From time to time I save things as drafts in the blog, things I’ve come across hither or thither and mean to come back to them. Sometimes I come back and dust them off a bit and post them. Other times I read through them again and delete because I am not longer interested in […]
It is my personal, but very strong opinion (I see no point in writing at length about a weak opinion) that a Charlotte Mason education is for everybody. From what I can tell, most people who think otherwise have a different understanding of what a CM education is than I do. Mason’s education approach is […]
Education is the Science of relations, says Miss Mason. The world is full of these relations, connections, intersections, cross-pollination, and Great Recognitions. Both remarkable discoveries which benefit mankind and personal epiphanies which primarily refresh the mind and spirit of a single individual have been the result of happy accidents of such relations. A scientist ponders […]
“The habit of casual reading… is a form of mild intellectual dissipation which does more harm than we realise. Many who would not read even a brilliant novel of a certain type, sit down to read twaddle without scruple. Nothing is too scrappy, nothing is too weak to “pass the time!” The “Scraps” literature of […]
Books or activities: The Mainstream of Human Progress– the primary text. The page numbers I share may not match the page-numbers in your edition. Basically, just read about one chapter per week. Evening in the Palace of Reason (for 16 and up) Read 16 or 17 pages per week. OR A Short HIstory of […]
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