The honor due to our country…is not to be confounded with the ignorant and impertinent attitude of the Englishman or the Chinese who believes that to be born an Englishman or a Chinese puts him on a higher level than the people of all other countries; that his own country and his own government are right in all circumstances, and other countries and other governments always wrong. But, on the other hand, still more to be guarded against, is the caitiff spirit of him who holds his own country and his own government always in the wrong and always the worse, and exalts other nations unduly for the sake of depreciating his own. Charlotte Mason, Vol. 4, Ourselves, Book 1 Show Summary: Today on the New Mason Jar, Dawn Duran is here to share about her new book A Reasoned Patriotism How did this book come about? What did Charlotte Mason have to say about patriotism and the teaching of a country’s history? What is the difference between patriotism and nationalism? What does this book include? How can mothers help develop this reasoned patriotism in the home? What does Dawn mean when she talks about critical thinking?   But before we teach children to criticise the institutions of their country, before we teach them to be critical of what is bad, let us teach them to recognize and admire what is good. Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, pg. 126   Books and Links Mentioned: Ourselves by Charlotte Mason A Reasoned Patriotism by Dawn Duran   Find Cindy and Dawn: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Dawn’s Swedish Drill Website Dawn’s Articles on Afterthoughtsblog.net It is good, doubtless, to be cosmopolitan in our tastes, liberal and unprejudiced in our judgments; but he who would love all the world must begin with the brother whom he has seen, and enlightened sympathy with other nations can coexist only with profound and instructed patriotism. Charlotte mason, Formation of Character

After all, what is the chief sign of growing old? Is it not the feeling that we know all there is to be known? It is not years which make people old; it is ruts, and a limitation of interests. When we no longer care about anything except our own interests, we are then old, it matters not whether our years be twenty of eighty. Anna Botsford Comstock, The Handbook of Nature Study Show Summary: Cindy and Dawn share a little about the upcoming 2023 discipleship course at Morning Time for Moms, The Uphill Road Dawn asks Cindy how the summer discipleship course started several years ago They share a few highlights of what moms can expect and some of their favorite features of this time together Books and Links Mentioned: The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer The Convivial Homeschool by Mystie Winckler Find Cindy and Dawn: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Dawn’s Swedish Drill Website Dawn’s Articles on Afterthoughtsblog.net …what if the devitalization we notice in so many of our young people, keen about games but dead to things of the mind, is due to the processes carried on in our schools, to our plausible and pleasant ways of picturing, eliciting, demonstrating, illustrating, summarising, doing all those things for children which they are born with the potency to do for themselves? No doubt we do give intellectual food, but too little of it; let us have courage and we shall be surprised, as we are now and then, at the amount of intellectual strong meat almost and child [or mother] will take at a meal and digest at his leisure. Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education

Of the three sorts of knowledge proper to a child,–the knowledge of God, of man, and of the universe,–the knowledge of God ranks first in importance, is indispensable, and most happy-making. Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today’s guest is Bethany Mandel, Orthodox Jewish homeschooling mother of 6, co-author of the new book Stolen Youth, and conservative political commentator How Bethany first heard of Charlotte Mason education How Bethany juggled home educating and writing a book at the same time What a typical day looks like in Bethany’s homeschool How Bethany navigates the challenges of finding CM-friendly Jewish homeschool resources How do you see Charlotte Mason lining up with Judaism? Why reading stories from the past perspectives is so important today What Bethany and Karol’s book is all about Are these problematic ideas infiltrating the homeschool community?   Books and Links Mentioned: Towards a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason Stolen Youth by Bethany Mandel and Karol Markowicz Heroes of Liberty series edited by Bethany Mandel Stories for Children by Isaac Bashevis Singer Honey on the Page trans. by Miriam Udel The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor A Gentle Feast Curriculum   Find Cindy and Bethany: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Right Books 4 Kids on Instagram Bethany’s Instagram

But the educator has to deal with a self-acting, self-developing being, and his business is to guide, and assist in, the production of the latent good in that being, the dissipation of the latent evil, the preparation of the child to take his place in the world at his best… Charlotte Mason, Home Education Show Summary: This week’s guest on The New Mason Jar is Ella Rice, is a homeschooling mom of 5 who uses the Mater Amabilis curriculum with her children How Ella first learned about Charlotte Mason Is Mater Amabilis only for Catholics? What made you choose to use Mater Amabilis over other curriculum choices? What are some of your favorite part of the curriculum? How does Mater Amabilis handle the sciences? Are there any possible pitfalls for parents using this curriculum? Books and Links Mentioned: Real Learning Revisited by Elizabeth Foss (this is the updated edition of the book Real Learning: Education in the Heart of the Home Ella mentioned) The Mater Amabilis Facebook Group Find Cindy and Dawn: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Dawn’s Swedish Drill Website Dawn’s Articles on Afterthoughtsblog.net Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Emily Buchwald

The parent who sees his way––that is, the exact force of method––to educate his child, will make use of every circumstance of the child’s life almost without intention on his own part, so easy and spontaneous is a method of education based upon Natural Law. Does the child eat or drink, does he come, or go, or play––all the time he is being educated, though he is as little aware of it as he is of the act of breathing. Charlotte Mason, Home Education Show Summary: Today on The New Mason Jar, Alanna Hendon returns to discuss more about using Charlotte Mason’s ideas in the homeschool How Alanna came to Charlotte Mason and learned more about her principles in-depth The gift of the unplanned and prioritizing principles over practices How do you see Charlotte Mason’s philosophy playing out with individual children versus the group? What a typical day looks like in Alanna’s homeschool Books and Links Mentioned: Home Education by Charlotte Mason AmblesideOnline Brandy Vencel’s Charlotte Mason Think Tank Koshka’s Tales by James Mayhew Episode 51: Homeschool Boys with Alanna Hendon   Find Cindy and Alanna: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Alanna’s Instagram

…of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines the scale, so to speak, upon which the person will hereafter live. Charlotte Mason, School Education, Volume 3 Show Summary: Cindy and Dawn tackle another round of listener questions on this episode of The New Mason Jar How can a mom of several school age children keep up with pre-reading? How do you implement use of a Book of Centuries? What can be done about children complaining about morning time? Books and Links Mentioned: Parents and Children by Charlotte Mason Literary Life Online Conference – Shakespeare: The Bard for All and For All Time   Find Cindy and Dawn: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Dawn’s Swedish Drill Website Dawn’s Articles on Afterthoughtsblog.net

...to be born a human being is like coming into a very great estate; so much in the way of goodness, greatness, heroism, wisdom, and knowledge, is possible to us all. Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Book 1 Show Summary: Today’s returning guest is Anne White, veteran homeschool mom, author, and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory Anne’s history with Lent and how she and her family started observing the seasons of the church year What is different about Charlotte Mason’s book Ourselves than her other volumes? How might Ourselves be used in the homeschool? How Anne went on her own journey in writing Offering Ourselves What are some of Anne’s family traditions for Lent and Easter? How the AmblesideOnline Advisory created a new resource page for the Easter season   Books and Links Mentioned: Offering Ourselves: A Lenten Journey with Charlotte Mason by Anne White Honest, Simple Souls by Anne White Studying to Be Quiet: One Hundred Days of Keeping by Laurie Bestvater 100 Days of Keeping Invitation Ourselves by Charlotte Mason The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley AmblesideOnline’s new Easter/Resurrection Idea page Ideas Freely Sown by Anne White The Practical Plutarch by Anne White   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

The question is not,––how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education––but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him? Charlotte Mason, School Education Show Summary: Today’s guest is Melissa McMahan, veteran homeschool mom of 2 graduates and 3 still at home, and long-time follower of AmblesideOnline How Melissa first heard about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy How Melissa came to start using the AmblesideOnline curriculum What was it like thinking about getting your children ready for college? Did having a Charlotte Mason hinder your daughters from getting a solid science foundation? Has narration sufficiently prepared your students for college writing? How learning to manage time at home helps students prepare for college and independence Other tips for preparing high school homeschoolers for college   Books and Links Mentioned: School Education by Charlotte Mason   Find Cindy and Megan: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Melissa’s Instagram Melissa’s Youtube

…what if the devitalisation we notice in so many of our young people, keen about games but dead to things of the mind, is due to the processes carried on in our schools, to our plausible and pleasant ways of picturing, eliciting, demonstrating, illustrating, summarising, doing all those things for children which they are born with the potency to do for themselves? No doubt we do give intellectual food, but too little of it; let us have courage and we shall be surprised, as we are now and then, at the amount of intellectual strong meat almost any child will take at a meal and digest at his leisure. Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today’s guest is Megan Hoyt, veteran homeschooling mom, musician and author Megan tells how she picked up her love of music from her parents and passed it on to her own What is the overall theme of A Touch of the Infinite? What are some of the misconceptions you think people have about Charlotte Mason and music education? What did music education look like in your own homeschool? How Megan wrote A Touch of the Infinite and what is in the book How did you start writing children’s books?   Books and Links Mentioned: Bartali’s Bicycle by Megan Hoyt The Greatest Song of All by Megan Hoyt Thanku: Poems of Gratitude edited by Miranda Paul Hidegard’s Gift by Megan Hoyt A Touch of the Infinite by Megan Hoyt   Find Cindy and Megan: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Megan’s Website Megan’s Facebook Megan’s Instagram Megan’s Twitter

Let us consider carefully what feelings we wish to stimulate or repress in our children, and then, having made up our minds, let us say nothing. Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children Show Summary: Today’s guest is Alanna Hendon, homeschooling mom of 6, 5 of whom are boys How Alanna came to learn about the Charlotte Mason philosophy The lasting and eternal value of a Charlotte Mason education How would you respond to the criticism that Charlotte Mason is too feminine for educating boys? Approaching poetry with boys What other elements of a CM education have had the most impact on your home? How does Charlotte’s emphasis on the knowledge of God and encouragement of religious habits encourage boys in their own spiritual walk? Books and Links Mentioned: AmblesideOnline Consider This by Karen Glass Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan Classic Poems for Boys The Poet’s Corner narr. by John Lithgow Creativity by John Cleese   Find Cindy and Alanna: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Alanna’s Instagram