Season 9 · Episode 128
S9E128: Life-long Learning Through Narration with Sheila Carroll
The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins
December 25, 20251h 2m
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Show Notes
- On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Sheila Carroll, founder of Living Books Press
- How Sheila first heard about Charlotte Mason's philosophy
- How Sheila started developing the curriculum and resources that became Living Books Press
- What is narration, and what makes it such a powerful practice?
- How do we keep the idea of a child's personhood from steering us toward a child-centered education?
- Sheila's advice for beginning narration and dealing with pushback from your child
- How to prepare young children who are not yet school age for narrating later
- Why is nature study so important for today's children?
- How do nature study and living books work together for a full education?
- How is composition taught in the Charlotte Mason paradigm?
To view the full show notes for this episode, including resources mentioned, please visit our website at https://thenewmasonjar.com/128.