The Perfect Charlotte Mason Education

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When people first hear about the Charlotte Mason method, many decide they want to try it out. They start small, with a few elements such as nature study and narration. Over time they begin to see results in their family, and they want more. For some, this becomes a quest for the perfect Charlotte Mason education. But prudence would ask, is more always better? Is there even a way to do it all? Or is the perfect Charlotte Mason education something other than checking all the boxes? If so, what is it? Listen with an open mind to consider what is the very best that Charlotte Mason has for your family.

The slides for this presentation may be found here.

A video version of this presentation is available from Charlotte Mason Inspired.

The Parents' Union in a Secondary School

E. Perceval Horsey describes the implementation of the Charlotte Mason method in a secondary school for boys in this vintage article from 1924.

The History of an Idea: Children Are Born Persons

Art Middlekauff surveys how Charlotte Mason's first principle was viewed in the centuries before and the century after Miss Mason's life.

The First Steps of Education

Rhoda Harrison explains how Charlotte Mason's ideas guide and inspire the first steps of education in this vintage article from 1936.

What Is Education?

Essex Cholmondeley explains the essential features of a Charlotte Mason education in this vintage text from 1925.

Where Virtue is the Goal

What does it really look like when virtue is the goal of education? Is virtue really the highest aim of Christian education?

The Parents' Union in a Secondary School

The History of an Idea: Children Are Born Persons

The First Steps of Education

What Is Education?

Where Virtue is the Goal

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