Education is a life
A Charlotte Mason Moment:Â "Education is a life; that life is sustained on ideas; ideas are of spiritual origin, and that we get them chiefly as we convey them to…
Single readings help build retention
A Charlotte Mason Moment: "A single reading is insisted on, because children have naturally great power of attention; but this force is dissipated by the re-reading of passages, and also,…
Knowledge is not assimilated until it is reproduced
A Charlotte Mason Moment:Â As knowledge is not assimilated until it is reproduced, children should 'tell back' after a single reading or hearing: or should write on some part of…
Three points to consider in education
A Charlotte Mason Moment:Â "In devising a SYLLABUS for a normal child, of whatever social class, three points must be considered: (a) He requires much knowledge, for the mind needs…
No educational work can rise above the thought and purpose behind it
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “The future of education both in England and overseas is vague and depressing. We hear various urgent pleas––science should be the focus of education, we need…
