Charlotte Mason Poetry

<p>Editor’s Note: In 1913, Agnes Drury was in charge of the scientific work at the House of Education, and Alfred Thornley was the inspector of nature notebooks. Drury gave a lecture to the students of the House of Education on the topic of nature study, and it was published in the March issue of The Parents’ Review. This early predecessor …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-study-by-agnes-drury/">Nature Study, by Agnes Drury</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: Mary Hardcastle (1901-1964) spent her entire life under the umbrella of the PNEU. As a child, she attended a PNEU class taught by R.A. Pennethorne, and then at age 17 she entered the House of Education. She graduated in 1921, and by 1925 she was serving as the Secretary of the school. She …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-strait-gate/">The Strait Gate</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>“Teaching is not a technique exercised by the skilled on behalf of the unskilled. It is a sharing of the effort to know, using all that is best in the world of books, of music, of pictures, all that can be observed and cherished out of doors, all that hand and eye can make; all …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sharing-the-effort-to-know/">Sharing the Effort To Know</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: Charlotte Mason began the House of Education in 1892, and by 1893 the teacher-students were already keeping nature notebooks. The first “inspector of nature notebooks” was Herbert Geldart, who served in the role from 1893 to 1902, when he was succeeded by Alfred Thornley. One of the first notebooks Thornley inspected was that of …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-to-keep-a-nature-note-book/">How to Keep a Nature Note-Book</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: Today we are pleased to share chapter 6 of the new book by Karen Andreola entitled Mother Culture – For a Happy Homeschool. This exclusive excerpt entitled “Twice Blessed” is used by permission. Read by Ashley Olander. The family who takes part in the Gentle Art of Learning (what I call Charlotte Mason’s …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/twice-blessed/">Twice Blessed</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: Merry Christmas from the Charlotte Mason Poetry team! Today we have something special to help focus your attention on Christ during this season of Christmastide. For the first time, we present recorded versions of poems by Charlotte Mason. These two Christmas poems are read by Antonella Greco, our Chief Editor, who has spent …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/christmas-poems/">Christmas Poems</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>When Barbara and I made the decision to homeschool, we agreed that we would divide the teaching activities between us. I felt an overall sense of responsibility for the education of my children, so I intuitively chose the subjects that I felt (at the time) were either the most important or the most difficult. The …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/first-reading-lessons/">First Reading Lessons</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: Violet C. Curry was born in 1892 and enrolled in the House of Education in 1911. Her early interest in nature was evidenced by an inspection of her nature notebook the following year: A very full and interesting book. The notes show close and careful observation of Nature, and the Drawings are very …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-teaching-of-nature-study/">The Teaching of Nature Study</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. – Isaiah 9:2 (KJV) Our family has approached the season of Advent intentionally over the years. One year, my husband Kent carefully crafted a wooden ring with 24 holes for candles and a miniature Mary on a donkey accompanied by Joseph on foot. Each …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/waiting-for-the-light/">Waiting for the Light</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of original articles by Nicole Handfield on the topic of keeping a nature notebook. When I started learning about Charlotte Mason about five years ago, I was pretty sure the nature notebook was supposed to look like Edith Holden’s The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-notebook-phases/">Nature Notebook Phases</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Este artigo também se encontra disponível em Português. Editor’s Note: Charlotte Mason defined her Short Synopsis in 1904. We typically refer to it today as her “Twenty Principles.” Sixty years later, some in the PNEU were thinking that this synopsis was no longer the most accessible “elevator pitch” for the Charlotte Mason method: For some time …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/characteristics-of-a-p-n-e-u-school/">Characteristics of a PNEU School</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: Chapter 13 of Charlotte Mason’s Parents and Children is a lengthy exposition of Henry Beeching’s Eleven Sermons on Faith. This chapter is a lynchpin of Mason’s theology, a stunning repudiation of dualism. In fact, she opens the chapter with the heading, “Things ‘Sacred’ and Things ‘Secular’ an Irreligious Classification.” For years, Mason’s detailed exposition …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/sermons-on-faith/">Sermons on Faith</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: At the 2018 Charlotte Mason Living Retreat, I spoke on the topic of “How to Learn the Charlotte Mason Method.” In that talk, I suggest that parents new to the method “start with four.” When I finished my presentation, my fifteen-year-old daughter Anesley came forward and shared about her experience growing up with these …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/growing-up-with-charlotte-mason/">Growing Up with Charlotte Mason</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Edith Escombe (1866–1950) was a writer of stories and essays who contributed many articles to The Parents’ Review. A collection of her articles was republished in 1906 in a book entitled Old Maids’ Children. Charlotte Mason described the book as being “evoked, we may hope, by the Parents’ Review.” According to Mason, “The author knows …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/of-punishments/">Of Punishments</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Is education scientific or is it sacred? Is it physical or spiritual? Pragmatic or ideal? Listen to Art Middlekauff’s synthesis of Charlotte Mason’s thought. Recorded live at the 2018 Charlotte Mason Living Retreat. The accompanying slides are available for download.</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-sacrament-of-education/">The Sacrament of Education</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: Rose Amy Pennethorne (1875-1955) studied at Charlotte Mason’s House of Education and graduated in 1898. She then “had several posts in Home Schoolrooms,” during which time she was editor of L’Umile Pianta, the alumnae magazine of the House of Education. Her love for the Charlotte Mason method blossomed into full-time service to the PNEU when the Executive Committee …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-spirit-and-the-letter/">The Spirit and the Letter</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Not so very long ago, I was in the car with my six-year old when he asked, “Did God make that truck?” “Nope. But God made the people who made the truck.” He studied my face. “Okay.” Then he resumed staring out the window. Several weeks later, I thought of that exchange, and I saw …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-origin-of-ideas/">The Origin of Ideas</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: On January 5, 1929, six years after Charlotte Mason’s death, Horace West Household spoke at the The North of England Education Conference in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Household was then the Director of Education for Gloucestershire, and he would later be referred to as Mason’s “ardent disciple.” The topic for his talk was “A Liberal Education in the Rural Elementary School.” …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-liberal-education/">A Liberal Education</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>June was a big month for me: it was my first time teaching a workshop about the Charlotte Mason method. I was the local hostess for the Charlotte Mason Soirée Summer Mountain Mini, and my topic was scaffolding. I worked out a session description with my co-presenter: With such a rich feast it’s easy to …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/building-without-scaffolds/">Building Without Scaffolds</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>“Great things are done when men and mountains meet: This is not done by jostling in the street.” —William Blake. By Elsie Kitching The Parents’ Review, 1921, pp.44-54, 92-101 We all feel the jostling of the after war problems and are sometimes inclined to wonder if ever the jostling will cease and a time come …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-meeting/">The Meeting</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>An Exploration of the Religious Philosophy of Charlotte Mason A paper submitted to Dr. James Moore in fulfillment of the requirements for the Educational Ministries Capston Portfolio/Internship course of the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Deerfield, Illinois September 2017 Introduction to Charlotte Mason Charlotte Mason is a name not much heard of in Christian education. Mason was a devout …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-god-of-living-ideas/">The God of Living Ideas</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Situated on Chambersburg Street, a main thoroughfare of historic Gettysburg, is a nineteenth-century church that is home to the sorts of gatherings we seldom hear of in our modern time—evenings of song, speech, and verse, evenings dedicated to remembering the lives of men and women who were pressed into the service of our nation, as …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/ruminating-on-recitation/">Ruminating on Recitation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: I am pleased today to share the final essay in our series by Dr. Benjamin Bernier, read to us so engagingly by musician Greg Rolling. I am confident that with Dr. Bernier’s careful presentation of original documents and historical facts, “the essential Christian discipleship aspect of Mason’s work will be recognized for what it …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-5-of-5/">Education for the Kingdom (Part 5 of 5)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: Today we share the fourth in a series of five essays from 2017. This episode explains that the core of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy “is the concept that the primary task of education is the ‘nourishment of ideas.’ This nourishment is directly related to both the work of the Holy Spirit (as the educator of mankind) and the person …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-4-of-5/">Education for the Kingdom (Part 4 of 5)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: Today’s episode is the third in a series of five essays from 2017 which demonstrate that Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy can be characterized as a Christ-centered philosophy of education for Christian discipleship, a unique contribution in the history of Christian and educational thought. Greg Rolling shares his wonderful talent as reader and performer to bring …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-3-of-5/">Education for the Kingdom (Part 3 of 5)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: Today we share the second in a series of five essays from 2017 which demonstrate that Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy can be characterized as a Christ-centered philosophy of education for Christian discipleship, a unique contribution in the history of Christian and educational thought. Greg Rolling has again shared his wonderful talent as reader and …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-2-of-5/">Education for the Kingdom (Part 2 of 5)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: In the early months of 2017, Dr. Benjamin Bernier wrote a series of five original essays to demonstrate that Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy can be characterized as a Christ-centered philosophy of education for Christian discipleship, a unique contribution in the history of Christian and educational thought. Later that year, Charlotte Mason Poetry introduced a …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-for-the-kingdom-part-1-of-5/">Education for the Kingdom (Part 1 of 5)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Oh, the wonder of finding a kindred spirit—how we treasure that person in our heart and how they have a way of recognizing and drawing out our potential! Charlotte Mason and Emeline Steinthal found such kindred spirits in each other, and their relationship has positively impacted generations of people. We thought you might enjoy meeting …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-devoted-life/">A Devoted Life</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>My name is Anesley Middlekauff. I am 15 years old and have been homeschooled with Charlotte Mason my whole life. I am the daughter of Art and Barbara Middlekauff, and I have enjoyed having them as my teachers and travel companions for every conference I’ve been lucky to be a part of. I am very …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-journey-with-the-scarlet-letter/">A Journey with “The Scarlet Letter”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>I am a huge fan of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. But I knew little of their writing group, the Inklings, until I read the book Bandersnatch. Had it only been about meeting in Lewis’s dusty rooms to read their latest poems and book chapters I would have been sold, but there is so much more …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/christian-conflict-with-the-inklings/">Christian Conflict with the Inklings</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Did you know that keeping a nature notebook has the power to awaken your senses, to teach you how to truly see things that you may have “seen” in a vague way thousands of times before yet never truly seen at all? It’s true. And, by truly seeing, you can then be truly grateful to …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/into-gods-out-of-doors/">Into God’s Out-of-doors</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>I know of two ways to learn the Charlotte Mason: the way I learned it, and a better way. You don’t have to make the same mistakes I made. Listen in on this talk recorded at the 2018 Living Education Retreat. Special thanks to the music performance by Greg Rolling and Tyson Suemnicht. The accompanying slides …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/how-to-learn-the-charlotte-mason-method/">How to Learn the Charlotte Mason Method</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>“What is the most precious thing to have in a house?” Charlotte Mason poses this question at the dinner table one evening. She gleans answers from the dinner guests that we all would agree with: answers such as “a bookcase” and “a cradle.” But not Mason; she rebuts with, “I think I would put space …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-atmosphere-of-education/">The Atmosphere of Education</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>I didn’t know her name. I only knew her question. She wrote it anonymously on a piece of paper, a question for the “experts.” We were wrapping up two wonderful days of celebrating Charlotte Mason’s life-giving method at the 2018 Charlotte Mason Soirée Summer Mountain Mini. I was feeling a glow as I sat with the …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/applying-an-authentic-interpretation/">Applying an Authentic Interpretation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Just over two years ago, I first read the article “Three Educational Idylls,” by Charlotte Mason. Published in 1912, it reveals many profound thoughts about Charlotte Mason’s vision for education. (To be honest, I had to look up the word idyll; it means, “a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/idyll-challenge-2-0/">Idyll Challenge 2.0</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Charlotte Mason wrote, “Now our objective in this most important part of education is to give the children the knowledge of God.” Mason did not approach this “most important part of education” in a haphazard fashion; rather, she developed a progressive program of study for children from ages 6 to 18 that is breathtaking in …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/masons-program-for-bible-lessons/">Mason’s Program for Bible Lessons</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: In April of 1930, the Ambleside Old Students’ Association held their biennial conference at Scale How in Ambleside. The conference featured ten papers which focused on three elements of Charlotte Mason’s thought: the sacredness of the person, the evolution of the individual, and the solidarity of the [human] race. The topic of the sacredness of the person was …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-sacredness-of-the-person/">The Sacredness of the Person</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: Roger N. Goodman (1863-1941) was a practicing medical doctor who served patients out of his own house. He was also an avid educationalist and a leader in the Surbiton branch of the PNEU. He was a keen advocate of manual training in education, including sloyd in particular and woodworking in general. In today’s article he notes …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-value-of-manual-training-in-education/">The Value of Manual Training in Education</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note: In 2017, Simplicity was the theme for the Living Education Retreat. I didn’t attend, but I did get to hear Mary Beuving’s recorded talk on her journey toward simplifying her life, getting rid of things to make room for people. Mary’s testimony is moving and inspiring, but also filled with practical wisdom for …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/highest-thinking-and-simplest-living/">Highest Thinking and Simplest Living</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note, by Heidi Buschbach Mr. W. Henry Leslie, choral director, judge, and music educator wrote an important Parents’ Review article in 1926, three years after Mason’s death. The article, “On Music Teaching,” was listed for many years in the PNEU programmes under the Singing heading. It was to be read by parents and teachers to …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-few-remarks-on-music-teaching-part-i/">A Few Remarks on Music Teaching, Part I</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>A Charlotte Mason education is, for most of us, a radical shift in thinking. We are educating in a way we ourselves have not experienced. Though we admire how her philosophy and practice go hand in hand, we often have more questions than answers, the natural result of a lack of knowledge and experience. The …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-questions-and-questioning/">On Questions and Questioning</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note, by Paul Hughes: In 1929, the PNEU branch in Melbourne, Australia met to hear the words not of a great educationalist, but of an ordinary mother. Her name was Mrs. H. J. Hannah, and she explained that Charlotte Mason’s call to parents makes us exclaim, “Who is sufficient for these things”? But Mrs. Hannah doesn’t end …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/from-an-ordinary-mothers-view-point/">From an Ordinary Mother’s View Point</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note, by Tessa Keath: In June of 1915, World War I had been underway for almost a year. Charlotte Mason wanted to speak to the children about the war. With the harsh realities they were facing each day, we might have expected her to speak words of comfort. Instead, she told the children that …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/miss-masons-message-to-the-children/">Miss Mason’s Message to the Children</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>When I first started learning about Charlotte Mason, I realized pretty quickly that nature study was important. If I was going to attempt a Charlotte Mason education in my home, I would have to figure out what nature study is. I looked in Mason’s volumes, but it wasn’t clear to me exactly what I was …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-notebooks-in-the-21st-century/">Nature Notebooks in the 21st Century</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s Note, by Nicole Williams: Many people seek a Charlotte Mason education for their children because of nature study. They know intuitively that time outside is important, but once faced with actually doing “nature study” they are unsure what is required of them. In the following article, C. Cooper, a former House of Education student, …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/nature-study/">Nature Study, by Christine Cooper</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: In October of 2017, we shared our first Parents’ Review article by Irene Stephens, entitled “Mathematics.” In the Editor’s Note, we highlighted the pivotal role played by Miss Stephens in the development of Charlotte Mason’s distinct approach to math instruction. We also shared some elements of Stephens’s life chronology, including how she ended up at …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/number-a-figure-and-a-step-onward/">Number: A Figure and a Step Onward</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Charlotte Mason (1989b) derides “nice little history books for children” that are mere outlines or childish retellings (p. 278). The formidable Plutarch’s Lives definitely does not fit into that category. This staple of Citizenship has been of particular interest to me and hearing others’ personal stories and experiences has been a delight! I want to share …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/a-programme-for-plutarch/">A Programme for Plutarch</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>Editor’s note: On December 3, 1912, The Times Educational Supplement published a letter entitled, “Miss Mason on the Montessori System.” The following year, five introductory paragraphs were added to the letter, and it was published as Chapter VII of The Basis of National Strength. Two years after that, the original text of the 1912 letter (without the added paragraphs) …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-montessori-system/">The Montessori System</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>At Charlotte Mason Poetry, our goal is to promote an authentic interpretation of Charlotte Mason’s writings. What do we mean by an “authentic interpretation,” and why is it so important? Today we are delighted to partner with A Delectable Education in a joint release of the audio version of our defining 2017 article “Towards an Authentic Interpretation.” …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/towards-an-authentic-interpretation-audio/">Towards an Authentic Interpretation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.

<p>“What worked even fifty years ago will not work to-day, and what fulfils our needs to-day will not serve fifty years hence; there is no last word to be said upon education; it evolves with the evolution of the race.” (Charlotte Mason, Volume 3) Did you know Charlotte Mason said this? Have you read this …</p> The post <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/what-worked-fifty-years-ago/">What Worked Fifty Years Ago</a> first appeared on <a href="https://charlottemasonpoetry.org">Charlotte Mason Poetry</a>.