The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins Cindy Rollins

Today’s guest is Amy Snell, a homeschooling mother of 5, as well as a speaker, teacher and encourager to fellow Charlotte Mason homeschoolers How did you first hear about Charlotte Mason? What do you think are the elements of language arts in a Charlotte Mason paradigm? What are some of the early steps in teaching language arts at home? What are some other tools we can use besides narration to strengthen a child’s composition skills? What are the differences between transcription and dictation and their purposes? How can parents implement these practices into their daily and weekly schedules? Ideas for helping students transition to written narration How would you approach teaching grammar? What is done for composition in the higher forms? Some encouragement for moms seeking to implement more Charlotte Mason methods in the language arts Books and Links Mentioned: Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
First Grammar Lessons by Charlotte Mason
The Lively Art of Writing by Lucille Payne
 
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…in fact, Composition is not an adjunct but an integral part of their education in every subject. The exercise affords very great pleasure to children, perhaps we all like to tell what we know, and in proportion as their composition is entirely artless, it is in the same degree artistic and any child is apt to produce a style to be envied for its vigour and grace…
The response of the young students to such a scheme of study is very delightful. What they write has literary and sometimes poetic value, and the fact that they can write well is the least of the gains acquired. They can read, appreciating every turn of their author’s thought; and they can bring cultivated minds to bear on the problems of the hour and the guiding of the State; that is to say, their education bears at every point on the issues and interests of every day life, and they shew good progress in the art of becoming the magnanimous citizens of the future.
Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6

…the one achievement possible and necessary for every man is character; and character is as finely wrought metal beaten into shape and beauty by the repeated and accustomed action of will. We who teach should make it clear to ourselves that our aim in education is less conduct than character;… Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Tom Cox, husband and homeschool father, classical educator, and Plutarch podcaster How Tom and his wife learned about Charlotte Mason How Tom became so interested in Plutarch The value of Plutarch in the classroom and homeschool Tips for approaching Plutarch with a realistic viewpoint Some advice on choosing a translation (find Tom’s video on the topic here) Some reasons NOT to study Plutarch What a difference it has made for Tom to use narration in his classroom  
Books and Links Mentioned: Toward a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason Plutarch’s Lives: and English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin
The Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk
 
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What if parents and teachers in their zeal misread the schedule of their duties, magnified their office unduly and encroached upon the personality of children? It is not an environment that these want, a set of artificial relations carefully, constructed, but an atmosphere which nobody has been at pains to constitute.
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Toward A Philosophy of Education Show Summary: This week Dawn and Cindy are back with another session answering listener questions Find out about Cindy’s Summer Discipleship for 2022 What is the “ideal” Charlotte Mason atmosphere? How can we add multiculturalism to a Charlotte Mason education? What do you do with your kids in the summertime? Books and Links Mentioned: Toward a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
“The Atmosphere of Home” by M. F. Jerrold
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Let me repeat that I venture to suggest, not what is practicable in any household but what seems to me absolutely best for the children; and that, in the faith that mothers work wonders once they are convinced that wonders are demanded of them.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today’s guests are the author and illustrator of a new picture book on the life of Charlotte Mason, Lanaya Gore and Twila Farmer How did this book come to be? How did Lanaya and Twila come to work together on this project? What was the process of writing and illustrating like? Did anything surprise you as you researched Charlotte and her life? How do you hope people will use this book? Books and Links Mentioned: Home Education by Charlotte Mason
The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley
Charlotte Mason, The Teacher Who Revealed Worlds of Wonder by Lanaya Gore and Twila Farmer
Books illustrated by Garth Williams
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Miracles by C. S. Lewis
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear
 
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Today’s episode is another Q & A session with Cindy and Dawn How do you incorporate narration later on in a child’s schooling? Can you talk more about the importance of written narrations? How do you check all your students’ work and juggle different levels of students? How do you combine subjects for multiple ages of students? What are your thoughts on using the Charlotte Mason method without an understanding of Christian theology? Some closing thoughts and encouragement from Cindy Books Mentioned: School Education by Charlotte Mason How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer
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The average child studies with delight. We do not say he will remember all he knows, but, to use a phrase of Jane Austen’s, he will have had his “imagination warmed” in many regions of knowledge.
Charlotte Mason, School Education, Vol. 3 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Karla Areas, homeschool mother of 2 children and co-founder of the Charlotte Mason Memphis support group How Karla first came to know about Charlotte Mason What kinds of adaptations Karla made to narration, short lessons and other CM methods to work with her special needs child What are some of the features of a Charlotte Mason education that works so well for teaching special needs? How an average school day looked for Karla and her son as he continued to grow How do you take care of your neuro-typical children at the same time as caring for a special needs child? Karla’s advice for all homeschooling moms to stay the course Books and Links Mentioned: School Education by Charlotte Mason
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The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but victory rests with the Lord.
Proverbs 21:31