Topical Index
The Charlotte Mason Method
| Learning the Method | Authentic Interpretation |
| Charlotte Mason Purists | Principles and Practices |
| A Complete and Unified Method | Heritage |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason | |
The Twenty Principles
Classical Education
| Classical Education | Book Reviews |
| Responses | Historical Theorists |
| Charlotte Mason’s Departure | |
Non-Classical Education
| Non-Classical Education | Scaffolding |
Theology
| Charlotte Mason’s Theology | Education for the Kingdom |
| The Philosophy of Rudolf Eucken | The Christian Year |
| The Saviour of the World | |
Family and Community
| Parenting | Mothers |
| Men and Boys | The Only Child |
| Simplicity | Health |
| Work | Church and Community |
The Homeschool Program
| Reverence | Scheduling |
| Early Years | High School |
| Student Testimonies | Programmes |
Charlotte Mason and the PNEU
| The Home Education Series | The Idyll Challenge |
| The History of the PNEU | |
Subjects
Other Resources
| Apps | Endorsements |
| In Print | |
Articles in Other Languages
| French | Portuguese |
| Spanish | |
Learning the Method
| How to Learn the Charlotte Mason Method | Art Middlekauff explains how to learn the Charlotte Mason method, a lesson he had to learn the hard way. |
| Wading in the Shallows | How can the busy mother learn the method at the same time that she is implementing the method? Brittney McGann proposes an answer. |
| Cultivating a Divine Education with Charlotte Mason | Jennifer Pepito explains how the Charlotte Mason method can help parents to lead their children to a greater awareness of and love for God. |
| Characteristics of a PNEU School | House of Education graduate Mary Till summarizes the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1965. |
| The Teaching Methods of Charlotte Mason | G. F. Husband describes the method of Charlotte Mason that was able to transform one of the toughest boys’ schools in England. |
| The Mason Method of Teaching | 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. |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason | J. D. Rose, a man studying to be a teacher, explains the Charlotte Mason method end-to-end in this vintage article from 1966. |
| Teaching Methods of Miss Charlotte Mason | H.W. Household makes the case for Charlotte Mason in this vintage article from 1921. |
| Practical Carrying Out | The Charlotte Mason method in practice, as explained by House of Education graduate Miss Bruce Low in 1917. |
| The Parents’ Union School | Charlotte Mason’s landmark address prepared for the 1912 Children’s Gathering at Winchester. |
| What is Education? | Essex Cholmondeley explains the essential features of a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage text from 1925. |
| Notes of Lessons | Notes of Lessons prepared by students of the House of Education for the pupils of the Practising School, from 1903 to 1915. |
Charlotte Mason’s Twenty Principles
A Video Presentation by Art Middlekauff
The Twenty Principles: Development
| A Code of Education in the Gospels | Art Middlekauff shares the principles of teaching given by the greatest Teacher of all. Recorded live at the 2022 Gospel Vision for Children conference. |
| The Source of Miss Mason’s Teaching | Art Middlekauff elaborates the source of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy, as revealed by her student and friend Ellen Parish. |
| The Sources of Charlotte Mason’s Theory of Education | Art Middlekauff shows how Charlotte Mason described the development of each of her 20 principles. |
| A Theory of Education in the Gospels | Charlotte Mason “has drawn her philosophy from the Gospels.” Art Middlekauff shows how many of her 20 principles are based directly on the teachings of Christ. |
| A Revolution in Methods | Art Middlekauff surveys the elements of Charlotte Mason’s method that she herself considered to be revolutionary. |
| Dividing Over Unity | The exciting story of how Charlotte Mason divided over unity, because she had discovered a set of “principles not worked on before.” |
Principle 1: Children Are Born Persons
| Children Are Born Persons | Charlotte Mason’s landmark article first published in The Parents’ Review in June, 1911. |
| Charlotte Mason’s First Principle | Art Middlekauff explores the meaning, scope, and application of Charlotte Mason’s principle “Children are born persons” through a survey of her writings. |
| Charlotte Mason’s Paradoxical Principle, Part 1 | Laura Teeple explores the apparent contradictions implied by Charlotte Mason’s first principle in order to discover a deeper truth. |
| Charlotte Mason’s Paradoxical Principle, Part 2 | Laura Teeple continues her exploration of Charlotte Mason’s first principle by examining the discipline of habit. |
| Charlotte Mason’s Paradoxical Principle, Part 3 | Laura Teeple concludes her exploration of Charlotte Mason’s first principle by examining the the atmosphere of environment. |
| The History of an Idea: Children Are Born Persons | Art Middlekauff surveys how Charlotte Mason’s first principle was viewed in the centuries before and the century after Miss Mason’s life. |
| The Child in Literature | Miss Shakespeare illustrates the gradual change of attitude towards children in history in this vintage extract from The Parents’ Review. |
| A Talk to Nurses on “The Child as a Person” | Dr. Helen Webb’s classic exposition of Charlotte Mason’s first principle with an original editor’s note by Haley Struecker. |
| Childhood’s Estate | Charlotte Mason wrote a lovely “little book” on the nature of children that was never published—until now. |
| A Child Who Is a Person | A story about how one parent applied Charlotte Mason’s principle that children are born persons. |
| Nothing Is Trivial | Emily Kiser shares the story of how the code of education in the Gospels touched her heart on a hot, summer day. |
| And With His Lord Doth Dwell | An original handwritten poem by Charlotte Mason discovered in the digital collection and published for the first time on Charlotte Mason Poetry. |
| Transfiguration or the Heavenly Vision | Rev. Francis Lewis points educators toward the vision of God in this vintage sermon from 1918. |
| Of Such Is the Kingdom | The Rev. C. B. Phillips explains how the childhood of Christ illuminates the childhood of persons in this vintage article from 1919. |
| From an Ordinary Parent |
An “ordinary parent” expresses her appreciation and understanding of Charlotte Mason’s method in this vintage letter from 1936. |
Principle 2: The Good and Evil Nature of the Child
| The Theological Significance of Charlotte Mason’s Second Principle | Art Middlekauff argues that Charlotte Mason’s second principles is a theological statement, rather than a sociological or biological assertion. |
| Fact Check: Did Charlotte Mason Reject Original Sin? | Art Middlekauff explores Charlotte Mason’s beliefs about the doctrine of original sin. |
| Where Sin Is Not at Home | An exploration of Charlotte Mason’s theology and the doctrine of original sin. |
| Reverence for the Work of the Holy Spirit in Children | Archdeacon Blunt’s 1890 Parents’ Review article exploring the personhood of the child and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Now fully transcribed and annotated. |
Principle 3: Authority and Obedience
| Obedience | Nancy Hatch (CMT) explains the concepts of authority and obedience in this vintage article from 1961. |
Principle 4: The Respect Due to the Personality of Children
| How to Safeguard the Love of Learning | Karen Andreola explains what causes children to lose their love of learning, and how we as parents can preserve it. |
| How to Preserve the Imaginative Power in Children | Arthur Burrell shares his practical, poignant, and powerful insights in this paper from 1902. |
| The Sacredness of the Person | Three writers explore the meaning and relevance of Miss Mason’s thoughts on personhood in this vintage set of papers from 1930. |
Principle 5: The Three Educational Instruments
| Conversation Piece | A PNEU teacher finds meaning in the motto “Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life” in this vintage article from 1961. |
Principle 6: Education is an Atmosphere
| The Atmosphere of Education | What is the most precious thing to have in a house? Stacie Johnson explores Charlotte Mason’s answer to this intriguing question. |
| Influence | Emeline Steinthal explains the proper role of influence in this vintage article from 1899. |
Principle 7: Education is a Discipline
| Habits for Life | Art Middlekauff explores the origin, application, and relevance of Charlotte Mason’s teaching on the physiology of habit. |
| Habits at Home: A Conversation With Jennifer Pepito | Art Middlekauff talks with Jennifer Pepito about Charlotte Mason, St. Benedict, and Jennifer’s new book Habits for a Sacred Home. |
| Three Habit Hacks | René du Plessis shares three tips for habit training that she gleaned from her study of Charlotte Mason’s Home Education. |
| Parents and Education, by Charlotte Mason | 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.” |
| The Place of Habit | Helen Webb lays out the critical importance—and the critical dangers—of habit formation in this vintage 1917 article, reprinted in 1929. |
| Habit | House of Education student Marjorie Peace reflects on Charlotte Mason’s view of habit in this vintage article from 1919. |
| Education is a Discipline | House of Education graduate N. Chubb explains the second instrument of education in this vintage article from 1967. |
| Life’s Decisions | Sometimes in our lives we all have to make important decisions. What help does Charlotte Mason’s philosophy provide? |
| Truth Telling | Karen Andreola points to the wisdom of Charlotte Mason to help us form the habit of truth-telling in our children. |
Principle 12: The Science of Relations
| Education is the Science of Relations | 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. |
| The Strait Gate | House of Education graduate Mary Hardcastle contemplates the link between the Great Recognition and the Science of Relations in this vintage article from 1929. |
Principle 13: The Syllabus
| What is a Liberal Education? | What is meant by the phrase “a liberal education”? Is it s reference to the seven liberal arts of the classical tradition? Or dos it refer to something else? |
Principle 17: The Way of the Will
| Opinions and Principles | Charlotte Mason’s sweeping overview of her philosophy, written in 1909, reprinted in a booklet, and now available for free. |
| Ask Art #5 — The Motto | Art Middlekauff and Mariana Mastracchio discuss the fascinating origin, history, development, and relevance of the motto “I am, I can, I ought, I will.” |
| The Order of Words in the Motto | House of Education graduates discuss the order of words in the Parents’ Union School motto in this vintage article from 1957. |
| Character Training | The role of ideas, habits, and the way of the will in the formation of character is explained in this pair of vintage Parents’ Review articles from 1936. |
| Thought-Turning | Dr. Helen Webb’s celebrated account of thought-turning as a factor in the training of character, transcribed from the 1902 Parents’ Review. |
Principle 18: The Way of Reason
| The Way of Reason | 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. |
Principle 20: The Great Recognition
| A Great Recognition | Richele Baburina provides an explanation and outline of the Great Recognition required of parents. |
| The Theology of the Great Recognition | The theology of Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition. |
| Thomas Aquinas and the Great Recognition | The relationship between the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition. |
| The Great Recognition that Mason Brought to Florence | What did Charlotte Mason discover on the walls of the Spanish Chapel in Florence? A new idea, or a new illustration? |
| Whose Great Recognition? | The slides from Art Middlekauff’s workshop entitled “Whose Great Recognition?” which reveal the theological roots of Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition. |
| Coleridge and the Great Recognition | How did Charlotte Mason’s reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge affect her theory of ideas and her Great Recognition? |
| The Liberal Arts and the Great Recognition | What is the implication of the fact that in Mason’s description of the Great Recognition fresco, she specifically calls out “the Seven Liberal Arts”? |
| The Spiritual Sciences and the Great Recognition | How you interpret the fresco in the Spanish Chapel of Santa Maria Novella in Florence should determine whether canon law is in your homeschool curriculum. |
| The Origin of Ideas | Homeschooling father Jonathan Cavett answers his young son’s question with wisdom from Charlotte Mason. |
| The New and Old Conceptions of Knowledge | Charlotte Mason takes her stand in this 1912 letter to The Times, presented now in its original and unabridged form. |
Authentic Interpretation
| Towards an Authentic Interpretation | What is an authentic interpretation of Charlotte Mason’s writings? Why is it important? |
| Applying an Authentic Interpretation | How does the mother apply an authentic interpretation of Charlotte Mason to her homeschool? Art Middlekauff explores the difficulties… and the key. |
| What Would Charlotte Do? | If Charlotte Mason were alive today, what would she do differently? Which parts of her method would she change? Art Middlekauff proposes an answer. |
| What Worked Fifty Years Ago | What did Charlotte Mason mean when she wrote, “What worked even fifty years ago will not work to-day”? Lisa Osika has the answer. |
Heritage
| Charlotte Mason and Your Heritage | Art Middlekauff interviews Amber Johnston of HeritageMom.com on the relevance and application of Charlotte Mason’s ideas. |
| A Living Education in France | Antonella Greco speaks with Maeva Kosse about applying Charlotte Mason’s philosophy to the French homeschooling milieu. |
| A Living Education in Brazil | Lizie Henrique describes how Charlotte Mason’s ideas are breathing new life into education in Brazil. |
| Ourselves: Nossos Corpos, Nossas Almas |
Tina Schallhorn explains how Charlotte Mason’s fourth volume is ready to reach a brand new audience. |
| Education in the Far-Flung Chain of the Empire | Jo Lloyd explains how the Charlotte Mason method helped families around the world stay connected — and still does today. |
The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (1 of 6) | Joan Molyneux explains the Charlotte Mason method to a new generation in this vintage series of articles from 1971. |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (2 of 6) | |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (3 of 6) | |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (4 of 6) | |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (5 of 6) | |
| The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (6 of 6) |
Charlotte Mason Purists
| Was Charlotte Mason a CM Purist? | A Charlotte Mason purist is someone who desires to preserve the Charlotte Mason method unmixed with other elements that do not properly belong. |
| The Mediocre Purist | Brittney McGann explores how to reconcile Charlotte Mason’s pure ideals with the reality of human weakness. |
| Is This the Story of a Charlotte Mason Purist? | Lisa Osika wonders about whether her unlikely story could possibly be the story of a Charlotte Mason Purist. |
| The Perfect Charlotte Mason Education | Art Middlekauff discusses the lure of the perfect implementation of the Charlotte Mason method, and then suggests another way. |
Principles and Practices
| Ask Art #4 – The Spirit and the Letter | Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander answer a listener’s question about how the Holy Spirit affects flexibility and specificity in the Charlotte Mason method. |
| A Principle in the Practices | Brittney McGann explains that Charlotte Mason taught many implicit principles which may be discovered by looking for the themes across her practices. |
| A Liberal Education for All | The original papers read by Charlotte Mason and Agnes Drury in Bingley in August, 1916, describing “A Liberal Education for All,” theory and practice. |
| Recipe Versus Thought | Essex Cholmondeley advocates living by principle and not by recipe in this vintage 1925 article. |
| The Spirit and the Letter | Are we to follow the spirit or the letter of the Charlotte Mason method? R.A. Pennethorne answers in this vintage 1929 article. |
| Conditions for Schools Using PUS Programmes | Elsie Kitching’s 1929 Leaflet “U,” stating the conditions required to be recognized as a PNEU school, and a sampling of the replies. |
| Principles Before Programmes | The PNEU urges parents and teachers to study the principles behind the practice in this vintage message from 1928. |
| Notes and Queries | Elsie Kitching answers seekers and critics in this vintage article from 1926, the second in the Elsie Kitching series. |
| After Fifty Years | 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. |
A Complete and Unified Method
| Miss Mason’s Method of Teaching in Practice | 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.” |
| All As Broad As It’s Long | Art Middlekauff explores an incident in 1902 that tested whether Charlotte Mason’s method of education was as broad as it was deep. |
| Miss Mason’s Ideal: Its Breadth and Balance | 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. |
| Tinkers | Brittney McGann reflects on the instruments Mason left to guide us on our way, described in Elsie Kitchings’ 1927 Parents’ Review article now made available on the Internet for the very first time. |
| Ties that Bind | Lisa Osika describes one of the more important attributes of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education. |
| How Past Students Can Keep In Touch | 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. |
Classical Education
| Charlotte Mason and the Educational Tradition | What is the relationship between Charlotte Mason’s ideas and the overarching tradition of education? Enjoy this free video resource with answers. |
| From Classical Teacher to Charlotte Mason Educator | A classical education teacher discovers Charlotte Mason and describes what happened next. |
| Classical Meets Charlotte Mason | Shannon Whiteside explains what happens when classical education mixes with Charlotte Mason. Recorded live at the 2021 Living Education Retreat. |
| Why I Write About Charlotte Mason and Classical Education | Art Middlekauff explains why it is important to maintain a clear distinction between Charlotte Mason’s theory of education and Classical Education. |
| A Promiscuous Label | What is the real definition of classical education, according to Paideia Prize winner Tracy Lee Simmons? |
| The Fragmentation of Culture | The Parents’ Review weighs in on classical education in this vintage article written in 1949. |
| What I Owe to The Classics | H.W. Household explains why he chose Charlotte Mason instead of classical education in this vintage 1930 article. |
| My Tongue’s Use | The president of a PNEU branch raises provocative questions about the teaching of classical and living languages in this 1939 vintage article. |
| The Place of Greek in Modern Education | Educationalist and historian Oscar Browning traces the role of the Greek language in the education of the past, present, and future in this vintage article from 1901. |
| Charlotte Mason: For Whose Sake? | Aimee Natal warns classical educators that while they may at first be attracted to Mason’s advocacy for Great Books and the use of original sources, to then proceed to buy into her educational method is folly. |
| Five Important Differences Between Charlotte Mason and Classical Christian Education | A high-level summary of some of the important differences between Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education and classical education. |
| A Classical Education Without the Classical Tradition | What happens when the definition of classical education is separated from its historical and geographical context? |
| A Classical Education in the Classical Tradition | Art Middlekauff compares Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education to classical education as defined by Jonathan Beeson. |
| Where Virtue is the Goal | What does it really look like when virtue is the goal of education? Is virtue really the highest aim of Christian education? |
| Analysis and Synthesis in The Parents’ Review | Art Middlekauff explores the claim that Charlotte Mason recommended delaying analytical thinking until after synthetic thinking has been established. |
| On Questions and Questioning | Liz Cottrill examines the role of questions in a Charlotte Mason education. Does the Socratic method play a part? |
| The Whole Teacher | 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. |
| Charlotte Mason: A Liberal Education For All—Not an Elitist Education | Scott Cottrill asks the question, “Who is education for?” He then shows how Charlotte Mason breaks from the tradition of classical education. |
Classical Education: Book Reviews
| Reconsidering Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition | Art Middlekauff’s book review of Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition by Karen Glass |
| A Response to “More Considerations” By Karen Glass | Art Middlekauff responds to Karen Glass’s blog article entitled “More Considerations.” |
| A Book Review by Dr. John Thorley | Dr. John Thorley’s book review of Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition by Karen Glass |
| Norms, Nobility, and a New Departure | David Hicks’s Norms & Nobility compared to Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education. |
| Poetic Knowledge or Food of the Mind? | James Taylor’s Poetic Knowledge compared to Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education. |
| A Review of James Taylor’s “Poetic Knowledge” | Mary Daly’s 2001 review Poetic Knowledge by James Taylor. |
| The Relativization of Classical Education | Art Middlekauff describes how the modern redefinition of classical education has surrendered absolutes to relativism. |
Classical Education: Responses
| Great Thoughts Are from the Holy Spirit | Art Middlekauff presents three extraordinary claims by Charlotte Mason about her original theory of education. |
| The Argument for a Classical Mason That Proves Too Much | Art Middlekauff shows that a proper definition of classical education cannot encompass Charlotte Mason’s ideas. |
| A Reply to CiRCE’s Mason Jar Podcast (July 22, 2016) | A reply to the statements in “The Mason Jar Q&A: LIVE from the 2016 CiRCE Conference” on the relationship between Charlotte Mason and classical education. |
Classical Education: Historical Theorists
| Seeking Knowledge: Two Paths, Two Destinations | Brittney McGann compares the philosophy of Plato to the ideas of Charlotte Mason. |
| Upon Right Methods: Desiderius Erasmus and Charlotte Mason | Brittney McGann compares the teachings of Erasmus to the ideas of Charlotte Mason. |
| Charlotte Mason Meets Dorothy Sayers | Wouldn’t it be interesting to know how PNEU thinkers received Dorothy Sayers’ essay “The Lost Tools of Learning” when she first delivered it at Oxford in 1947? |
Classical Education: Charlotte Mason’s Departure
| Charlotte Mason’s Careful Claim of Originality | Art Middlekauff explores Charlotte Mason’s statement “We lay no claims to original ideas or methods.” |
| Where Your Quotes Are, There Will Your Heart Be Also | Art Middlekauff counts Charlotte Mason’s quotes to reveal her philosophical commitment. |
| Charlotte Mason and the Philosophy of Science | Art Middlekauff explores two different philosophies of science and shows the path followed by Charlotte Mason. Recorded live at the 2021 Living Education Retreat. |
| The Philosophy of the Ages | What did Charlotte Mason mean by, “we really have existing material in the philosophy of the ages and the science of the day to formulate an educational code”? |
| The New Ways and the Old Ways of Education | Charlotte Mason’s contemporary and “ardent disciple” describes the revolutionary and unprecedented nature of Mason’s theory of education. |
| Knowledge Versus Information | H. W. Household calls for a reform of education in the tradition of Charlotte Mason in this vintage 1944 article from The Parents’ Review. |
| PNEU Diamond Jubilee Report | The 1949 recognition of Charlotte Mason and her “revolutionary philosophy” published in the News Chronicle. |
| The Thing We Hold Amongst Us | Charlotte Mason’s groundbreaking 1904 letter to Henrietta Franklin in which she points to a divine source for her method. |
| Conference at the House of Education | Charlotte Mason discusses the practical outcomes of the conference at the House of Education. |
| The Reading Habit And A Wide Curriculum | Charlotte Mason’s 1913 paper in which she presents her vision for how “we should have what the world has not yet seen.” |
| Our Principles | 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.” |
| Two Educational Ideals | A paper by Charlotte Mason published in 1928 but intended for inclusion in Towards a Philosophy of Education. |
| Social Education | In this vintage article from 1909, B. R. Ward argues that the success of an individual depends on his ability to adapt himself to his social environment. |
| Art and Handcraft | P. E. Hanson explains how to develop the sense of the beautiful inherent in every child in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
Non-Classical Education
| God in the Laboratory | How much do we consider the evidence of modern research and measurement in determining our curriculum or our teaching techniques? Join the discussion between Art Middlekauff, Emily Kiser, Nicole Williams, and Liz Cottrill as they wrestle with the true goal of education and the push and pull of modern convictions. |
| The Boy Jesus | 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. |
| Too Wide A Mesh | 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. |
| The Father of Modern Teaching | Art Middlekauff surveys the life and ideas of John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) and explores his relationship to earlier and later educational thinkers. |
| Pestalozzi: The First Modern Educator | The PNEU celebrates the contributions of Johann Pestalozzi in vintage articles from 1927 and 1966. |
| The Conflict of Philosophies | Celebrated educationist Sir Fred Clarke contrasts the philosophies of Plato and Rousseau in this classic article from The Parents’ Review. |
| In Praise of Romanticism | Theologian and father Morné Marais shares his personal reflections on the Romantic movement and the movement’s relationship to Charlotte Mason. |
| Maria Montessori and the Classical Tradition | A close look at Montessori’s theory of education reveals that it is actually a particular implementation of a classical education. Isn’t it? |
| The Montessori System | Charlotte Mason evaluates the Montessori method in this vintage 1915 Parents’ Review article. |
| The Advanced Montessori Method | Mrs. Curwen reviews The Advanced Montessori Method in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1921. |
| Three Educational Idylls | Charlotte Mason’s 1912 article in which she defines her legacy relative to Harriet Finlay-Johnson and Maria Montessori. |
| Self-Education | Charlotte Mason’s original and unabridged 1913 declaration that “there is no education but self-education.” |
Scaffolding
| Ask Art #3 – Scaffolding | Art Middlekauff and Ashley Olander explore the role and appropriateness of scaffolding in a Charlotte Mason education. |
| Building Without Scaffolds | Ashley Olander explores the history of scaffolding as a teaching strategy and its relevance to a Charlotte Mason education. |
| Sharing the Effort To Know | Ashley Olander explains the role of teacher planning and lesson preparation in the Charlotte Mason method. |
| Lesson Preparation | The slides from Ashley Olander’s presentation at the 2019 Charlotte Mason Soirée Conference. |
| The Meeting | Elsie Kitching’s 1921 plea to teachers to not come between the child and his meeting with the mountain of knowledge. |
| A Liberal Education | H.W. Household explains how the Charlotte Mason method is implemented rural areas in this 1929 vintage article: the child “must have liberty to deal with knowledge in his own way, the way natural to him, and not in our way.” |
| The Teaching Methods of Charlotte Mason and the PNEU | 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. |
Charlotte Mason’s Theology
| The Sacrament of Education | Art Middlekauff explains Charlotte Mason’s sacramental understanding of education. Recorded live at the Charlotte Mason Living Retreat. |
| For Whose Sake? | Art Middlekauff’s 2008 response to classical educator Aimee Natal who concluded that Charlotte Mason’s method is “not for the children’s sake.” |
| Charlotte Mason’s Theology: Orthodoxy or Innovation? | A study of whether a precedent for Charlotte Mason’s theological ideas can be found in the broad history of Christian doctrine. |
| Charlotte Mason’s Tabernacle | When describing the human person, Charlotte Mason employs an analogy to the Old Testament “tabernacle in the wilderness.” See how this reveals a rich truth. |
| The World to Come | Art Middlekauff explores Charlotte Mason’s theology of the afterlife. |
| Flesh and Blood | Art Middlekauff explores Charlotte Mason’s theology of sanctification. |
| Charlotte Mason on the Authority of Scripture | Art Middlekauff delves into the concepts of essential and accidental truth as he explores Charlotte Mason’s views on the authority of Scripture. |
| Charlotte Mason and Worldview Formation | Becky Aniol explains the important and surprising connection between Charlotte Mason and worldview formation. |
| Charlotte Mason and Henrietta Franklin | Bonnie Buckingham explores faith and friendship in the PNEU movement: Charlotte Mason and Henrietta Franklin. |
| Women Must Weep | During a time of prolonged national suffering, Charlotte Mason points her readers to the bread of life in this vintage article from 1915. |
| Miss Mason’s Message to the Children | Her nation engulfed in war, Charlotte Mason had a message for the children. Read her words from 1915. |
| The National Mission | Charlotte Mason explains the true foundation of revival in this 1916 Parents’ Review article introduced and read by Nicole Williams. |
| Letter From a Scientist | A scientist in Australia probes to the heart of faith during a time of global suffering in this vintage article from 1916. |
| Sermons on Faith | H.C. Beeching’s “Eleven Sermons on Faith,” the source material for Chapter 13 of Charlotte Mason’s “Parents and Children.” |
| Charlotte Mason and the Millennium | Art Middlekauff speculates about Charlotte Mason’s view of the millennium of Revelation 20:1–6. |
| The Story of Scale How Meditations | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s “Scale How Meditations” and ends with an important announcement. |
| Scale How “Meditations”t | Charlotte Mason’s 1898 “Scale How Meditations.” |
Education for the Kingdom
| Education for the Kingdom | A series of articles by Dr. Benjamin Bernier which demonstrate the essential Christian character of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. |
| Beginnings | |
| Christ Himself for Himself | |
| Meditation and PNEU Philosophy | |
| Enthroning the King |
The Philosophy of Rudolf Eucken
| Introducing Rudolf Eucken | 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. |
| Trop de Zèle | Charlotte Mason’s unique and ground-breaking article from 1914 has been nearly forgotten for a century. Now it is available on the Internet for the very first time. |
| Education and Personality | 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. |
| Education and Responsibility | 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. |
The Christian Year
| The Cloud of Witness Calendar | A daily guide to The Cloud of Witness and The Golden Key devotionals based on the current liturgical calendar. |
| The Nativity | 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. |
| Waiting for the Light | Nancy Kelly reflects on the meaning of Advent and invites us to enter the spirit of the season. |
| Emmanuel, the Key to Our Hope | Pastor Allen Kannapell looks through the lens of the prophet Isaiah toward the Messiah who has come. |
| Advent and Time | Pastor Allen Kannapell explains how Christians are out of step with chronological time, and how Advent and the Church Calendar chart a different course. |
| Aunt Mai’s Budget Christmas Letter | The Christmas letter from Emeline Steinthal to the children in Parents’ Review volume 9, including a poem by G.K. Chesterton. |
| The Carol of the Three Brothers | An original Christmas poem from 1925 by Frances Chesterton and later published in The Parents’ Review. |
| Family Bickerings | Writer and scholar Leader Scott suggests how practices during the season of Lent can help to overcome sibling strife in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| The Old, Old Story | Charlotte Mason’s poetic celebration of Easter, printed on the opening pages of the April 1922 issue of The Parent’s Review. |
The Saviour of the World
| Introducing “The Saviour of the World” | An essay by Art Middlekauff explaining the purpose, structure, and intended use of The Saviour of the World. |
| The Saviour of the World | Charlotte Mason’s seven volumes of original poetry available for reading and downloading in a variety of digital formats. |
| Introducing Saviour of the World Volume 7 | Hidden in a folder for 100 years and now made public for the first time, the first poem to be released from Charlotte Mason’s seventh poetry volume. |
| Saviour of the World Volume 7 | Charlotte Mason’s The Saviour of the World Volume VII with the corresponding Scripture readings. |
| On a Picture | Art Middlekauff explains how a painting inspired a poem and illuminated a philosophy. |
| Using “The Saviour of the World” With Logos Bible Software | Now you can view Charlotte Mason’s poetry on your phone, tablet, or desktop! |
| The Saviour of the World | A Delectable Education Podcast in which Art Middlekauff shares about a lesser-known, but very important work by Charlotte Mason herself – her poetic reflections on the Life of Christ entitled The Saviour of the World. |
| Bible Lesson for the Upper Forms—Immersion | A Delectable Education Podcast in which Art Middlekauff leads an immersion class to demonstrate how The Saviour of the World was incorporated in a lesson. |
| Tools for You | Several new resources are available to help you better understand and apply the Charlotte Mason method. |
Parenting
| Charlotte Mason’s Call to Parents | According to Charlotte Mason, the effectiveness of and responsibility for education ultimately reside with parents. |
| Godly Sorrow, Worldly Sorrow, and Joy | Art Middlekauff points the way through sorrow to joy for the homeschool parent. Recorded live at the 2022 Living Education Retreat. |
| Guide, Philosopher, and Friend | Art Middlekauff explores how we can be “guide, philosopher, and friend” to our children in this live recording from the 2024 Living Education Retreat. |
| The Loyal Parent | Art Middlekauff draws from Mason, philosophy, and Scripture to explain the call of the loyal parent. |
| To Overcome Fear | Jennifer Pepito explains how to overcome fear in a message adapted from a chapter of her newly released Mothering by the Book. |
| On Distraction | How is it that we can have everything planned and organized, and yet still not follow through? Brittney McGann explores the answer. |
| Faithful Be, For the Children’s Sake | Brittney McGann reflects on a hymn written by Essex Cholmondeley, Charlotte Mason’s biographer. |
| Learning Styles and Charlotte Mason | Karen Andreola, veteran homeschool mother and author, explains how Charlotte Mason answers the puzzling question of children’s varied learning styles. |
| Homeschooling and Socialization | Anesley Middlekauff explores the question of whether or not homeschooling provides adequate socialization for children. |
| All Important Things | Maria Bell tells the story of how she and her little persons walked in the paths of beauty and heard whispers of His voice. |
| The Home School | Charlotte Mason gives guidance to home educators in this vintage article from 1892. |
| Of Punishments | Does the Charlotte Mason philosophy allow for punishment? Essayist Edith Escombe takes on this question in a vintage 1905 Parents’ Review article. |
| My Sensations Sweet | Mariana Mastracchio explains how and why she implements Charlotte Mason’s guidance for the “education of the senses” in her family. |
Mothers
| Charlotte Mason and the Spirituality of Motherhood | Laura Teeple explores Charlotte Mason’s vision for the spirituality of motherhood in this inspiring 2023 academic paper. |
| Mother Culture | The 1892 Parents’ Review article that inspired a homeschool and a homeschool movement, with an editor’s note by Dean Andreola. |
| Twice Blessed | In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Karen Andreola explains how home education and Mother Culture® lead to a double blessing. |
| A Mother Without a Governess | An “average mother” of 1919 shares her experience with Charlotte Mason’s method, observing time-table and syllabus, and making use of living books. |
| Letters From Mothers | Eleven mothers from around the world used Charlotte Mason’s method and shared their stories in 1924. Now you can read their stories online for the first time. |
| The Mother Who Teaches Her Own Children | Charlotte Mason’s methods and principles from the point of view of the mother who teaches her own children. Written in 1926. |
| Two or Three Witnesses | Eight mothers share their accumulated wisdom about parenting and children — mothers who learned from Charlotte Mason herself at her Ambleside school. |
| How the PUS Helps a Young Mother | How can an ordinary mother implement the Charlotte Mason method? An ordinary mother shows how. Read or hear her story, as relevant today as it was in 1927. |
| From an Ordinary Mother’s View Point | Who is the Charlotte Mason method for? Experts and professionals, or ordinary parents? Hear an ordinary mother’s answer from Down Under, 1929. |
| The Story of a Home Schoolroom | An ordinary mother tells the extraordinary story of her Charlotte Mason homeschool in this vintage 1930 Parents’ Review article. |
| A Home-Schoolroom in Madeira | A homeschool mother tells her story in this celebrated vintage article from 1935. |
Men and Boys
| A New Adventure | A testimony of the impact of Charlotte Mason’s ideas on the heart and life of a father. |
| A Dangerous Adventure | Art Middlekauff shares the rest of his Charlotte Mason story, a journey that enters the darkness of night. |
| A Father and Son Look Back | Palmer Middlekauff answers his father’s queries in a wide-ranging interview about his experiences in homeschool, college, and the world. |
| Charlotte Mason Dads: Art Middlekauff | Mariana Mastracchio interviews Art Middlekauff and they discuss how a living and vivid education welcomes dads too. |
| Building Their Houses: Thoughts from the Dads | At the 2018 Living Education Retreat, we were blessed to hear from five seasoned CM homeschool dads, including Art Middlekauff and Greg Rolling. It turned out to be a highlight of the weekend as their candid and sometimes surprising answers encouraged everyone. |
| Now That Dad Is Home |
Because of stay at home orders, many dads have found themselves working from home. Here’s a survival guide, by dads and for dads. |
| Mother Culture | Art Middlekauff explores “Mother Culture” — the nineteenth-century version, and a version for today. |
| A Look in the Mirror | Greg Rolling wrestles with the question of whether the Bible is really changing his life. Could Charlotte Mason have the answer? |
| Savage or Manly? | Art Middlekauff explores the notions of masculinity and manliness in the context of a Charlotte Mason education. |
| Examinations and the PNEU | Headmaster A. V. C. Moore recounts the success of the Charlotte Mason in a preparatory school for boys in this vintage article from 1928. |
The Only Child
| Resources for Homeschooling an Only Child | A collection of resources to help with homeschooling an only child. |
| The Lessons of an Only Child | Antonella Greco explains how the fullness of a Charlotte Mason education can be experienced in a one-child family. |
| The Education of an Only Child | Mrs. Clement Parsons discusses the education of an only child in this vintage article from 1901. |
| The Only Child | Encouragement and advice from a Charlotte Mason College graduate and mother of an only child from the 1957 Parents’ Review. |
Simplicity
| Simplicity | Charlotte Mason’s 1898 groundbreaking essay on the call and practice of simplicity. |
| Highest Thinking and Simplest Living | 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. |
| From Tired to Inspired | Mary Beuving tells her story of how the challenges of circumstances gave way before the power of ideas. |
Health
| A Physician’s Look at Charlotte Mason’s Views | Dr. Kent Handfield examines Charlotte Mason’s medical claims and health advice in light of modern medical research. |
| A Physician’s Look at Charlotte Mason’s Views on Food | |
| A Physician’s Look at Charlotte Mason’s Views on Air and Exercise | |
| Physical Culture | Miss Rothera explains the importance and development of physical culture in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| Educated Tastes | Anna Migeon explains how Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of atmosphere, discipline, and life extends to the dinner table. |
| Smart About Your Wool | 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. |
Work
| The Nobility of Work | Rev. Francis Lewis explores the nature and meaning of work in this vintage sermon from 1925. |
| Work: Partakers of His Resurrection | 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. |
Church and Community
| Finding My Place in Charlotte Mason: Making a Community | Brittney McGann shares the challenges and joys of finding a place in a Charlotte Mason community. |
| Making a Charlotte Mason Community | Brittney McGann shares ideas that can help you establish your own Charlotte Mason community. |
| A Modern-Day Olive Norton | Melanie Walker-Malone tells the story of how her homeschool journey led to the founding of Red Mountain Community School. |
| When You Have to Move House | Exploring the challenges of moving house with insights on family dynamics, loneliness, and making new connections. Navigate the journey with practical tips. |
| The God of Living Ideas | Can Charlotte Mason’s ideas be applied to educational ministries in the church and home? Amanda Kunzeman points to the answer. |
| Sunday Schools | 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. |
| Sunday School Teaching | PNEU members share how they incorporated Charlotte Mason’s ideas in their Sunday schools in this set of vintage 1926 articles. |
| A Letter Towards Sunday School with Charlotte Mason | Brittney McGann shares a proposal for how to incorporate Charlotte Mason’s philosophy into a church setting. |
| My Experience with Charlotte Mason in Sunday School | Dawn Tull shares how children respond when Charlotte Mason methods are brought to the Sunday school. |
| You Lost Me at Charlotte Mason | How can we share and promote Charlotte Mason’s ideas outside of our homeschooling circles? Read Brittney McGann’s encouraging and helpful answer. |
| Dear Ex-Students | Brittney McGann shares about the lighter side of life at Charlotte Mason’s inimitable House of Education. |
| A House of the Holy Spirit | The roles that home and church plan in spiritual formation in a Charlotte Mason paradigm. |
| A Synergy of Faith and Education | Do education and faith belong to two separate spheres of life? Or are they united? Jennifer Bascom tells the story of how she discovered her answer. |
| A Graced Life in Christ | Seeking to affirm a graced life in Christ as total living commitment: a coffee table chat with Steve and Marcia Mattern. |
| Christian Conflict with the Inklings | Brittney McGann and Brandy Vencel discuss the creative dynamic of the Inklings and discover living ideas for the Charlotte Mason community today. |
| An Uncommon Quarterly | Art Middlekauff talks with the core team of Common Place Quarterly about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy and the community that embraces it. |
The Home Education Series
| Home Education | The Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of Home Education. |
| The Story of “Home Education” | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s first volume and ends with an important announcement. |
| Parents and Children |
The Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of Parents and Children. |
| The Story of Parents and Children | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s second volume and ends with an important announcement. |
| School Education | The Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of School Education |
| The Story of School Education | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s third volume and ends with an important announcement. |
| Ourselves | The Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of Ourselves |
| The Story of Ourselves | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s fourth volume and ends with an important announcement. |
| Formation of Character | The Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of Formation of Character |
| The Story of Formation of Character | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s fifth volume and ends with an important announcement. |
| An Essay Towards A Philosophy of Education | The Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of An Essay Towards A Philosophy of Education |
| The Story of An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education | Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s sixth volume and ends with an important announcement. |
| Some Impressions of the Ambleside Method | Third-party comments on the method arranged by Charlotte Mason to accompany her last book. |
| A Short Synopsis | Charlotte Mason’s Twenty Principles, taken from Towards a Philosophy of Education. |
| A Summary of the Synopsis | A handwritten summary of Charlotte Mason’s Synopsis found in PNEU Box 4 of the Charlotte Mason collection. |
| The Truth About Volume 6 | What is the meaning and purpose of Charlotte Mason’s sixth and final volume? Morgan Conner digs into the history of the PNEU and discovers the truth. |
| The Reception of Volume 6 | Morgan Conner explores how Charlotte Mason’s final volume was received and used by the PNEU. |
| Announcing An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education | Early notices in the Parents’ Review announcing Charlotte Mason’s final volume. |
| New Publications | A description of Charlotte Mason’s final volume from the September, 1925 Parents’ Review. |
| Early Reviews of An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education | Reviews of Charlotte Mason’s final volume collected in The Parents’ Review in 1925. |
| Reading Course in Child Training and Home Craft | An announcement from the 1926 Parents’ Review for a PNEU reading course that includes An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education. |
| Ourselves | A teacher shares her experiences using Ourselves with a class of children in this vintage 1909 article. |
| Education of Conscience | The vintage 1928 overview and evaluation of Charlotte Mason’s Ourselves written by an author and lecturer who knew her well. |
| Translation of Parents and Children pp. 117-118 | The official translation of the quotation on pages 117-118 of Charlotte Mason’s Parents and Children. |
| On First Reading Charlotte Mason’s Books | A former Vice Principal of the Charlotte Mason College describes her appreciation of Mason’s volumes in this vintage article from 1955. |
| Reflections on Charlotte Mason’s Series | Art Middlekauff’s reflections on the Home Education Series, adapted from emails to the cmseries Yahoo group 2007–2010. |
The Idyll Challenge
| The Idyll Challenge | An online reading and discussion group for men to read Charlotte Mason’s six educational volumes in two years. |
| Idyll Challenge 2.0 | Art Middlekauff issues a challenge inviting men to join him in reading through the six volumes in two years — again. |
| Idyll Challenge 3 | Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. |
| Idyll Challenge IV | Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. |
| Idyll Challenge V | Art Middlekauff issues a challenge to parents and teachers to read Charlotte Mason’s six volumes in two years, starting on August 1. |
| Idyll Schedule V | The Idyll Challenge V schedule to read through Charlotte Mason’s volumes in two years, starting on August 1, 2024. |
The History of the PNEU
| Our Founder: Charlotte M. Mason | Elsie Kitching’s 1936 short biography of Charlotte Mason, drawing from rare original sources. |
| Ask Art #2: What Happened? | 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. |
| Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Interviews Joan Molyneux | The complete recording of the historic and heartwarming conversation between Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and PNEU Principal Joan Molyneux. |
| A Philosophy of Education Restated | The vintage 1985 book review of For the Children’s Sake by certified Charlotte Mason Teacher Doreen Russo. |
| Olive Norton: The Homeschool Mother | Olive Norton tells the remarkable story of her homeschooling journey in this vintage article from 1962. |
| Olive Norton: The Recording | The voice of the woman who introduced Susan Schaeffer Macaulay to Charlotte Mason in this vintage 1978 recording. |
| A Devoted Life | 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. |
| Living Memories of Emeline Steinthal: An Interview | Richele Baburina speaks with the great-granddaughter of Emeline Steinthal, Charlotte Mason’s dear friend and colleague. |
| A Year in Review — 1922 | Henrietta Franklin looks back on the wonderful blessings enjoyed by children and parents who were applying the Charlotte Mason method in 1922. |
| The Work and Aims of the PNEU | Madeline Conyers Alston describes and promotes the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1925. |
| A Great Inheritance | Elsie Kitching’s 1925 opening address to The Parent’s Union School Gathering at Canterbury, the third article in the Elsie Kitching series. |
| Conference on PNEU Methods | H.W. Household gives an inside look at the Charlotte Mason method in practice in 196 schools in this vintage article from 1925. |
| Report of the PNEU Meeting | H. W. Household and other PNEU leaders discuss a variety of topics in this vintage article from 1926. |
| Charlotte Mason And Gloucestershire | H.W. Household explains how the Charlotte Mason method awakens a love of learning in this vintage article from 1927. |
| The First Centenary | 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. |
| In Praise of the PNEU | Sir Clement Jones reminisces about his 44-year relationship with the PNEU in this vintage article from 1946. |
| Reminiscences | H.W. Household’s final 1949 tribute to Charlotte Mason as a person, and to her method as a philosophy. |
| Memories of the Past | Henrietta Franklin opens the 1952 “memories” issue of The Parents’ Review with her “Memories of the Past.” |
| The House of Education Under Miss E. A. Parish | Essex Cholmondeley continues the 1952 “memories” issue of The Parents’ Review with her recollections of the House of Education. |
| The Charlotte Mason College | Joyce van Straubenzee describes the activities and ethos of the Charlotte Mason College during her tenure from 1938 to 1955. |
| Charlotte Mason College Students in 1952 | Two third-year students at the Charlotte Mason College describe the school in this vintage article from 1952. |
| Memories of Scale How | Kathleen Conder entered the House of Education of 1894. In 1952 she shared her experience in this vintage article. |
| A Letter From E. C. Allen | House of Education graduate E. C. Allen shares touching and beautiful memories of her time at the House of Education in 1897–1898. |
| The Badge And The Motto | Elsie Kitching explains the meaning behind the badge and motto of the Parents’ Union School in this classic article from 1956. |
| Some Experiences of a Pioneer School | Read the inspiring account of the miracle at Drighlington in this touching and practical vintage article. |
| Joan Lindsay Molyneux | A short biography of the woman, teacher, and leader who “always lived within the sphere of influence of Charlotte Mason.” |
| Do Charlotte Mason’s Ideas Still Work? | 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. |
Early Years
| Home Education Under Six | Ellen Parish’s magical vision of education for children under the age of six, with an editor’s note by Haley Struecker. |
| Children Up To School Age and Beyond | Elsie Kitching explains the Charlotte Mason method for the early years in these vintage articles from 1943. |
| Children Up To School Age and Beyond (Continued) | |
| Occupations for Children Under Schoolroom Age | 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. |
| The Playroom Leaflet | The 1937 guide given to PNEU members for educating children under the age of six. |
| Miss Mason’s Principles In Character Training | Mrs. Evan Campbell shares a mother’s experience of Charlotte Mason’s principles in this celebrated vintage article from 1926. |
| Why Small Things Matter | Dr. Helen Webb explains how the little things secure a quiet growing time for the little ones, in this vintage article from 1928. |
| The First Steps of Education | Rhoda Harrison explains how Charlotte Mason’s ideas guide and inspire the first steps of education in this vintage article from 1936. |
| Children Under Six | Catherine Leaf provides guidance for the education of little ones in this vintage article from 1942. |
| The Religious Training of Children at Home | A mother of five shares her wisdom on her special work in life: the religious education of her children. From the 1917 Baby Number. |
| Babies’ Habits | A grandmother offers advice for the parents of very little ones in this vintage Parents’ Review article from the 1917 Baby Number. |
| Nursery Games For Children | A mother explains the nature and role of children’s play in a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage article from 1917. |
| Music In The Nursery | Ella Howard Glover explains how no child is too young for the best music in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1917. |
| Decoration of the Nursery | House of Education graduate and mother Eleanor Hughes-Jones guides the physical atmosphere of the nursery in this vintage article from 1917. |
| The Mind of a Child | Charlotte Mason lays out principles and practices for education in the early years in this vintage article from 1917. |
| Reading in the Nursery | 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. |
| The Child in the Garden | 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. |
| Nature in the Nursery | In the “Baby Number,” a House of Education graduate explains the role of nature and the outdoors in the teaching of the little ones. |
| The Training of the Artistic Perception | Artist and author Hermione Unwin provides wisdom, inspiration, and guidance to all parents in this vintage article introduced and read by Maria Bell. |
| On The Teaching Of Religion To Children | The Rev. William Danks lifts the veil on spiritual instruction in this convicting vintage article from the Parents’ Review. |
| Teaching Children to Pray | Rev. Prebendary Northcote provides guidance to parents in this vintage article from the special “Religious Education” issue of The Parents’ Review. |
| Spiritual Joy | In this vintage Parents’ Review article, theologian Mary Carta Sturge explains how to introduce little ones to the idea of God, an introduction that should begin with joy. |
Bible Lessons
| Mason’s Program for Bible Lessons | Art Middlekauff presents Charlotte Mason’s progressive program of Scripture study, a program that is breathtaking in its simplicity, elegance, and efficacy. |
| New Testament Studies in the Higher Forms | A series of articles by Art Middlekauff describing New Testament studies for Forms III-VI in a Charlotte Mason education. |
| New Testament Lessons | |
| Old Testament Studies in the Higher Forms | Art Middlekauff proposes an Old Testament studies rotation for forms III-VI based on the PNEU programmes and the writings of Charlotte Mason. |
| Bible Lessons FAQ | Art Middlekauff responds to frequently asked questions about Charlotte Mason’s program and method of Bible lessons. |
| Bible Lessons FAQ (Part 2) | |
| Jesus’ Bible Lessons | Don Rhymer applies Scriptural insights to the method of Bible lessons in this inspiring lecture recorded live at the 2023 Living Education Retreat. |
| Lections for Life | Art Middlekauff explores the habit of private daily Bible reading, with special reference to the resource most commonly assigned in the PNEU programmes. |
| Lections for Inspection | Art Middlekauff inspects an actual copy of the resource assigned in the PNEU programmes for private daily Bible reading: “Lectiones by Spottiswoode.” |
| My Compass | A story about faith formation using the Charlotte Mason method. |
| Poetic Bible Lessons | A Scholé Sisters podcast in which Brandy Vencel interviews Art Middlekauff about the Bible lesson practices of Charlotte Mason. |
| The Role of Knowledge in Moral Development | Art Middlekauff explains the role of knowledge in the moral development of children. Recorded live at the 2021 Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference. |
| Meditation | 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. |
| Bible Teaching | House of Education graduate Eleanor Frost explains how Bible lessons are conducted for all ages in Charlotte Mason’s Parents’ Union School. |
| P.N.E.U. Methods of Teaching Scripture | Two experienced PNEU teachers explore various aspects of Bible lessons in a pair of vintage Parents’ Review articles. |
| Scripture Teaching | Helen Wix explains the method of teaching Scripture in the Parents’ Union School in this vintage article from 1915. |
| Bible Teaching In The P.N.E.U. | E. Bruce-Low explains how to do Bible lessons the way she learned to at the House of Education. |
| Religious Training In The Home | Mary Wolseley-Lewis offers practical guidance to parents for discipleship in the home in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| Religious Teaching in the Home | In this vintage article from 1909, Headmistress Mary Alice Douglas explains that spiritual formation involves more just than Bible lessons. |
| In Defence of Balaam and his Ass | E. K. Manders shares her perspective on how to present the story of Balaam from the book of Numbers in this vintage article from 1966. |
| The Four Gospels by Walsham How | Printer-friendly PDF’s of the commentary used by the PNEU for the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John. |
Nature Study
| Nature Notebooks in the 21st Century | What goes into a nature notebook? Art Middlekauff surveys the writings of Charlotte Mason and The Parents’ Review to find a pattern for today. |
| Charlotte Mason and Nature Journaling | John Muir Laws and Art Middlekauff discuss the intersection between Charlotte Mason education and nature journaling in this live and lively interview. |
| Into God’s Out-of-doors | Nicole Handfield heeded an invitation, and she proposes that you do the same. Join her on a nature notebooking journey that begins today. |
| Nature Notebook Phases | Nicole Handfield continues her series on nature notebooking by explaining how to get started. |
| Supplies for Nature Notebooking | Nicole Handfield shares her favorite supplies for observing nature and capturing it in the nature notebook. |
| How to Keep a Nature Note-Book | Agnes Drury sums up three decades of House of Education nature notebook experience in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1941. |
| Nature Note Books | Agnes Drury surveys the history and practice of nature notebooks in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1952. |
| Nature Study, by Agnes Drury | Agnes Drury, director of the scientific work at the House of Education, provides practical guidance on nature study in this vintage 1913 article. |
| The Nature Work at the House of Education | Agnes Drury explains how aspiring teachers were taught to study nature and keep nature notebooks in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| Nature Study, by Christine Cooper | Interested in nature study but not sure how to get started? Learn from House of Education student Christine Cooper. Introduced and read by Nicole Williams. |
| The Teaching of Nature Study | Parents’ Union School headmistress Violet Curry explains the breadth and depth of nature study in this vintage 1925 article. |
| The Charm of Nature Study | G. Downton describes the theory, practice, and joy of nature study in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| Nature Study In The Home | 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. |
| Montreal Nature Notes, Part I | Excerpts from the nature notebook of a House of Education student visiting Canada in 1926. |
| Montreal Nature Notes, Part II | Additional Excerpts from the nature notebook of a House of Education student visiting Canada in 1926. |
| Lessons of Rush-Bearing | 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. |
| Neglected Nature | R. A. Pennethorne explores the challenges with realizing Charlotte Mason’s full vision for nature study in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| A Look and Gesture of Delight | Jonathan Cavett’s nature walks with his boys were filled with tension and anxiety, until… |
| From Urbanite to Conservationist | Stacie Johnson tells the unlikely story of how Charlotte Mason convinced a city-slicker to go outside. A lot. |
| As For Knowing the Thing Itself | “I don’t say but you may get to know about most things from books, but as for knowing the thing itself, let me be introduced by him that knew it before me!” |
| Reflections on “A Sense of Place” | A story of how nature study and the science of relations draws us closer to our place, our environment, and our home. |
The Changing Year
| Introduction | The vintage guide to special studies in nature for each month of the year. From The Changing Year by Florence M. Haines. |
| A Walk in January | |
| A Walk in February | |
| A Walk In March | |
| A Walk In April | |
| A Walk In May | |
| A Walk In June | |
| A Walk In July | |
| A Walk In August | |
| A Walk In September | |
| A Walk In October | |
| A Walk In November | |
| A Walk In December |
Science
| The Teaching of Chemistry | Art Middlekauff explores Charlotte Mason’s perspective on the teaching of chemistry and considers its application for educators today. |
| Physics the Charlotte Mason Way | A series of articles by Richele Baburina on the teaching of physics the Charlotte Mason way. |
| Living Lessons in Physics | |
| The Teacher of Physics | |
| The Place of Science in the Education of Children | Physics professor George Burch proposes a better approach to science education in this vintage article from 1897. |
Technology
| Technology: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | Art Middlekauff examines the role of technology in the Charlotte Mason homeschool and family. Recorded live. |
| Teaching Tech | Art Middlekauff explores the place of computer literacy in a Charlotte Mason education. |
| Using Technology Well | Art Middlekauff interviews Doug Smith, co-founder of Simply Charlotte Mason™, on the role of technology in a Charlotte Mason homeschool. |
| Three New Educational Common Factors | Rose Amy Pennethorne evaluates the role of technology in a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage article from 1931. |
Math
| Mathematics | Irene Stephens explains the fundamental principle of living math in this classic 1912 Parents’ Review article. |
| Number: A Figure and a Step Onward | Irene Stephens introduces a complete scheme of Arithmetic instruction in this classic 1929 Parents’ Review article. |
| Charlotte Mason Math: A Guided Journey | A practical step-by-step demonstration of how Charlotte Mason taught elementary arithmetic from beginning numbers through fractions. |
| Charlotte Mason and Math: A Mountain Perspective | Join Richele Baburina for a guided journey through the Principality of Mathematics in the Mason classroom from the early years through high school. |
| Multiplication Using Charlotte Mason Methods | Richele Baburina explains how to teach multiplication using the Charlotte Mason method. |
| Teacher Training 30-39 | A sample lesson plan by Richele Baburina for teaching the numbers 30-39. |
| The Teaching of Mathematics to Young Children | The classic 1911 text by Irene Stephens which established how we teach mathematics in the Charlotte Mason method. |
| Math for Older Students |
Richele Baburina and Art Middlekauff explain the Charlotte Mason approach to upper level math. |
Reading
| First Reading Lessons | Art Middlekauff digs deep into Charlotte Mason’s writings to uncover a living way to teach a child to read. |
Narration and Writing
| Narration the Charlotte Mason Way | H.W. Household’s 1924 memorandum to PNEU schools clarifying how narration lessons should be conducted. |
| Knowledge and Narration | Daisy Golding explains how to incorporate narration “faithfully along the lines of the PNEU” in this vintage article from 1925. |
| The Method of Narration | The practical side of narration is explained in this 1927 article by PUS teacher Stanley Boardman. Includes an original introduction by Dawn Rhymer. |
| Critical Thinking Through Narration | Don Rhymer, retired professor of Mechanical Engineering, explains how the elusive skill of critical thinking is best developed. |
| The Disappearance of Difficulties | Teacher Daisy Golding showcases narration and focuses on principle in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1920. |
| The Group System (1928) | A Gloucestershire Headmaster describes and defends the “Group System” used by some PNEU schools in this vintage article from 1928. |
| The Group System (1931) | Learn about new approaches to reading and narration that emerged in Charlotte Mason schools in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
| Concerning Repeated Narration | Elsie Kitching sheds light on the principles and practices of narration in this vintage article from 1928. |
| The Mind at Work | Essex Cholmondeley explores the relationship between discussion and narration in this vintage article from 1944. |
| Some Thoughts on Narration | Helen Wix offers valuable clarifications about narration in this vintage article from 1957. |
| The Teaching of English | Headmaster G. H. Smith explains and defends the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage paper from 1922. |
| Ask Art #1 – Creative Writing | Art Middlekauff tackles his first tough question from a reader. This questioner asks how Charlotte Mason may have taught creative writing. |
| Rosalind | An original short story by Anesley Middlekauff. |
| A Senior’s All-Hallows E’en Nightmare | A House of Education student meets all kinds of interesting people during the day. But you’ll never guess who she meets in a dream one night! |
| A Visit to Winterland | A Charlotte Mason education overflows into a touching Christmas story by a student from another era. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus | A Charlotte Mason education overflows into a touching Christmas story by a student from another era. |
Dictation
| Spelling by Dictation | Art Middlekauff draws from experience and principle to consider the best way to teach spelling. |
Grammar
| First Grammar Lessons | First Grammar Lessons by Charlotte Mason. |
History
| How We Teach History | The final article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. |
| How to Make a History Chart | A.G. Biggar discribes how to make a history chart in a Parents’ Review article from 1910. |
| The Book of Centuries and How to Keep One | 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. |
| Catherine of Siena and Her Times | A review of Saint Catherine of Siena and Her Times from the February, 1907 Parents’ Review. |
| From the Cell to the World | 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? |
| When Did You Start To Enjoy History? | Rob Young reflects on his own experience of learning history and urges parents and teachers to offer the best for their children. |
Geography
| Out-of-Door Geography | A sample lesson plan by Richele Baburina for teaching Out-of-Door Geography for Form I. |
| How We Teach Geography | The third article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. |
| Geography as a Means of Culture |
Charlotte Mason describes the living teaching of geography in what may be the first paper she presented after Home Education. |
| The Teaching Of Geography |
Headmaster B.D. Parkin explains how Charlotte Mason’s programme for geography comes to life in the light of her applied philosophy in this vintage 1929 article. |
| Geography Using Map Questions | Dawn Tull unveils the key role of maps in Charlotte Mason’s method and updates Mason’s original map questions for the 21st century. |
| Map Questions | Vintage map questions from Charlotte Mason’s “Geographical Readers for Elementary Schools Book II” revised and updated with answers provided by Dawn Tull. |
| Geographical Reader Prefaces | The Prefaces to Charlotte Mason’s Geographical Readers for Elementary Schools originally published from 1881 to 1884. |
| The Best Atlas for You | Dawn Tull lays out the important points to consider when selecting an atlas or map for geography lessons. |
| The Teaching Of Geography, by R. A. Pennethorne | Learn how the teaching of geography makes us reverent participators in the wonders of creation in this vintage 1931 article. |
| Conference Lessons |
House of Education graduate Eleanor Frost recounts an inspiring class in history, science, and geography in this vintage article from The Parents’ Review. |
| On Learning Geography | Mrs. Mole explains a tool for geography lessons in this vintage Parents’ Review article referenced by the PNEU programmes. |
| The Story of The Counties of England | Rachel North traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s third geographical reader volume and discusses its relevance to students today. |
| Jerusalem and Palestine | The Rev. F. H. Bickersteth Ottley explains how the study of geography enhances the study of the Bible. |
Literature
| How We Teach Literature | House of Education graduate Daphne Chaplin explains how literature is taught in the Charlotte Mason method, in this vintage 1913 Parents’ Review article. |
| A Programme for Sunday Reading | Nancy Kelly examines the PNEU programmes for insights to inform our Sunday reading. |
| A Programme for Shakespeare | Are all Shakespeare plays equally suited to a living education? Nancy Kelly surveys the PNEU programmes for insight. |
| Olive Norton: The PNEU Teacher | Olive Norton, now a PNEU teacher and headmistress, explains how and why to study Shakespeare in this vintage article from 1976. |
| Jane Austen by Charlotte Mason | Charlotte Mason’s 1911 reflection on the life and work of Jane Austen. |
| A Jane Austen Evening | Listen in to a PNEU celebration of Jane Austen in this vintage Scale How Evening from 1912. Read by Richele Baburina and eleven other contributors to Charlotte Mason Poetry. |
Citizenship
| How We Teach Citizenship | The fourth article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. |
| The Teaching of Citizenship | In this 1915 paper, Eleanor Frost explains how to teach citizenship the Charlotte Mason way. |
| Citizenship and Literature | 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. |
| Moral Training | Elsie Kitching explains how to prepare young people for life in this vintage article from 1916, the first in the Elsie Kitching series. |
| Moral Instruction | Notes of the paper Charlotte Mason prepared for the International Moral Education Congress of 1908. |
| The Co-Operation of School and Home | The paper by Charlotte Mason presented at the International Moral Education Congress of 1908. |
| School Discipline |
G.F. Husband explains how the Charlotte Mason method changes the way educators think about discipline in this vintage article from 1928. |
| A Programme for Plutarch | Are all of Plutarch’s Lives equally suited to a living education? Nancy Kelly surveys the PNEU programmes for insight. |
| Blackie’s Editions of Plutarch | Downloadable versions of Blackie’s editions of Plutarch’s Lives. |
| Julius Caesar from Plutarch’s Lives | Scan of Blackie’s edition of Julius Caesar from Plutarch’s Lives. |
| Alcibiades and Demosthenes from Plutarch’s Lives | Scan of Blackie’s edition of Alcibiades and Demosthenes from Plutarch’s Lives. |
| Alexander from Plutarch’s Lives | Scan of Blackie’s edition Alexander from Plutarch’s Lives. |
| Themistocles and Pericles from Plutarch’s Lives | Scan of Blackie’s edition of Themistocles and Pericles from Plutarch’s Lives. |
Recitation
| Ruminating on Recitation | Maria Bell explores the role of recitation in the Charlotte Mason method and how it bring persons into relationship with living truth. |
| Recitation: The Children’s Art | Arthur Burrell’s original paper which set the stage for the development of recitation in the Charlotte Mason method. |
| The Art of Story-Telling | The account of Arthur Burrell’s 1906 talk to the PNEU on the art of story-telling. |
Drawing
| Getting Started with Brush Drawing | Richele Baburina explains everything you and your children need to get started with brush drawing the Charlotte Mason way. |
| A Palette for Beginners | Emeline Steinthal’s simple 9-color palette that she recommended for beginners, adapted for contemporary use by Richele Baburina. |
| Form I Brush Drawing Lesson | A sample brush drawing lesson for Form I adapted from Emeline Steinthal by Richele Baburina. |
| Subjects for Spring | Emeline Steinthal assigns a subject for painting in this vintage 1899 article from Aunt Mai’s Budget. |
| Early Drawing Lessons | House of Education graduate Lucy Gore explains why and how all children should learn to draw in this vintage article from 1922. |
| Brush Drawing | House of Education Katherine Loveday provides practical guidance in the teaching of brush drawing in this vintage article introduced by Richele Baburina. |
| The Teaching of Drawing | Artist Juliet Williams explains how to bring drawing within the reach of all persons in this vintage article introduced by Richele Baburina. |
Picture Study
| Picture Study, by Marjorie Evans | The fifth article in the “How We Teach” series from the 17th annual PNEU conference of 1913, providing practice guidance for a living education. |
| Picture Study, by Madeline Lambert | Madeline Lambert explains the principles and practices of picture study in this vintage article from 1919. |
| Picture Study (Notes and Queries) | Elsie Kitching answers a question about picture study in this vintage article from 1926. |
| Picture Study, by Mary Gillies | Mary Gillies takes us through picture study across all the forms in this vintage article from 1931. |
| Art Studies | Rose Amy Pennethorne shares the history of picture study in this vintage article from 1952. |
| Can Appreciation of Art Be Taught? | 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. |
| Carpaccio | The first known Parents’ Review article designed to accompany the Picture Study portion of a PNEU programme. |
| Titian and Tintoretto | The Parents’ Review article designed to accompany the Picture Study portion of a 1914 PNEU programme. |
| Turner | The Parents’ Review article designed to accompany the Picture Study portion of a 1917 PNEU programme. |
Handicrafts
| What Hands Are For |
Brittney McGann explains how handicrafts are intrinsic to the personhood of all people, both children and adults. |
Sloyd
| Sloyd, An Interview with Brittney McGann | Charlotte Mason was a proponent of the instruction in Sloyd. What is it, and when and how is it taught? Emily Kiser interviews Brittney McGann, who has researched the topic and practiced this subject in her home and has many practical tips to share and resources to recommend. |
| The Living Principles of Sloyd | A series of articles by Brittney McGann explaining the philosophy of sloyd, how it was taught, and why we should teach it today. |
| Teaching Paper Sloyd | |
| Teaching Cardboard Sloyd | |
| Cardboard Sloyd | R. A. Pennethorne presents the physical, mental, and moral benefits of sloyd and explains how cardboard sloyd should be taught and practiced. |
| Harmonious Relations | J.W. Devonshire discusses the many and varied benefits of sloyd in this vintage article from the 1905 L’Umile Pianta. |
| Manual Training | 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. |
| The Value of Manual Training in Education | Why is “manual training” an essential part of education for all? Dr. Roger Goodman answers the question in this vintage 1915 article. |
Scouting
| Scouting | The classic Parents’ Review article explaining how scouting was incorporated in the PNEU. Editor’s note and recording by Nicole Williams. |
| A Modern Take on Scouting | Brittney McGann explains how the essence of the scouting program of the PNEU can be recreated today. |
| Scouting — The Joy of Discovery | Brittney McGann explores how scouting cultivates joy in everyday discoveries, including the discovery of being capable to handle the challenges of life. Recorded live at the 2022 Living Education Retreat. |
Music
| A Journey in Musical Appreciation | Dawn Tull uncovers the genesis of music appreciation in the PNEU and traces its early history in this original article. |
| Music Appreciation in the PNEU | Dawn Tull traces the development of music appreciation in the golden age of the PNEU in this original article. |
| A Tradition of Music Appreciation | Dawn Tull reveals the ongoing tradition of music appreciation in the PNEU in this original article. |
| Reflections on Music Appreciation | Dawn Tull surveys the historical practices of the PNEU to identify the principles that guided all aspects of music appreciation lessons. |
| Music Appreciation in the 21st Century | 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. |
| Alignment of Composers with Picture Study and History | A table showing the alignment of composers with picture study and history in the Parents’ Union School from 1921-1933. |
| Composers Studied in the Parents’ Union School | A table with a detailed listing of all composers studied in the Parents’ Union School from 1908-1953. |
| Music Appreciation Exam Questions |
The music appreciation exam questions used in the Parents’ Union School from 1921-1933. |
| Joy to be Shared | Donald Beswick makes the case for classical music in this vintage Parents’ Review from 1961. |
| Joy to be Bought | Donald Beswick shares principles, stories, and ideas that enhance the practice of music appreciation in this vintage article from 1962. |
| Musical Appreciation Class | Vintage article covering an overview of Music Appreciation lessons from L’Umile Pianta in 1914. |
| Musical Appreciation | Mrs. Howard Glover gives an outline of a musical appreciation lesson in this vintage article quoted by Charlotte Mason in volume 6. |
| Our Relations with Music and Art | Ella Glover’s landmark 1902 paper which inspired the music appreciation program of the PNEU. |
| Music | Cedric Glover, the one-time “musical baby,” issues a call to develop a “nation of intelligent listeners” in this vintage 1926 article. |
| The Term’s Music | A review of The Term’s Music, by Cedric Howard Glover, from The Parents’ Review in 1925. |
| Our Music Appreciation | Kathleen Hugman outlines the history of Music Appreciation in the PNEU in a 1952 Parents’ Review article. |
| Rhythm In Music | Dorothy Walker explains the importance of training in rhythm as part of a living education in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1914. |
| A Few Remarks on Music Teaching, Part I | Ever since they were published in 1926, these articles by W. H. Leslie were the standard guide for singing instruction in the P.U.S programmes. Now they’re back. |
| A Few Remarks on Music Teaching, Part II | |
| Songs For Children | Walter Ford explains the importance folk songs and other singing in this vintage Parents’ Review article from 1910. |
| Musical Teaching | Agnes Drury explains how to approach the many dimensions of music teaching in this vintage article from 1905. |
Music Programmes
| Forty-Ninth Programme of Music.—Bach | Forty-Ninth Programme Of Music for the P.U.S., 1920 by Cedric Glover. |
| John Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | Forty-Ninth Programme Of Music for the P.U.S., 1921 by Cedric Glover. |
| W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) | Fiftieth Programme Of Music for the P.U.S., 1921 by Cedric Glover. |
| Fifty-First Programme Of Music | Fifty-First Programme Of Music for the P.U.S., 1921, by Cedric Glover. |
| Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) | Fifty-Third Programme Of Music for the P.U.S., 1922, by Cedric Glover. |
George Frideric Handel
| Handel | Music for the Parents’ Review School in 1908 by Mrs. Howard Glover. |
| Handel | Music Programme for the Autumn Term in 1912 by Miss H. M. Cruse. |
| Handel | Programme Of Music, Summer Term, 1917 by M. Beatrice Parker. |
| Handel | Forty-Eighth Programme Of Music, Autumn Term, 1920 by C. Harris Amey. |
| Music Programme 59 | Fifty-Ninth Programme Of Music for the P.U.S., Summer Term, 1924 by Cedric Glover. |
| Programme of Music, P.U.S. Summer Term, 1924 | Programme of Music, P.U.S. Summer Term, 1924, Handel, by Cedric Glover. |
| Handel, 1685—1759 | K. E. Limbert’s music programme for the 1929 Spring Term of the P.U.S. |
| P.U.S. Gramophone Club | A listing of the recordings of Handel’s music to be used in the 1929 Spring Term. |
| Handel, 1685—1759 | K. E. Limbert’s music programme for the 1933 Autumn Term of the P.U.S. |
| George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | Margaret Russell gives a biography and music overview of George Frideric Handel in a 1969 article in The PNEU Journal. |
French
| The Father’s Embrace | Art Middlekauff explains how earning a second language opens doors to colleagues, doors to neighbors, and doors to heaven. |
| On Teaching French To Young Children | House of Education graduate Marjorie Evans explores living elements of French instruction in this vintage 1909 paper. |
Latin
| The Teaching of Latin | The teaching of Latin in a PNEU school is described in this vintage Parents’ Review article with an extensive introduction by Angela Reed. |
| My Latin Journey | Art Middlekauff shares about his reluctant investigation into Latin study and what he was surprised to to find there. |
| Winnie Ille Pu | The vintage book review of Winnie Ille Pu from the 1961 Parents’ Review. |
| Latin — the elegant Tongue | A rare glimpse of Latin in the PNEU of the 1970’s, with a new and extensive editor’s note by Angela Reed. |
Drill and Dance
| Worship, War, and Musical Drill | A series of articles by Heidi Buschbach on Charlotte Mason’s program for musical drill, dancing, and rhythmic games. |
| Musical Drill Practices | |
| A Handbook of Free-standing Gymnastics | Charlotte Mason’s 1905 book review of the best manual of free-standing gymnastics that she ever encountered, the premier guide to Swedish Drill. Includes a link to a downloadable PDF of the book itself. |
| Something About Morris and Country Dances | Juliet Williams discusses the history and value of folk dancing in this two-part series of vintage articles with original editor’s notes by Heidi Buschbach. |
| Something About Morris and Country Dances, Part II |
Poetry
| My Lady’s Hand | Charlotte Mason’s unpublished handwritten poem entitled “My Lady’s Hand.” |
| Law | An original poem by Charlotte Mason published in 1904. |
| On the Teaching of Poetry | Learn how and why to teach poetry to children in this vintage Parents’ Review article with editor’s note by Amber Johnston. |
| The Promises of Poetry | Amber Johnston tells the story of how poetry changed her heart, her family, and her life. |
| On The Teaching Of Poetry To Children |
Thorough guidance on the teaching of poetry to children in this vintage article from 1908, with a new editor’s note by Amber Johnston. |
| The Approach to Poetry | Monk Gibbon’s timeless celebration of poetry and the Charlotte Mason way to teach it. |
| Poetry-Making | René du Plessis describes how she and her children begin a journey of discovery into the art of making poetry. |
| Poems About Cancer | A collection of original poems by Art Middlekauff. |
Reverence
| All Our Teaching of Children | Charlotte Mason said that something should accompany all our teaching of children. Art Middlekauff explains what it is. |
| Reverence in Lessons | Art Middlekauff continues his series exploring the quality that Charlotte Mason said should accompany all our teaching of children. |
| Reverence in Action | Art Middlekauff concludes his series exploring the quality that Charlotte Mason said should accompany all our teaching of children. |
Scheduling
| Parents’ Union School Time Tables | Parents’ Union School time tables for all forms, harmonized from four sources. |
| I Tried Charlotte Mason’s Schedule for 30 Days | Richele Baburina followed Charlotte Mason’s daily schedule for 30 days. Here’s what happened. |
| My Scheduling Journey |
Art Middlekauff tells the story of how he has handled scheduling in his many years of practicing the Charlotte Mason method. |
| Managing Multiple Forms | Essex Cholmondeley addresses the questions and challenges of the first-term teacher in this Notes and Queries from 1927. |
High School
| High School at Home with Charlotte Mason | Art Middlekauff explores how the Charlotte Mason method applies to high school homeschooling in this live recording. |
| High School Roundtable | 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 and the SAT | Art Middlekauff tells a story about how a Charlotte Mason education prepares a student for the SAT, and for life. |
| Pilgrim’s Witness | Art Middlekauff explains how one book made a difference in his life and in the life of his children. |
| From Charlotte Mason to College | Antonella Greco talks to Anesley Middlekauff about the transition from Charlotte Mason homeschool to college in Iowa. |
| From Charlotte Mason to College and Beyond | Antonella Greco talks to Anesley Johnson about the journey from Charlotte Mason homeschool to college and beyond. |
| The Parents’ Union in a Secondary School | E. Perceval Horsey describes the implementation of the Charlotte Mason method in a secondary school for boys in this vintage article from 1924. |
| Education and Life | 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. |
| The PNEU and Public Examinations | H. Costley-White, Elsie Kitching, and Charlotte Mason shed light on upper forms, school certificates, and matriculation exams in vintage pieces from 1919 and 1931. |
| Boys’ Preparatory Schools | 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. |
| The P.U.S. Work in a PNEU School | A House of Education graduate gives an overview of the Charlotte Mason method from Forms I to VI in this vintage article from 1931. |
| A Measuring Line | Elsie Kitching brings theories and opinions to the measuring line in this landmark essay from 1933. |
| Education in The Parents’ Union School | Mrs. Claudia Shelley explains how a Charlotte Mason education prepares young people for the great challenges of life in this vintage Parents’ Review article. |
Programmes
| Examination 82 for Forms V and VI | The examination questions from the earliest known portion of a Form V or VI PNEU Programme (1918). |
| Programme 113 Form II | The official 1929 PNEU Programme for Form II, January to Match (Programme 113). |
| Rules | The Rules for Home Schoolrooms which accompanied PNEU Programme 43 in 1905. |
| Suggestions | Guidance for Parents’ Review School educators believed to accompany PNEU programmes in 1905. |
| President’s Letter | Charlotte Mason’s 1896 letter to graduates of the House of Education with guidance on how to use the programmes. |
Student Testimonies
| Charlotte Mason and the Child Who Loves To Learn | Anesley Middlekauff makes the case for a Charlotte Mason education. |
| Growing Up with Charlotte Mason | Anesley Middlekauff shares about her experience growing up with the Charlotte Mason method. Recorded live at the Charlotte Mason Living Retreat. |
| A Journey with The Scarlet Letter | Homeschool student Anesley Middlekauff tells the story of how narration unlocked a treasure for her. |
Apps
| Vector Smart | A free app for performing 2D vector calculations quickly and easily on the iPhone. Available from the App Store. |
Endorsements
| Worth Reconsidering This | Dr. Jen Spencer’s endorsement of Art Middlekauff’s article entitled “Reconsidering Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition.” |
| A Narration of Reconsidering Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition | A narration of Art Middlekauff’s article “Reconsidering Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition” on the Eventide blog. |
| Episode 200 | Charlotte Mason Poetry celebrates our 200th episode with an inside look at the 10 most popular episodes of our podcast. |
In Print
| Charlotte Mason and the Great Recognition | An introduction to and exposition of Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition. Includes six beautiful full-color prints of the frescos in the Spanish Chapel in Florence. |
| Essays on the Life and Work of Charlotte Mason, Volume 1 | Published by the Charlotte Mason Institute in June, 2014, this book contains several plenaries and research papers collected from CMI Conferences over the past decade. |
| Essays on the Life and Work of Charlotte Mason, Volume 2 | Published by the Charlotte Mason Institute in June, 2015, this book contains several plenaries collected from recent CMI Conferences as well as an article by Mason. |
| Mathematics: An Instrument for Living Teaching | Learn how Charlotte Mason taught math from beginning numbers through algebra and geometry. A ground-breaking handbook that reveals what every parent-teacher wants to know about Charlotte’s life-related approach to mathematics. |
| The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series, Book 1 | Everything you need for an enjoyable year of Grade 1 math lessons in a Charlotte Mason way. Published by Simply Charlotte Mason in 2017. |
| The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series, Book 2 | Everything you need for an enjoyable year of Grade 2 math lessons in a Charlotte Mason way. Published by Simply Charlotte Mason in 2019. |
| Brush Drawing: A Basic Course | This watercolor course in brush drawing features carefully prepared lessons that take students step-by-step from the most basic brush exercises to beginning painting from nature. |
| Paper Modelling | A reprint of the classic paper sloyd book used by the PNEU, with an introduction by Brittney McGann. Published by Living Library Press. |
| Cardboard Modelling | A reprint of the classic cardboard sloyd book used by the PNEU, with an introduction by Brittney McGann. Published by Living Library Press. |
Ressources en français
| Les enfants sont des personnes dès la naissance | Charlotte Mason explique ce que son premier principe signifie dans cet article définitif de 1911. |
| Le premier principe de Charlotte Mason | Art Middlekauff explore le sens, la portée et l’application du principe de Charlotte Mason « Les enfants sont des personnes dès la naissance » à travers une étude de ses écrits. |
| Que ferait Charlotte? | Si Charlotte Mason était en vie aujourd’hui, que ferait-elle différemment? Quelles parties de sa méthode changerait-elle? Art Middlekauff propose une réponse. |
Recursos em português
| Nossos Corpos, Nossas Almas | Nossos Corpos, Nossas Almas, Livro I, Autoconhecimento, por Charlotte M. Mason. |
| Ourselves: Nossos Corpos, Nossas Almas | Tina Schallhorn explica como o quarto volume da série de Charlotte Mason está pronto para atingir uma nova audiência. |
| As Crianças Nascem Pessoas | O artigo de referência de Charlotte Mason publicado originalmente em The Parents’ Review em junho de 1911. |
| Primeiro Princípio de Charlotte Mason | Art Middlekauff explora o significado, o escopo e a aplicação do princípio de Charlotte Mason “As crianças nascem pessoas” por meio de uma pesquisa de seus escritos. |
| Opiniões e Princípios | A visão geral abrangente de Charlotte Mason sobre sua filosofia, escrita em 1909, reimpressa em um livreto e agora disponível gratuitamente. |
| Educação é a Ciência das Relações | O estudante da House of Education, M. Owen, explica o significado e a verdade da frase “educação é a ciência das relações” neste artigo clássico de 1905. |
| Como Ensinamos Literatura | A graduada da House of Education, Daphne Chaplin, explica como a literatura é ensinada no método Charlotte Mason, neste artigo vintage de 1913 da Parents’ Review. |
| O Ideal da Srta. Mason | Helen Wix nos adverte sobre os perigos de reduzir o método de Charlotte Mason a seus termos mais baixos neste artigo clássico da Parents’ Review de 1923. |
| O Método de Ensino de Charlotte Mason | G. F. Husband descreve o método de Charlotte Mason que foi capaz de transformar uma das escolas de meninos mais difíceis da Inglaterra. |
| Características de uma escola da PNEU | Mary Till, graduada da House of Education, resume o método Charlotte Mason neste artigo vintage da Parents’ Review de 1965. |
Recursos en español
| Los niños nacen [ya] siendo personas | Charlotte Mason explica lo que significa su primer principio en este artículo definitivo de 1911. |
| La tristeza que es de Dios, la tristeza del mundo, y el gozo | Art Middlekauff señala el camino a través de la tristeza hacia el gozo para los padres que educan en el hogar. |
| La historia de “Educación en el hogar” | Art Middlekauff examina la historia del primer volumen de Charlotte Mason. |
| La historia de “Padres e hijos” | Art Middlekauff examina la historia del segundo volumen de Charlotte Mason. |
| Idyll Challenge IV — Un Reto Placentero 2.0 | Art Middlekauff lanza un desafío a las familias educadoras en casa y maestros para que lean los seis volúmenes de Charlotte Mason en dos años. |
| Llamado de Charlotte Mason a Padres y Madres | Art Middlekauff, en su ensayo, explica que según Charlotte Mason, la efectividad y la responsabilidad de la educación en última instancia reside en los padres. |
| La teología del Gran Reconocimiento | La teología del Gran Reconocimiento de Charlotte Mason. |
| Reconsiderando a Charlotte Mason y la Tradición Clásica | La reseña escrita por Art Middlekauff, del libro Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition de Karen Glass. |
| Los métodos de enseñanza de Charlotte Mason | G. F. Husband describe el método de Charlotte Mason que logró transformar una de las escuelas para niños más difíciles de Inglaterra. |