african miss mason

How do you know you have a living book in your hands? You are reading a book to your children, 8 and 11 years old, and they narrate back...

"The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens...

My heart was still lovesick for Spring. She is here now and has scattered her pearls on the figs, mulberries, and strawberries in my garden.

The more I read about Charlotte Mason's philosophy, the more I felt this was the kind of education I wanted for my children--and myself.

One of Charlotte Mason's most well-known and oft-quoted sayings is “Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life.” The more that...

Mothers everywhere should take their children outside. This is something Charlotte Mason implores us to do in the early pages of Home Education. She envisioned us being out with our children in wide open spaces, for long stretches of time. This sounds wonderful in theory to most mothers, but if like me you live in a big busy city, this vision might leave you feeling more frustrated than inspired. Yet the reality of city life was not lost on Mason, she suggested that a train