S4E49: A Charlotte Mason Journey with Anna, Addison, and Ella Hornstra

Though system is highly useful as an instrument of education, a ‘system of education’ is mischievous, as producing only mechanical action instead of the vital growth and movement of a living being. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today’s guests are Anna Hornstra and two of her three daughters, Addison and Ella How Anna came to homeschooling early on What happened when Anna let doubts and systems set the tone of their homeschool How Charlotte Mason’s principles have played out in Anna’s home Books and Links Mentioned: Home Education by Charlotte Mason The Ordinary Parents’ Guide to Teaching Reading by Jennie Wise and Sara Buffington The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Leisure the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper Medea by Euripides AmblesideOnline Tending the Soul Art by Addison and Ella Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy’s Facebook Cindy’s Instagram

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The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins explores the application of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy to the atmosphere, discipline, and life of our homes and schools. We cover Charlotte’s timeless principles as they work themselves out in our real and modern lives. Interviewing seasoned moms who have cherished Charlotte’s works while raising real children in real families, we endeavor to lay a foundation of hope and possibility for our listeners. However imperfectly.