The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

We as teachers depreciate ourselves and our office; we do not realize that in the nature of things the teacher has a prophetic power of appeal and inspiration, that his part is not the weariful task of spoon-feeding with pap-meat, but the delightful commerce of equal minds where his is the part of guide, philosopher and friend. The friction of wills which makes school work harassing ceases to a surprising degree when we deal with the children, mind to mind, through the medium of knowledge. Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Jami Marstall, homeschooling mom of 4, two who have graduated, and lifelong learner How Jami first started learning about Charlotte Mason Why do you think parents are hesitant about using Charlotte Mason through high school? What advice do you have for parents whose students are transitioning into high school? What about writing high school transcripts? Is high school a good time to outsource some of your child’s education? How did you adapt and change the curriculum for your different children’s interests and abilities? Books and Links Mentioned: A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay   Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram

Today’s guest is Tammy Glaser, mother of 2 adult children, one with special needs, as well as a founder of a Charlotte Mason private school How Tammy discovered Charlotte Mason and decided it would work well for her family Why Tammy’s school integrates special needs, gifted and neuro-typical children in the same classroom What parts of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy are particularly suited for working with special needs students? What advice do you have for homeschooling children with special needs? Looking back now, do you still think it was the right decision to use Charlotte Mason methods with your daughter? Books and Links Mentioned: Parents and Children by Charlotte Mason A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola Home Education by Charlotte Mason A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason   Find Cindy and Tammy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Tammy’s Mathematics Website–Rarefied Many Christian people rise a little higher; they conceive that even grammar and arithmetic may in some not very clear way be used for God; but the great recognition that God the Holy Spirit is Himself, personally, the Imparter of knowledge, the Instructor of youth, the Inspirer of genius, is a conception so far lost to us that we should think it distinctly irreverent to conceive of the divine teaching as co-operating with ours in a child’s arithmetic lesson, for example. But the Florentine mind of the Middle Ages went further than this: it believed, not only that the seven Liberal Arts were fully under the direct outpouring of the Holy Ghost, but that every fruitful idea, every original conception, whether in Euclid, or grammar, or music, was a direct inspiration from the Holy Spirit, without any thought at all as to whether the person so inspired named himself by the name of God, recognised whence his inspiration came. Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, Vol. 2

It is by the aid of imagination that a child comes to love people who do not belong to his own country, and as he learns the history of their great deeds and noble efforts, he is eager to learn something of the country in which they lived….of the causes that made the people what they are. E. A. Parish, Parents’ Review, VOl. 25, No. 5, 1914 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Wendi Capehart, veteran homeschool mom, world-traveler, and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How Wendi first found out about Charlotte Mason What would you say to people concerned that Charlotte Mason is too Western or “white-centric”? What suggestions do you have for people wanting to add more cross-cultural awareness to a Charlotte Mason education? What part do folk songs play in a Charlotte Mason education? Books and Links Mentioned: “Imagination As a Powerful Factor in a Well-Balance Mind” by E. A. Parish For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay The Big Book of Home Learning by Mary Pride Extending the Table: Recipes and Stories from Afghanistan to Zambia by Joetta Schlabach The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Commission Home Education by Charlotte Mason A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason American Folk Songs for Children by Mike and Peggy Seeger Find Cindy and Wendi: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Wendi’s Instagram Wendi’s Blog

But, once more, “This kind cometh forth only by prayer.” Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How did Donna-Jean first hear about Charlotte Mason? Where did the phrase “however imperfectly” come from? The value of small things done faithfully. Why Donna-Jean views homeschooling her grandchildren now as a gift. What to do when you are tempted to compare or to change everything up. What Donna-Jean is doing these days besides homeschooling. Books and Links Mentioned: For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Home Education by Charlotte Mason A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason The AmblesideOnline Poetry Anthology Consider This by Karen Glass In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass Principles at the Helm Audio Seminar by Karen Glass Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Let us try, however imperfectly, to make education a science of relationships—in other words, try in one subject or another to let the children work upon living ideas. In this field small efforts are honoured with great rewards, and we perceive that the education we are giving exceeds all that we intended or imagined. Charlotte Mason, School Education, Vol. 3

“Sound principles that are old may easily be laid on the shelf and forgotten, unless in each successive generation a few industrious people can be found who will take the trouble to draw them forth from the storehouse.” Thomas Godolphin Rooper Show Summary: Today’s guest is Karen Glass, author and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory Why do people think that Charlotte Mason and Classical education are different things? What is the basis for “neo-classical” pedagogy? Do we know what Charlotte Mason herself thought of classical education? Is there a particular version of historical classical education that spoke to Charlotte Mason? Is there a difference between classical education and liberal education? How do you determine if Charlotte Mason and classical education are compatible? What is the most classical thing about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy? Does it matter whether we link Charlotte Mason to classical education? Why? Books Mentioned: Consider This by Karen Glass Norms and Nobility by David Hicks Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason The Basis of National Education by Charlotte Mason Parents and Children by Charlotte Mason School Education by Charlotte Mason Find Cindy and Karen: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram KarenGlass.net Karen’s Facebook Karen’s Instagram

And what a barren and dry land should we dwell in if our spirits were narrowed to the limits of that which we can comprehend! Where we err is in supposing that mystery is confined to our religion, that everything else is obvious and open to our understanding: whereas the great things of life, birth, death, hope, love, patriotism, why a leaf is green, and why a bird is clothed in feathers–all such things as these are mysteries; and it is only as we can receive that which we cannot understand, and can discern the truth of that which we cannot prove, and can distinguish between a luminous mystery and a bewildering superstition, that we are able to live the full life for which we were made. Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Volume 4, Book 2 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Adrienne Freas, a classical Charlotte Mason education consultant How did you make the connection between classical and Charlotte Mason education? How did you come to learn about Charlotte Mason in the first place? How did you get into applying these principles to charter and public school settings? How do you train and help school teachers to use these methods? What are the biggest challenges in helping a school convert to Charlotte Mason methods? What is the value of discord and challenges in understanding? Books and Links Mentioned: Ourselves by Charlotte Mason Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Better Late Than Early by Raymond and Dorothy Moore AmblesideOnline The Literary Life of Adrienne Freas 2019 Back to School Conference Find Cindy and Adrienne: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Adrienne’s Classical Education Facebook Group

And, Mary, seeking meekly for direction, asked ‘how shall this be after the wont of men?’ and she was shewn how, by the immediate power of God Most High, the Child should be born, holy, the Son of God; and Mary, not knowing what all this might mean to her, cried ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it to me according to Thy word.’ Charlotte Mason, Parents Review Article, “The Nativity” Show Summary: Today’s show is a special Advent episode with Cindy and Dawn. To start off, Cindy shares how she started using Handel’s oratorio The Messiah for Advent. Dawn and Cindy also both share a little about their family Christmas book traditions. After that, we are bringing you the audio from last year’s Hallelujah virtual gathering celebrating the launch of the new version of the book, featuring guests Greg Wilbur, Thomas Banks, Kerri Williamson, Lynn Bruce, Caitlyn Bruce Beauchamp, Kelly Cumbee, and Amy Edwards. Books and Links Mentioned: Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions with Handel’s Messiah by Cindy Rollins Papa Panov’s Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy The Bird’s Christmas Carol by Kate Douglass Wiggins Shoemaker Martin by The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston Dawn’s Christmas Book Tradition Jessye Norman’s Christmastide Kathleen Battle’s Angel’s Glory Comfort and Joy The Sounding Joy Putumayo World Christmas Party Handel’s Messiah conducted by John Eliot Gardner Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram We know how Joseph’s mind was disturbed and his heart rent (we may well believe), when the angel came and reassured him with word of the fulfilment of that prophecy of Isaiah’s,— a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and they shall call His name Immanuel.’ Charlotte Mason, Parents Review Article, “The Nativity”

I think all that I have written is still true, but I would emphasize habit and so-on less; child-mind, no, because a child has as much mind as the rest of us. Charlotte Mason, In a letter to Henrietta Franklin Show Summary: Today’s guest is Maria Bell, homeschool mother of 4 What is your story of coming to discover Charlotte Mason? What was Charlotte Mason’s idea of recitation? What does the Dawn and Maria’s recitation gathering look like? What Cindy’s own recitation gatherings were like when her children were growing up How do you keep these kinds of event from being times to “show off” What role do parents have in preparing the children for these events? What are some ways people can set the atmosphere with a theme? Do you have suggestions for people who don’t have a large homeschool community already? Books and Links Mentioned: For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Let teachers believe that knowledge is the sole concern of education, that knowledge is life, and that knowledge of God is eternal life, and education will advance by leaps and bounds, personality will develop, and the children we bring up will be, as we would have them, greater and better than ourselves. Charlotte Mason, in a 1914 Article for “Teacher’s World”

Insofar we are laying ourselves out to secure that each shall “live his life”; and that, not at his neighbor’s expense; because, so wonderful is the economy of the world that when a man really lives his life he benefits his neighbor as well as himself; we all thrive in the well-being of each. Charlotte Mason, a Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Anne White, veteran homeschool mom and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory How Anne first came to know about Charlotte Mason How Anne started creating study guides for Plutarch's Lives What have you learned from Plutarch from all these years? Why did Charlotte Mason put Plutarch's Lives into the curriculum? What Anne's new book The Practical Plutarch is like A little about some of Anne's other books Books and Links Mentioned: For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason The Practical Plutarch by Anne White Ideas Freely Sown by Anne White Honest, Simple Souls by Anne White AmblesideOnline’s Plutarch Page Find Cindy and Anne: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Anne Writes Anne’s Author Page on Amazon Anne’s Blog: Dewey’s Treehouse  

Today’s guest is Liz Wetzel, mother of 5 and Charlotte Mason co-op leader How Liz found the need for a learning community that was sustainable How Liz came to know about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy Why Liz’s family left Classical Conversations for something else What happened when Liz started a Charlotte Mason reading group How Liz structured their CM community with a focus on older students What subjects Liz’s co-op usually does together regularly What Liz suggests for trying to start a CM community of your own Books and Links Mentioned: Home Education by Charlotte Mason Nancy Kelly at Sage Parnassus Wild + Free The CMEC Charlotte Mason in Community Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Subscribe: Audible Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Podcast Addict Spotify Stitcher “Comradeship has Duties.–To take one more instance of an affinity–comradeship. Most of us have serious thoughts about friendship; but we are apt to take comradeship, fellowship, very casually, and to think it is sufficiently maintained if we meet for parties, games, picnics, or what not. Public school boys generally learn better; they know that comradeship mean much cheerful give-and-take, chaff, help, unsparing criticism; if need be, the taking or giving of serious reproof; loyalty each to each, plucky and faithful leading, staunch following, truth-speaking; the power to see others put first without chagrin, and to bear advancement without conceit. Here, too, are calls for attention, labour, love and reverence; but again, labour is swallowed up in delight.” Charlotte Mason, School Education, Vol. 3