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Every plant bears fruit, ‘fruit and seed after his kind.’ All this is stale knowledge to older people, but one of the secrets of the educator is to present nothing as stale knowledge, but to put himself in the position of the child, and wonder and admire with him; for every common miracle which the child sees with his own eyes makes of him for the moment another Newton.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 54 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn continue their Morning Time for Moms series with guests Summer and Mike Smith How Summer and Mike first learned about Charlotte Mason and her philosophy Mike’s early love for books and Summer’s own life of reading How Mike and Summer continued to enjoy reading and self-education after formal schooling Some thoughts on the college experience How Summer keeps up her own education while homeschooling How Mike and Summer help their children see ministry opportunities in their community Books and Links Mentioned: In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Ice Magic by Matt Christopher
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Pickle Chiffon Pie by Jolly Roger Bradfield
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow
Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow
American Regional Books by Lois Lenski
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Kent Family Chronicles series by John Jakes
Range by David Epstein
Holling C. Holling
The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Paradise Lost by John Milton
The Iliad by Homer
The Aeneid by Virgil
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
C. S. Lewis
T. S. Eliot
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy
Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso
Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
The Major and the Missionary by Diana Pavlac Glyer
The Odyssey by Homer
A Curious Life for a Lady by Pat Barr
Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley
The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis ed. and trans. by Martin Moynihan
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We should allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and the ‘spiritual’ life of children; but should teach them that the divine Spirit has constant access to their spirits, and is their continual helper in all the interests, duties, and joys of life.
Charlotte Mason, Principle 18

If mankind had not been organized into families, it would never have had the organic power to be organized into commonwealths. Human culture is handed down in the customs of countless households. It is the only way in which human culture can remain human.
G. K. Chesterton, Marriage and the Modern Mind Show Summary: For this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn share about this year’s summer discipleship course, “Joy in the Morning” Gretchen Neisler tells about her own experience with past summer discipleship and why she keeps coming back for more What you can expect from this year’s Morning Time for Moms content and schedule Other ways you can benefit from Cindy’s wisdom and interact with other moms (Scroll down to the “Find Cindy” section for all the links) Books Mentioned: A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Ideas Freely Sown by Anne White
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher
Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition by Deani Van Pelt and Camille Malucci
Joy in the Morning (Jeeves in the Morning) by P. G. Wodehouse
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
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Those who believe in the dignity of the domestic tradition, who happen to be the overwhelming majority of mankind, regard the home as a sphere of vast social importance and supreme spiritual significance, and to talk of being “confined” to it is like talking of being chained to a throne or set in the seat of judgment as if it were the stocks.
G. K. Chesterton, “The Dignity of Domesticity,” The Illustrated London News, 1929

They notice for themselves, and the teacher gives a name and other information as it is asked for… In this way they lay up that store of “common information”… and what is more important, they learn to know and delight in natural objects as in the familiar faces of friends.
Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 237 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, we bring you a conversation all about spring nature study with Cindy, Dawn and Cindy’s friend Jeannette Tulis, who has been a previous guest on the podcast How can moms begin nature study when they have never done it before? How to find spring ephemeral wildflowers, and other things to look for at this time of year Ideas for stepping up your nature study game What are some tips for nature journaling? Books and Links Mentioned: Episode 12: Charlotte Mason Study Groups
Episode 56: Building a Home Library
Who’s Afraid of a Little Paint? by Jeannette Tulis
The Tree Identification Book by George Symonds
Wild Green Things in the City by Anne Ophelia Dowden
The First Book of Weeds by Barbara Beck
 
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Let them once get in touch with Nature, and a habit is formed which will be a source of delight through life. We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 61

Ourselves, our Souls and Bodies is much used in the P.U.S., as I know of no other attempt to present such a ground plan of human nature as should enable the young student to know where he is in his efforts to ‘be good’ as the children say. The point of view taken in this volume is, that all beautiful and noble possibilities are present in every one; but that each person is subject to assaults and hindrances in various ways of which he should be aware in order that he may watch and pray. Hortatory teaching is apt to bore both young people and their elders; but an ordered presentation of the possibilities and powers that lie in human nature and of the risks that attend these, can hardly fail to have an enlightening and stimulating effect.
Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education Show Summary: On the New Mason Jar today we welcome back Anne White, veteran homeschool mom, author, and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How Anne first discovered Charlotte Mason About Anne’s new book title and how she came to write this work Is this book for homeschoolers? How can we understand and apply “justice” in the way that Charlotte meant here? Why children need time and space to think and let ideas work in them What do you mean by the statement that “there is is only sacred, sanctified education, or desecrated education”? How Anne tied the magic of narration into the ideas in this book Books and Links Mentioned: For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
A Bit of the World’s Work by Anne White
Offering Ourselves: A Lenten Journey with Charlotte Mason by Anne White
Honest, Simple Souls by Anne White
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
 
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The worth of any calling depends upon its being of use; and no day need go by without giving us practice in usefulness. Each one is wanted for the special bit of work he is fit for; and, of each, it is true that– “Thou cam’st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee.”
Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Bk. 1, pp. 209-210

The mind is a spiritual octopus, reaching out limbs in every direction to draw in enormous rations of that which under the actions of the mind itself becomes knowledge. Nothing can stale its infinite variety; the heavens and the earth, the past, the present, and future, things great and things minute, nations and men, the universe, all are within the scope of the human intelligence.
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 330 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn kick off a new series of the podcast, Morning Time for Moms, with our first guest in the series, Jami Marstall How Jami first came to hear about Charlotte Mason How much of AmblesideOnline’s curriculum Jami has personally read as the mother and teacher What practices Jami put in place to ensure she was growing in knowledge How the mother-teacher is the guide, philosopher, and friend What is the significance of the “spiritual octopus” quote from the intro? How can moms build a reading life in the busy seasons of life? What Jami is reading now and what some of her other activities are Books and Links Mentioned: Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Towards a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
The Idea of America by Gordon S. Wood
John Adams by David McCullough
The Universe Next Door by James Sire
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Lynn Bruce’s article on The Spiritual Octopus
S2E22: Charlotte Mason Through High School with Jami Marstall
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What we are concerned with is the fact that we personally have relations with all that there is in the present, all that there has been in the past, and all that there will be in the future––with all above us and all about us––and that fullness of living, expansion, expression, and serviceableness, for each of us, depend upon how far we apprehend these relationships and how many of them we lay hold of….
Every [mother] is heir to an enormous patrimony, heir to all the ages, inheritor of all the present. The question is, what are the [educational] formalities necessary to put [her] in possession of that which is [hers]?
paraphrase of Charlotte Mason from School Education, pg. 186

Three Questions for the Mother…She must ask herself
Why must the children learn at all? What should they learn? And, How
should they learn it? If she takes the trouble to find a definite and
thoughtful answer to each of these three queries, she will be in a
position to direct her children’s studies; and will, at the same time, be
surprised to find that three-fourths of the time and labour ordinarily
spent by the child at his lessons is lost time and wasted energy.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 171 Show Summary: On this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn sit down to chat with veteran homeschool mom, Heather Martin about a wide variety of topics How and when Heather actually learned about Charlotte Mason after organically using many of her methods all along How getting a teaching certificate actually ensured Heather would choose to home educate instead Were there challenges specific to having only boys? What were some of the intentional things you did in your home to build your family culture? Some encouragement for moms regarding mathematics How Heather started local recitation gatherings with other homeschoolers Books and Links Mentioned: Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Range by David Epstein
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
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