Stories….of the amusements, foibles, and virtues of children in their own condition of life, leave nothing to the imagination. The children know all about everything so well that it never occurs to them to play at the situations in any one of these tales, or even to read it twice over. But let them have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times, heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales in which they are never roughly pulled up by the impossible––even where all is impossible, and they know it, and yet believe. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Volume 1 Show Summary: Today’s guest is Timilyn Downey, former public school teacher and home schooling mother How Timilyn first learned about Charlotte Mason How Timilyn finally chose to homeschool her sons What role Timilyn’s husband plays in their education How do you respond to criticism about older books not being relevant Why it is so important to understand the philosophy behind educational methods Why Timilyn believe fiction and fairy tales are so crucial Books and Links Mentioned: Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins Morning Time by Cindy Rollins For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Consider This by Karen Glass The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Black Arrow by Robert Lewis Stephenson Koshka’s Tales by James Mayhew A Study of English Romanticism by Northrop Frye English Literature in the Sixteenth Century by C. S. Lewis   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

Though system is highly useful as an instrument of education, a ‘system of education’ is mischievous, as producing only mechanical action instead of the vital growth and movement of a living being. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today’s guests are Anna Hornstra and two of her three daughters, Addison and Ella How Anna came to homeschooling early on What happened when Anna let doubts and systems set the tone of their homeschool How Charlotte Mason’s principles have played out in Anna’s home Books and Links Mentioned: Home Education by Charlotte Mason The Ordinary Parents’ Guide to Teaching Reading by Jennie Wise and Sara Buffington The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Leisure the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper Medea by Euripides AmblesideOnline Tending the Soul Art by Addison and Ella 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

Miss Mason taught us that ‘Education is the science of relations’ and that a child should feel from the very beginning that his relations with number are opening up to him yet another realm of beautiful and wonderful things for his enjoyment and delight. Number: A Figure and a Step Onward, Mrs. W.A. Stephens, The Parents’ Review Show Summary: Today’s guest is Richele Baburina, a veteran homeschooling mother of 2 and author of The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series, and Brush Drawing: A Basic Course How Richele first heard about Charlotte Mason How Richele began researching Charlotte’s ideas about teaching mathematics What levels is The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithemetic Series for? What were some of the surprising things Richele learned in her research? Books and Links Mentioned: The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series by Richele Baburina Brush Drawing: A Basic Course by Richele Baburina Find Cindy and Richele: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Richele’s Instagram Richele’s Artwork Website

Our flesh the Word became, and dwelt with us, And we beheld His glory, as, of God, The only-begotten Son: we who believed Knew glory when we saw it, by the signs— Not of the pomp and majesty of Kings— But Grace, the touch of God, showed sweet in Him; And Truth, discerning all things, made Him simple, His glory saw we—full of grace and truth. Charlotte Mason, from “Savior of the World,” Prologue to the Gospel according to St. John Show Summary: Today’s guests are Lynn Bruce and Donna-Jean Breckenridge, and together with Cindy they talk about Christmas memories What did homeschooling look like around the Christmas holidays? Why it is okay to take time off from your normal school work for Christmas celebrations Why traditions are so important, possibly even more so as children grow older What are some traditions that your family keeps from previous generations? Handling changes and trauma as the years go by and still keep Christmas with courage What are some Christmas “fails” that happened in your family?   Books and Links Mentioned: Saviour of the World, Volume 1 by Charlotte Mason This Country of Ours: Annotated, Expanded and Updated, Vol. 1 by Donna-Jean Breckenridge Episode 40: Donna-Jean Breckenridge on Updating This Country of Ours Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions with Handel’s Messiah by Cindy Rollins The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder   Find Cindy, Lynn, and Donna-Jean: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Lynn’s Instagram Donna-Jean’s Facebook Donna-Jean’s Instagram Donna-Jean on MeWe

Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education. The Story of Charlotte Mason Show Summary: This week Dawn and Cindy tackle some more listener questions with their personal opinions based on their experience and their reading Why is it incorrect to say that the right homeschooling philosophy is the one that works for your children? How do we seek to follow Charlotte Mason’s philosophy without idolizing the person or the philosophy? Are we doing something wrong if our children do not like to narrate or seem to enjoy the books that they have to narrate? Books and Links Mentioned: The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley Know and Tell by Karen Glass   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

Never are the operations of Reason more delightful and more perfect than in mathematics. Here men do not begin to reason with a notion which causes them to lean to this side or to that. By degrees, absolute truth unfolds itself. We are so made that truth, absolute and certain truth, is a perfect joy to us; and that is the joy that mathematics afford. Charlotte Mason, Ourselves Show Summary: Today’s guests are Julie Rylie and Tabitha Wirges of Climbing Higher Math How Julie and Tabitha each first learned about Charlotte Mason How do you approach math in a Charlotte Mason way? What advice do you have for teaching children who don’t enjoy math? How can moms approach math with less fear and more joy? What does the Climbing Higher Math program look like? Why moms don’t need to panic about math in high school Books and Links Mentioned: For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison Ray's Arithmetic   Find Cindy, Julie, and Tabitha: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Climbing Higher Math on Facebook Climbing Higher Math on Instagram

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 replay of last year’s popular 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 2020’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.   Listen Now:   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 “The Nativity” Parents Review Article 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   Subscribe: Audible Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Podcast Addict Spotify Stitcher 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”

The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and friend; and is no longer the mere instrument of forcible intellectual feeding. Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today’s guests are Kay Pelham and Christy Hissong Kay is a veteran homeschooling mom to one son, as well as a piano teacher and literary enthusiast Christy is also a veteran homeschooling mom of one boy, and teaches at a local Charlotte Mason cottage school How did each of our guests learn about Charlotte Mason? What are some of the challenges you faced with homeschooling an only child? What did reading aloud look like in your home? How did you figure out if your child had some learning challenges that needed addressed? How did you use narration in your homeschool? Was there anything you wish had been different in your homeschooling years? How does a Charlotte Mason education continue for a mother after her children have graduated? Books and Links Mentioned: The Common Room Blog AmblesideOnline Uncle Wiggly’s Story Book by Howard R. Garis Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris Smart But Scattered Teens by Richard Guare, Ph. D., Peg Dawson, Ph. D., and Colin Guare SethPerler.com 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

Children learn to grow. Charlotte Mason, Home Education Show Summary: Today’s guest is Sonya Shafer is a veteran homeschool mom of 4 daughters as well as a popular author and speaker and co-founder of Simply Charlotte Mason How Sonya first discovered Charlotte Mason How Sonya and her friend Karen Smith started Simply Charlotte Mason How Simply Charlotte Mason grew over time to cover a complete curriculum Why it is important for parents to have encouragement and support in home educating How people can pick and choose SCM resources that work together for a full course of study for the whole family A little about the Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series How Sonya has homeschooled her special needs daughter Books and Links Mentioned: A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer Atomic Habits by James Clear Range by David Epstein Plato’s Lemonade Stand by Tom Morris Margin by Richard Swenson, M.D. Know and Tell by Karen Glass   Find Cindy and Sonya: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram Simply Charlotte Mason The Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Podcast

Today’s guest is Yolanda Mason, wife and homeschooling mother of 4, founder of the Heritage Learning Center in Charlotte, NC How Yolanda first heard about Charlotte Mason Why and how she started the Heritage Learning Center What is the value of a homeschool community like this? How narration can be improved in a group What the learning goals look like in community What a typical day looks like in Yolanda’s homeschool If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play! If she would only have courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day, out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in a picture gallery looking long and well at just two or three pictures, or in bed, without the children, life would go on far more happily for both children and parents. Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 33-34 Books and Links Mentioned: A Reasoned Patriotism Webinar   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