:00:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1839 The PNEU urges parents and teachers to study the principles behind the practice in this vintage message from 1928. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 6:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-june/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7238 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of June. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 30:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 26 May 2020 11:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7221 J. D. Rose, a man studying to be a teacher, explains the Charlotte Mason method end-to-end in this vintage article from 1966. Transcription Team full 42:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-geography-by-r-a-pennethorne/ Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7202 Learn how the teaching of geography makes us reverent participators in the wonders of creation in this vintage 1931 article. Transcription Team full 16:44 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-parents-and-children/ Tue, 12 May 2020 11:00:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7173 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s second volume and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 12:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-may/ Tue, 05 May 2020 11:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7131 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of May. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 27:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/geography-using-map-questions/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7097 Dawn Tull unveils the key role of maps in Charlotte Mason’s method and updates Mason’s original map questions for the 21st century. Dawn Tull full 43:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-geography/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:00:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7032 Headmaster B. D. Parkin explains how Charlotte Mason’s programme for geography comes to life in the light of her philosophy applied in this vintage 1929 article. Transcription Team full 25:44 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/now-that-dad-is-home/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=7013 Because of stay at home orders, many dads have found themselves working from home. Here’s a survival guide, by dads and for dads. Art Middlekauff full 10:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-april/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6993 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of April. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 28:32 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/geography-as-a-means-of-culture/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:00:11 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6952 Charlotte Mason describes the living teaching of geography in what may be the first paper she presented after Home Education. Transcription Team full 23:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ourselves-nossos-corpos-nossas-almas/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:00:26 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6924 Tina Schallhorn explains how Charlotte Mason’s fourth volume is ready to reach a brand new audience. Tina Schallhorn full 8:57 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/babies-habits/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6895 A grandmother offers advice for the parents of very little ones in this vintage Parents’ Review article from the 1917 Baby Number. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-hands-are-for/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:00:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6876 Brittney McGann explains how handicrafts are intrinsic to the personhood of all people, both children and adults. Brittney McGann full 9:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-march/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6857 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of March. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 24:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/truth-telling/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:00:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6840 Karen Andreola points to the wisdom of Charlotte Mason to help us form the habit of truth-telling in our children. Read by Ashley Olander. Karen Andreola full 11:45 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/brush-drawing/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:00:28 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4481 House of Education Katherine Loveday provides practical guidance in the teaching of brush drawing in this vintage article introduced by Richele Baburina. Transcription Team full 20:32 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/my-scheduling-journey/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:00:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6800 Art Middlekauff tells the story of how he has handled scheduling in his many years of practicing the Charlotte Mason method. Art Middlekauff full 22:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-february/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:00:55 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6775 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of February. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 24:47 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/moral-instruction/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:00:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6757 Notes of the paper Charlotte Mason prepared for the International Moral Education Congress of 1908. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 15:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-method-of-narration/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:00:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6728 The practical side of narration is explained in this 1927 article by PUS teacher Stanley Boardman. Includes an original introduction by Dawn Rhymer. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 18:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-walk-in-january/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6700 The vintage guide to special studies in nature for the month of January. From “The Changing Year” by Florence M. Haines. Transcription Team full 23:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-story-of-home-education/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6662 Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s first volume and ends with an important announcement. Art Middlekauff full 13:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/lifes-decisions/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:00:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2230 Sometimes in our lives we all have to make important decisions. What help does Charlotte Mason’s philosophy provide? Read by Jenny Martin. Transcription Team full 10:49 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-visit-to-winterland/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:00:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6532 A Charlotte Mason education overflows into a touching Christmas story by a student from another era. Transcription Team full 27:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-religious-training-of-children-at-home/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:00:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6514 A mother of five shares her wisdom on her special work in life: the religious education of her children. From the 1917 Baby Number. Transcription Team full 28:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/all-important-things/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:00:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6473 Maria Bell tells the story of how she and her little persons walked in the paths of beauty and heard whispers of HIs voice. Maria Bell full 17:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/artistic-perception/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:00:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6426 Artist and author Hermione Unwin provides wisdom, inspiration, and guidance to all parents in this vintage article introduced and read by Maria Bell. Transcription Team full 37:48 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-child-in-the-garden/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:00:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6412 A graduate of the House of Education who later became a mother tells the story of how a garden revealed a truth of the Charlotte Mason method. Transcription Team full 15:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-mathematics-to-young-children/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:00:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6332 The classic 1909 text by Irene Stephens which established how we teach mathematics in the Charlotte Mason method. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 56:36 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/reading-in-the-nursery/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:00:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6316 What role do books play in a Charlotte Mason education for the early years? And which books should you choose? Here is the vintage answer. Transcription Team full 20:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-the-cell-to-the-world/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6299 Charlotte Mason wrote that the soul is a holy of holies where each man performs his priestly functions. How do we take this holy place into the world? Art Middlekauff full 41:07 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-in-the-nursery/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:00:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6273 In the “Baby Number,” a House of Education graduate explains the role of nature and the outdoors in the teaching of the little ones. Transcription Team full 16:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/art-and-handcraft/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:00:50 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6254 P. E. Hanson explains how to develop the sense of the beautiful inherent in every child in this vintage Parents’ Review article. Transcription Team full 15:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/music-appreciation-in-the-21st-century/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:00:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6232 What should we do for music appreciation? Dawn Tull surveys the legacy of Charlotte Mason and the Parents’ Review to find a pattern for today. Dawn Tull full 54:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-scripture/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:00:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2234 Two experienced PNEU teachers explore various aspects of Bible lessons in a pair of vintage Parents’ Review articles. Read by Jenny Martin and Ashley Olander. Transcription Team full 15:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/picture-study/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:00:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6167 The fifth article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. Transcription Team full 15:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-we-teach-citizenship/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:00:18 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6149 The fourth article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. Transcription Team full 16:29 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-we-teach-geography/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:00:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6130 The third article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. Transcription Team full 17:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/our-principles/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:00:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6111 Charlotte Mason summarizes her life work in this vintage 1922 article: “We have received a call and are working on principles not worked on before.” Read by Joanne Downing. Transcription Team full 11:31 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-physicians-look-at-charlotte-masons-views-on-food/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:00:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6068 Dr. Kent Handfield examines Charlotte Mason’s food claims and dietary advice in light of modern medical research. Kent Handfield full 1:02:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-mind-of-a-child/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:00:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=6043 Charlotte Mason lays out principles and practices for education in the early years in this vintage article from 1917. Read by Joanne Downing. Transcription Team full 16:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/reflections-on-music-appreciation/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5996 Dawn Tull surveys the historical practices of the PNEU to identify the principles that guided all aspects of music appreciation lessons. Dawn Tull full 1:06:42 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/musical-appreciation/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5809 Mrs. Howard Glover gives an outline of a musical appreciation lesson in this vintage article quoted by Charlotte Mason in volume 6. Transcription Team full 17:31 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-loyal-parent/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5923 Art Middlekauff draws from Mason, philosophy, and Scripture to explain the call of the loyal parent. Art Middlekauff full 21:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/early-drawing-lessons/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4514 House of Education graduate Lucy Gore explains why and how all children should learn to draw in this vintage article from 1922. Transcription Team full 14:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/habits-for-life/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:00:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5868 Art Middlekauff explores the origin, application, and relevance of Charlotte Mason’s teaching on the physiology of habit. Recorded live at the 2019 Gospel Vision for Children conference. Art Middlekauff full 1:02:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ourselves-article/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:00:11 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5801 A teacher shares her experiences using “Ourselves” with a class of children in this vintage 1909 article. Transcription Team full 21:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/reminiscences/ Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:00:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5776 H. W. Household’s final tribute to Charlotte Mason as a person, and to her method as a philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 40:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-teaching-french-to-young-children/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:00:26 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5718 House of Education graduate Marjorie Evans explores living elements of French instruction in this vintage 1909 paper. Transcription Team full 13:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/my-tongues-use/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:00:09 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5704 The president of a PNEU branch raises provocative questions about the teaching of classical and living languages in this 1939 vintage article. Transcription Team full 51:49 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-place-of-habit/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:00:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2382 Helen Webb lays out the critical importance—and the critical dangers—of habit formation in this vintage 1917 article, reprinted in 1929. Read by Jenny Martin. Transcription Team full 15:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-tradition-of-music-appreciation/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:00:33 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5667 Dawn Tull reveals the ongoing tradition of music appreciation in the PNEU in this original article. Dawn Tull full 36:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-note-books/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:00:47 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4469 Agnes Drury surveys the history and practice of nature notebooks in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1952. Transcription Team full 12:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ask-art-4-the-spirit-and-the-letter/ Tue, 28 May 2019 11:00:20 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5623 Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander answer a listener’s question about how the Holy Spirit affects flexibility and specificity in the Charlotte Mason method. Art Middlekauff full 54:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/opinions-and-principles/ Tue, 21 May 2019 11:00:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5589 Charlotte Mason’s sweeping overview of her philosophy, written in 1909, reprinted in a booklet, and now available for free. Read by Joanne Downing. Transcription Team full 46:46 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/music-appreciation-in-the-pneu/ Tue, 14 May 2019 11:00:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5572 Dawn Tull traces the development of music appreciation in the golden age of the PNEU in this original article. Dawn Tull full 1:11:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/music/ Tue, 07 May 2019 11:00:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5488 Cedric Glover, the one-time “musical baby,” issues a call to develop a “nation of intelligent listeners” in this vintage 1926 article. Transcription Team full 17:40 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sunday-schools/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:00:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5459 Miss G. Swinburne of Melbourne, Australia explains the underlying ideas of the Charlotte Mason method and how to apply them in practice in this vintage 1923 article. Read by Belinda McReynolds. Transcription Team full 24:17 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-journey-in-musical-appreciation/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:00:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5436 Dawn Tull uncovers the genesis of music appreciation in the PNEU and traces its early history in this original article. Read by Ashley Olander. Dawn Tull full 21:23 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/our-relations-with-music-and-art/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5406 Ella Glover’s landmark 1902 paper which inspired the music appreciation program of the PNEU. Transcription Team full 42:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ask-art-3-scaffolding/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:04:51 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5399 Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander explore the role and appropriateness of scaffolding in a Charlotte Mason education. Art Middlekauff full 1:01:05 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/narration-the-charlotte-mason-way/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:00:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1755 H.W. Household’s 1924 memorandum to PNEU schools clarifying how narration lessons should be conducted. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 7:09 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ask-art-2-what-happened/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:00:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5313 Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander explore the often-ask question, “What happened to the PNEU?” and how these lessons from history apply to us today. Art Middlekauff full 57:30 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-we-teach-literature/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:05:33 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5187 House of Education graduate Daphne Chaplin explains how literature is taught in the Charlotte Mason method, in this vintage 1913 Parents’ Review article. Read by Ashley Olander. Transcription Team full 15:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/supplies-for-nature-notebooking/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:00:06 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5243 Nicole Handfield shares her favorite supplies for observing nature and capturing it in the nature notebook. Nicole Handfield full 29:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-object-of-faith/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:00:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5099 Chapter I, The Object of Faith, to H.C. Beeching’s “Eleven Sermons on Faith,” the source material for Chapter 13 of Charlotte Mason’s “Parents and Children.” Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 19:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-physicians-look-at-charlotte-masons-views/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5064 Dr. Kent Handfield examines Charlotte Mason’s medical claims and health advice in light of modern medical research. Kent Handfield full 47:35 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-methods-of-charlotte-mason-and-the-p-n-e-u/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:00:43 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5037 At an international conference on education in 1931, one speaker came with answers. His name was H. W. Household, and his answers are still relevant today. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 29:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ask-art-1-creative-writing/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:00:56 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=5021 Art Middlekauff tackles his first tough question from a listener. This questioner asks how Charlotte Mason may have taught creative writing. Art Middlekauff full 17:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/parents-and-education-by-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:00:12 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4983 Charlotte Mason’s rediscovered 1887 lecture to the British Association for the Advancement of Science in which she announces “the only scientific basis we have for education.” Read by Joanne Downing. Transcription Team full 26:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-study-by-agnes-drury/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:00:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4457 Agnes Drury, director of the scientific work at the House of Education, provides practical guidance on nature study in this vintage 1913 article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 12:33 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-strait-gate/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:07:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4876 House of Education graduate Mary Hardcastle contemplates the link between the Great Recognition and the Science of Relations in this vintage article from 1929. Read by Antonella Greco. Transcription Team full 29:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sharing-the-effort-to-know/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:00:28 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4905 Ashley Olander explains the role of teacher planning and lesson preparation in the Charlotte Mason method. Ashley Olander full 27:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-to-keep-a-nature-note-book/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:00:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4446 Agnes Drury sums up three decades of House of Education nature notebook experience in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1941. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 41:49 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/twice-blessed/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4843 In this exclusive excerpt of her new book, Karen Andreola explains how home education and Mother Culture® lead to a double blessing. Read by Ashley Olander. Karen Andreola full 9:02 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/christmas-poems/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:00:23 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4814 Two Christmas poems by Charlotte Mason, entitled “The Nativity” and “The Shepherds at Bethlehem.” Read by Antonella Greco. Transcription Team full 7:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/first-reading-lessons/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4711 Art Middlekauff digs deep into Charlotte Mason’s writings to uncover a living way to teach a child to read. Art Middlekauff full 32:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-nature-study/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:00:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4510 Parents’ Union School headmistress Violet Curry explains the breadth and depth of nature study in this vintage 1925 article. Read by Ashley Olander. Transcription Team full 26:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/waiting-for-the-light/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:02:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4625 Nancy Kelly reflects on the meaning of Advent and invites us to enter the spirit of the season. Nancy Kelly full 11:36 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-notebook-phases/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:05:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4574 Nicole Handfield continues her series on nature notebooking by explaining how to get started. Nicole Handfield full 33:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/characteristics-of-a-p-n-e-u-school/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:00:48 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1854 House of Education graduate Mary Till summarizes the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1965. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 11:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sermons-on-faith/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4435 The preface to H.C. Beeching’s “Eleven Sermons on Faith,” the source material for Chapter 13 of Charlotte Mason’s “Parents and Children.” Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 20:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/growing-up-with-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:04:40 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4522 Anesley Middlekauff shares about her experience growing up with the Charlotte Mason method. Recorded live at the Charlotte Mason Living Retreat. Anesley Middlekauff full 12:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/of-punishments/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:05:46 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2464 Does the Charlotte Mason philosophy allow for punishment? Essayist Edith Escombe takes on this question in a vintage 1905 Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 13:55 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-sacrament-of-education/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:00:38 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4423 Art Middlekauff explains Charlotte Mason’s sacramental understanding of education. Recorded live at the Charlotte Mason Living Retreat. Art Middlekauff full 55:06 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-spirit-and-the-letter/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:00:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4175 Are we to follow the spirit or the letter of the Charlotte Mason method? R.A. Pennethorne answers in this vintage 1929 article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 13:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-origin-of-ideas/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:00:58 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4204 Homeschooling father Jonathan Cavett answers his young son’s question with wisdom from Charlotte Mason. Jonathan Cavett full 10:22 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:00:36 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2364 Charlotte Mason’s “ardent disciple” H.W. Household explains how the Charlotte Mason method is implemented rural areas in this 1929 vintage article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 38:36 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/building-without-scaffolds/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:00:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=4126 Ashley Olander explores the history of scaffolding as a teaching strategy and its relevance to a Charlotte Mason education. Ashley Olander full 28:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-meeting/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:00:38 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3793 Elsie Kitching’s 1921 plea to teachers to not come between the child and his meeting with the mountain of knowledge. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 51:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-god-of-living-ideas/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:00:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3983 Can Charlotte Mason’s ideas be applied to educational ministries in the church and home? Amanda Kunzeman points to the answer. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Amanda Kunzeman full 56:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ruminating-on-recitation/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:00:31 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3911 Maria Bell explores the role of recitation in the Charlotte Mason method and how it bring persons into relationship with living truth. Maria Bell full 26:45 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-5-of-5/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:00:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3891 The fifth article by Dr. Benjamin Bernier which demonstrates the essential Christian character of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Benjamin Bernier full 25:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-4-of-5/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:00:58 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3878 The fourth article by Dr. Benjamin Bernier which demonstrates the essential Christian character of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Benjamin Bernier full 19:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-3-of-5/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:00:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3860 The third article by Dr. Benjamin Bernier which demonstrates the essential Christian character of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Benjamin Bernier full 24:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-2-of-5/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:00:58 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3855 The second article by Dr. Benjamin Bernier which demonstrates the essential Christian character of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Benjamin Bernier full 22:43 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-1-of-5/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:00:30 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3839 The first article by Dr. Benjamin Bernier which demonstrates the essential Christian character of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. Read by Greg Rolling. Benjamin Bernier full 11:53 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-devoted-life/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 11:00:54 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3813 Richele Baburina and Brittney McGann discuss the story and impact of Emeline Steinthal, Charlotte Mason’s lifelong friend, and an example of a devoted life. Richele Baburina full 23:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-journey-with-the-scarlet-letter/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:00:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3763 Homeschool student Anesley Middlekauff tells the story of how narration unlocked a treasure for her. Anesley Middlekauff full 9:12 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/christian-conflict-with-the-inklings/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:00:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3746 Brittney McGann and Brandy Vencel discuss the creative dynamic of the Inklings and discover living ideas for the Charlotte Mason community today. Brittney McGann full 1:19:49 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/into-gods-out-of-doors/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 11:00:55 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3692 Nicole Handfield heeded an invitation, and she proposes that you do the same. Join her on a nature notebooking journey that begins today. Nicole Handfield full 12:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-to-learn-the-charlotte-mason-method/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:00:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3643 Art Middlekauff explains how to learn the Charlotte Mason method, a lesson he had to learn the hard way. This recording features a musical performance by Greg Rolling and Tyson Suemnicht. Art Middlekauff full 59:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-atmosphere-of-education/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:02:47 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3614 What is the most precious thing to have in a house? Stacie Johnson explores Charlotte Mason’s answer to this intriguing question. Stacie Johnson full 13:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/applying-an-authentic-interpretation/ Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:00:33 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3472 How does the mother apply an authentic interpretation of Charlotte Mason to her homeschool? Art Middlekauff explores the difficulties… and the key. Art Middlekauff full 21:56 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/idyll-challenge-2-0/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:00:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3349 Art Middlekauff issues a challenge inviting men to join him in reading through the six volumes in two years — again. Art Middlekauff full 12:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/masons-program-for-bible-lessons/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:00:24 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3293 Art Middlekauff presents Charlotte Mason’s progressive program of Scripture study, a program that is breathtaking in its simplicity, elegance, and efficacy. Art Middlekauff full 1:14:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-sacredness-of-the-person/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:00:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2005 Three writers explore the meaning and relevance of Miss Mason’s thoughts on personhood in this vintage set of papers from 1930. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 29:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-value-of-manual-training-in-education/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:00:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2227 Why is “manual training” an essential part of education for all? Dr. Roger Goodman answers the question in this vintage 1915 article. Read by Greg Rolling. Transcription Team full 23:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/highest-thinking-and-simplest-living/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:00:07 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3172 At the Living Education Retreat in 2017, Mary Beuving told an extraordinary story about how living with less means living with more. It is a story of love. Mary Beuving full 1:07:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-few-remarks-on-music-teaching-part-i/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:00:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2962 Ever since it was published in 1926, this article by W. H. Leslie was the standard guide for singing instruction in the P.U.S programmes. Now it’s back. Introduced, read, and performed by Heidi Buschbach. Transcription Team full 33:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-questions-and-questioning/ Tue, 29 May 2018 11:00:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3113 Liz Cottrill examines the role of questions in a Charlotte Mason education. Does the Socratic method play a part? Liz Cottrill full 20:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-an-ordinary-mothers-view-point/ Tue, 22 May 2018 11:00:04 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2792 Who is the Charlotte Mason method for? Experts and professionals, or ordinary parents? Hear an ordinary mother’s answer from Down Under, 1929. Read by Jenny Martin. Introduced by Paul Hughes. Transcription Team full 10:37 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/miss-masons-message-to-the-children/ Tue, 15 May 2018 11:00:45 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1485 Her nation engulfed in war, Charlotte Mason had a message for the children. Hear her words from 1915. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 9:27 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-notebooks-in-the-21st-century/ Tue, 08 May 2018 11:00:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=3041 What goes into a nature notebook? Art Middlekauff surveys the writings of Charlotte Mason and The Parents’ Review to find a pattern for today. Art Middlekauff full 38:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-study/ Tue, 01 May 2018 11:00:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2693 Interested in nature study but not sure how to get started? Learn from House of Education student C. Cooper. Introduced and read by Nicole Williams. Transcription Team full 28:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/number-a-figure-and-a-step-onward/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:00:19 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2566 Irene Stephens introduces a complete scheme of Arithmetic instruction in this classic 1929 Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 49:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-programme-for-plutarch/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:00:02 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2951 Are all of Plutarch’s Lives equally suited to a living education? Nancy Kelly surveys the PNEU programmes for insight. Nancy Kelly full 21:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-montessori-system/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:00:05 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2362 Charlotte Mason evaluates the Montessori method in this vintage 1915 Parents’ Review article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 16:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/towards-an-authentic-interpretation-audio/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:00:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2899 What is an authentic interpretation of Charlotte Mason’s writings? Why is it important? Our defining 2017 article now available in audio. Art Middlekauff full 19:26 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-worked-fifty-years-ago/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:00:25 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2843 What did Charlotte Mason mean when she wrote, “What worked even fifty years ago will not work to-day”? Lisa Osika has the answer. Lisa Osika full 16:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-would-charlotte-do/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:00:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2804 If Charlotte Mason were alive today, what would she do differently? Which parts of her method would she change? Art Middlekauff proposes an answer. Art Middlekauff full 19:50 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/learning-styles-and-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:00:16 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2710 Karen Andreola, veteran homeschool mother and author, explains how Charlotte Mason answers the puzzling question of children’s varied learning styles. Read by Brittney McGann. Karen Andreola full 13:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-i-owe-to-the-classics/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:00:29 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2063 H. W. Household explains why he chose Charlotte Mason instead of classical education in this vintage 1930 article. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 19:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/wading-in-the-shallows/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:00:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2581 How can the busy mother learn the method at the same time that she is implementing the method? Brittney McGann proposes an answer. Brittney McGann full 28:16 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/miss-masons-methods-of-teaching-in-practice/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:00:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1868 H. W. Household (1870-1954) explains that Charlotte Mason’s method “is the outcome of a philosophy of education, and you must take all or none.” Read by Greg Rolling. Editor’s note by Art Middlekauff. Transcription Team full 20:14 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-look-and-gesture-of-delight/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:00:11 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2496 Jonathan Cavett’s nature walks with his boys were filled with tension and anxiety, until… Jonathan Cavett full 9:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-national-mission/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:00:56 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1760 Charlotte Mason explains the true foundation of revival in this 1916 Parents’ Review article introduced and read by Nicole Williams. Transcription Team full 20:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-the-educational-tradition/ Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:00:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2408 What is the relationship between Charlotte Mason’s ideas and the overarching tradition of education? Enjoy this free video resource with answers. Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason and the Educational Tradition full 3:24 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-classical-teacher-to-charlotte-mason-educator/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:00:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2354 A classical education teacher discovers Charlotte Mason and describes what happened next. Art Middlekauff full 1:00:41 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-fragmentation-of-culture/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:00:21 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2072 The Parents’ Review weighs in on classical education in this vintage article written in 1949. Read by Jenny Martin. Editor’s note by Art Middlekauff. Transcription Team full 25:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/tools-for-you/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:41 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2303 Several new resources are available to help you better understand and apply the Charlotte Mason method. Art Middlekauff full 8:58 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-the-pus-helps-a-young-mother/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1977 How can an ordinary mother implement the Charlotte Mason method? An ordinary mother shows how. Hear her story, as relevant today as it was in 1927. Read by Jenny Martin. Transcription Team full 22:54 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-distraction/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:00:58 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2243 How is it that we can have everything planned and organized, and yet still not follow through? Brittney McGann explores the answer. Brittney McGann full 17:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-past-students-can-keep-in-touch/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1698 How were the alumni of the House of Education to keep abreast of the latest developments in the Charlotte Mason method? Agnes Drury gives the surprising answer. Read by Jenny Martin. Transcription Team full 16:51 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-look-in-the-mirror/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:00:33 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2186 Greg Rolling wrestles with the question of whether the Bible is really changing his life. Could Charlotte Mason have the answer? Greg Rolling full 15:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/mother-culture/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:00:50 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2160 Art Middlekauff explores “Mother Culture” — the nineteenth-century version, and a version for today. Art Middlekauff full 9:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-nativity/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:00:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2081 Spend your Advent with Charlotte Mason in this 1910 devotional that she wrote for The Parents’ Review, available now on the Internet for the very first time. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Transcription Team full 36:17 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-programme-for-shakespeare/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:00:34 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2117 Are all Shakespeare plays equally suited to a living education? Nancy Kelly surveys the PNEU programmes for insight. Nancy Kelly full 14:28 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-urbanite-to-conservationist/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:00:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2105 Stacie Johnson tells the unlikely story of how Charlotte Mason convinced a city-slicker to go outside. A lot. Stacie Johnson full 16:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/women-must-weep/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:00:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1757 During a time of prolonged national suffering, Charlotte Mason points her readers to the bread of life in this vintage article from 1915. Read by Jenny Martin. Transcription Team full 23:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-dangerous-adventure/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:00:26 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2050 Art Middlekauff shares the rest of his Charlotte Mason story, a journey that enters the darkness of night. Art Middlekauff full 56:15 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-reception-of-volume-6/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:00:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2028 Morgan Conner explores how Charlotte Mason’s final volume was received and used by the PNEU. Morgan Conner full 18:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-to-safeguard-the-love-of-learning/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:00:14 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=2010 Karen Andreola explains what causes children to lose their love of learning, and how we as parents can preserve it. Read by Brittney McGann. Karen Andreola full 15:59 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/charlotte-mason-and-the-sat/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:00:38 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1997 Art Middlekauff tells a story about how a Charlotte Mason education prepares a student for the SAT, and for life. Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason and the SAT full 8:19 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/mathematics/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:00:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1785 Irene Stephens explains the fundamental principle of living math in this classic 1912 Parents’ Review article. Transcription Team full 20:08 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teacher-of-physics/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:00:28 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1971 The third in a series of articles by Richele Baburina on the teaching of physics the Charlotte Mason way. Richele Baburina full 13:01 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/call-to-parents/ Sat, 07 Oct 2017 15:30:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1962 According to Charlotte Mason, the effectiveness of and responsibility for education ultimately reside with parents. Art Middlekauff full 1:04:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/childhoods-estate/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1910 Charlotte Mason wrote a lovely “little book” on the nature of children that was never published—until now. Transcription Team full 14:52 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-letter-towards-sunday-school-with-charlotte-mason/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:00:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1940 Brittney McGann shares a proposal for how to incorporate Charlotte Mason’s philosophy into a church setting. Brittney McGann full 13:00 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-is-the-science-of-relations/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:00:00 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1790 House of Education student M. Owen explains the meaning and truth of the phrase “education is the science of relations” in this classic 1905 article. Transcription Team full 15:13 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/musical-drill-practices/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:00:57 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1879 The second in a series of two articles by Heidi Buschbach on Charlotte Mason’s program for musical drill, dancing, and rhythmic games. Heidi Buschbach full 33:57 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/miss-masons-ideal-its-breadth-and-balance/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1766 Helen Wix warns us of the dangers of reducing Charlotte Mason’s method to its lowest terms in this classic Parents’ Review article of 1923. Transcription Team full 29:05 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/living-lessons-in-physics/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:00:49 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1827 The second in a series of articles by Richele Baburina on the teaching of physics the Charlotte Mason way. Richele Baburina full 22:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/rhythm-in-music/ Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:00:27 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1783 Dorothy Walker explains the importance of training in rhythm as part of a living education in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1914. Features music performances by Heidi Buschbach. Transcription Team full 37:17 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/worship-war-and-musical-drill/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:00:32 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1797 The first in a series of articles by Heidi Buschbach on Charlotte Mason’s program for musical drill, dancing, and rhythmic games. Heidi Buschbach full 39:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-methods-of-charlotte-mason/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:00:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1491 G. F. Husband describes the method of Charlotte Mason that was able to transform one of the toughest boys’ schools in England. Transcription Team full 23:39 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/physics-the-charlotte-mason-way/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:00:15 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1733 The first in a series of articles by Richele Baburina on the teaching of physics the Charlotte Mason way. Richele Baburina full 22:03 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/trop-de-zele/ Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:00:08 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1465 Charlotte Mason’s unique and ground-breaking article from 1914 has been nearly forgotten for a century. Now it is on the Internet for the very first time. Transcription Team full 38:35 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/smart-about-your-wool/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:00:10 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1702 Stacie Johnson explains how Charlotte Mason insists on the best atmosphere for a child to learn, whether it be living books, food, or even clothing. Stacie Johnson full 12:04 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-principle-in-the-practices/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:00:35 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1684 Brittney McGann explains that Charlotte Mason taught many implicit principles which may be discovered by looking for the themes across her practices. Brittney McGann full 16:11 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/tinkers/ Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:00:53 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1592 Brittney McGann reflects on the instruments Mason left to guide us on our way, described in Elsie Kitchings’ 1927 article, now available for the first time. Transcription Team full 25:18 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/lessons-of-rush-bearing/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:00:44 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1560 This 1926 sermon of Rev. Francis Lewis, delivered at St. Mary’s in Ambleside, explains how we should view nature, and how nature should impact us. Transcription Team full 18:34 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nothing-is-trivial/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:00:39 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1639 Emily Kiser shares the story of how the code of education in the Gospels touched her heart on a hot, summer day. Emily Kiser full 10:20 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/manual-training/ Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:00:01 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1481 Educational pioneer Margaret McMillan spoke to the PNEU in 1898 about the value of manual training such as afforded by sloyd. Read or hear her words today. Transcription Team full 8:21 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/teaching-cardboard-sloyd/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 11:00:37 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1566 Brittney McGann concludes her series on the principles and practices of sloyd. Includes an audio version of the article. Brittney McGann full 17:25 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/teaching-paper-sloyd/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:00:52 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1433 The second in a series of articles by Brittney McGann explaining the philosophy of sloyd, how it was taught, and why we should teach it today. Brittney McGann full 18:38 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-mother-without-a-governess/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:00:22 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1389 An “average mother” of 1919 shares her experience with Charlotte Mason’s method, observing time-table and syllabus, and making use of living books. Transcription Team full 13:17 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-living-principles-of-sloyd/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:30:59 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=1355 The first in a series of articles by Brittney McGann explaining the philosophy of sloyd, how it was taught, and why we should teach it today. Brittney McGann full 17:44 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-mediocre-purist/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:04:03 +0000 https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/?p=702 Brittney McGann explores how to reconcile Charlotte Mason’s pure ideals with the reality of human weakness. Brittney McGann full 13:49