A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Liz Cottrill, Emily Kiser and Nicole Williams
Through twice monthly conversations, three moms who have studied the Charlotte Mason method of education and put her ideas into practice in their homes join together to share with one another for the benefit of listeners by giving explanations of Mason's principles and examples of those principles put into practice out of their own teaching experience. These short discussions aim at providing information, support, and encouragement for others by unfolding the myriad aspects.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 2, 2018 • 20min
Episode 115: Authority & Docility, Part I
Charlotte Mason addressed parenting issues in concurrence with her philosophy of education. This podcast episode is the first of a three-part series on her third principle of "authority and docility." The first portion today concerns the right view of authority in our lives.
Feb 23, 2018 • 31min
Episode 114: Listener Q&A #24
Application of Charlotte Mason's principles in many areas of life is the focus of the ADE monthly Q&A episodes. This month: how do we manage children's extracurricular involvements, when should we expect children to gain independence with schoolwork, and are daily scheduled timetables relevant for the homeschool as much as they are used in formal classroom settings.
Feb 16, 2018 • 44min
Episode 113: Service
Charlotte Mason's educational method encompasses all of life. This podcast episode explores the possibilities of sharing and showing love as a family through acts of mercy and service to our neighbors near and far through an interview with friend and Mason educating mom of six, Vanessa Kijewski, who shares her experiences in training her children to give.
Feb 9, 2018 • 32min
Episode 112: Notebooks and Paperwork, Part 2
This podcast episode on Charlotte Mason's method is the second part for discussion of paperwork and notebooks. In particular, Emily addresses all the things that help our children keep track of history chronology, and Liz and Nicole share ways they have managed the organization of papers and notebooks throughout the years.
Feb 2, 2018 • 54min
Episode 111: Notebooks and Paperwork, Part I
This Charlotte Mason education podcast focuses on the papers, the recordings, and drawings--all the reproductions of knowledge in the making. In particular, Liz, Nicole, and Emily address the explicitly described or preserved examples of various notebooks Mason's students used from which we can glean ideas to benefit our own students today.
Jan 26, 2018 • 24min
Episode 110: Listener Q&A #23
This week's Charlotte Mason podcast episode is another Q&A session with Liz, Nicole, and Emily, notably: is it okay to start a Mason education midyear? are the special studies books too simple and deameaning to our child's intelligence? and what about a passage in Mason's writings that contradicts ideas she shares in other places?
Jan 19, 2018 • 27min
Episode 109: The Profession of Teaching
This Charlotte Mason education podcast episode explores our responsibilities in teaching. If we have agreed to take on homeschooling as our work, what are the attitudes and practices that will make us good at our job?
Jan 12, 2018 • 46min
Episode 108: Masterly Inactivity
Charlotte Mason encouraged a practice called "Masterly Inactivity." Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss what this is, why it is important, and how in the world a mother actually manages to balance law and freedom in her home.
Jan 5, 2018 • 41min
Episode 107: Forming Informed Opinions
Charlotte Mason wrote vastly on the subject of opinions, and this podcast will address some of her salient points. Do opinions matter? Does each person need to form their own? What do we do to help our children make sensible opinions? These questions and more will be discussed.
Dec 29, 2017 • 29min
Episode 106: Listener Q&A #22
This Q&A podcast episodes focuses on Charlotte Mason's counsel for exams with many students, combining many students in one book, and what to accomplish during school breaks.
