Charlotte Mason Poetry
Charlotte Mason Poetry is dedicated to promoting Charlotte Mason’s living ideas. We strive to share an authentic interpretation of Mason’s life work through a combination of original and vintage articles by a wide variety of authors. Our team draws from and transcribes many rare and wonderful documents from the PNEU many of which cannot be found anywhere else on the web.
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Editor’s Note, by Dawn Tull This article was of particular interest to me because of my research on the Ambleside Geography Readers and the role of map questions in the study of geography. As with the previous two conference articles released, Mr. G. H. Smith addresses concerns that others, and perhaps previously he, had held …
The post The Teaching of Geography, by Mr. G. H. Smith first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Miss Mason was looking through the Christmas examination papers in February 1920. ‘What a long time since I have written to you! It is the school—it has taken me ten to twelve days to look through more than 1,200 sets, at about a hundred a day—heaps of elementary school children …
The post A Liberal Education For All, by Daisy Golding first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The Contemporary Review was a monthly journal, founded in 1866, which “became known as a forum for open, erudite inquiry into controversial theological and philosophical issues of the day.”[1] In the July 1922 issue, an article by H. W. Household appeared which advocated for a liberal education for all according …
The post The Need for a Liberal Education first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The April 1924 Parents’ Review included a powerful piece by Francis Lewis. We are not told whether it was originally a sermon, or whether it was composed specifically for The Parents’ Review. In either case, it contains references that would be familiar to members of the Charlotte Mason community of …
The post The Manifestation of Christ in Worship first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In last week’s episode we shared a second paper from the June 1920 teacher’s conference in Gloucester. This week we share a third paper by a professional teacher who embraced Charlotte Mason’s method, along with some brief discussion that followed. By Mr. C. Jones The Parents’ Review, 1920, pp. 570-575 …
The post The New Facility in Composition first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff One of the great chapters in the epic story of the Charlotte Mason method involves the introduction of the complete method, principles and practices, into the established British schools of Gloucestershire. H. W. Household began this project with five schools in 1917, and by May 1920 he had gone to …
The post Certain Difficulties first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff On the front page of the November/December 1971 PNEU Journal, editor Joan Molyneux wrote: There are PNEU Members in 95 countries living amongst people of other cultures, having different approaches to life, and it is essential that there should be understanding and communication between Members of every country. Later in …
The post Vehicle of Imagination first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Sermons by Francis Lewis frequently appeared in the pages of The Parents’ Review. He was a devoted friend of Charlotte Mason, and his sermons reveal how like-minded they were. Both pondered the child’s estate, and Rev. Lewis shared his reflections in this 1924 sermon. It was published the year after …
The post The Heart of a Child first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Essex Cholmondeley (1892–1985) is known to many as the first biographer of Charlotte Mason. In fact, she spent most of her adult life advancing Charlotte Mason’s ideas. Cholmondeley studied under Charlotte Mason at the House of Education and received her certificate in 1919. On February 15, 1923, she gave a …
The post First Bible Lessons first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In 1902, George F. Husband left Stockton-on-Tees to work for the school system of neighboring Middlesbrough. There he eventually found himself headmaster of an elementary school. But it was no ordinary elementary school. It was a school “where the children came from among the poorest and most disreputable part of slumland, familiarized with …
The post Some Notes on Narration first appeared on Charl...Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff At the Living Education Retreat this past summer, I introduced what I call the Fundamental Law of Scheduling: scope = pace × time Scope is how much content is covered. For example, how many chapters are in your algebra book. Pace is how fast the material is presented. For example, …
The post Notes from a Home Schoolroom Parent first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In 1931, House of Education graduate Geraldine Downton wrote, “Special time is allowed for Nature Books on the time tables of all forms in the P.U.S.”[1] This remark puzzled me for several years, since I had never seen a PNEU time table that scheduled time for nature notebooks. From time …
The post The Group Organization first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff “I am quite sure that those who have gathered here this evening have come here full of anticipation because of the treat which is in store for us when we have the privilege of listening to Miss Evelyn Underhill,” announced Bishop Boyd Carpenter in 1916.[1] It was the first week …
The post The Education of the Spirit first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In the summer of 1966, the name of The Parents’ Review was changed to The PNEU Journal. Joan Molyneux was editor at that time, and though the name of the periodical had changed, its purpose and philosophy had not. Parents and teachers were still filling its pages with articles that …
The post Now he wants to read first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The 21st Annual Conference of the PNEU featured an impressive lineup of speakers. Henrietta Franklin, Honorary Secretary of the PNEU, gave a keynote address in which she insisted that “children must not be deprived of their simplicity of mind and the liberty that comes from wise authority.”[1] A doctor spoke …
The post PUS in Home Schoolroom first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Charlotte Mason put a heavy emphasis on meditation for the parent and the child. This talk explores what she meant by meditation and looks deeply at this neglected Christian practice. There is a not-surprising correlation between how we read Scripture and our school books! And the phrase, “read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest” might come …
The post Meditation: Narration of the Heart first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Nancy Kelly Some years ago, while meandering through the hushed archives of the Armitt Museum where so many of Charlotte Mason’s treasures are kept, I happened upon a little leaflet tucked into a plain box. Its title caught my eye immediately: Our Three-Fold Cord. I paused, heart stirred, and snapped a few quick …
The post Our Three-fold Cord first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The PNEU Notes section at the back of the March 1924 Parents’ Review contained a fascinating account of a conference on the topic of “A Liberal Education for All.” Although we only have a synopsis of the messages delivered, even these short paragraphs tell us much about what is meant …
The post PNEU Notes first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff After only two years of teaching experience, Edward G. Bolton (1899–1964) became the headmaster of Barrowden School in 1925.[1] Apparently his first year as headmaster was difficult, described in his own words as “a period of dissatisfaction.”[2] He then heard about the Charlotte Mason method in a lecture, which prompted …
The post A Year of PNEU first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The 1880s featured a public debate between two leading thinkers, both of whom were cited favorably by Charlotte Mason. These two thinkers were Thomas Huxley (1825–95) and Matthew Arnold (1822–88). Paul White summarizes this debate: In the public statements that are taken to epitomize the Victorian debate, Huxley’s 1880 lecture …
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