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The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins
Cindy Rollins
- 1 hour 8 minutesS6E82: Morning Time for Moms (and Dads!), Part 2, with Summer and Mike Smith
Every plant bears fruit, ‘fruit and seed after his kind.’ All this is stale knowledge to older people, but one of the secrets of the educator is to present nothing as stale knowledge, but to put himself in the position of the child, and wonder and admire with him; for every common miracle which the child sees with his own eyes makes of him for the moment another Newton.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 54 Show Summary:- On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn continue their Morning Time for Moms series with guests Summer and Mike Smith
- How Summer and Mike first learned about Charlotte Mason and her philosophy
- Mike’s early love for books and Summer’s own life of reading
- How Mike and Summer continued to enjoy reading and self-education after formal schooling
- Some thoughts on the college experience
- How Summer keeps up her own education while homeschooling
- How Mike and Summer help their children see ministry opportunities in their community
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Ice Magic by Matt Christopher
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Pickle Chiffon Pie by Jolly Roger Bradfield
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow
Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow
American Regional Books by Lois Lenski
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Kent Family Chronicles series by John Jakes
Range by David Epstein
The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Paradise Lost by John Milton
The Iliad by Homer
The Aeneid by Virgil
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy
Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso
Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
The Major and the Missionary by Diana Pavlac Glyer
The Odyssey by Homer
A Curious Life for a Lady by Pat Barr
Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley
The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis ed. and trans. by Martin Moynihan
Find Cindy and Dawn:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Dawn’s A Reasoned Patriotism website
We should allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and the ‘spiritual’ life of children; but should teach them that the divine Spirit has constant access to their spirits, and is their continual helper in all the interests, duties, and joys of life.
Charlotte Mason, Principle 1825 April 2024, 5:06 am - 38 minutes 25 secondsS6E81: “Joy in the Morning” Summer Discipleship
If mankind had not been organized into families, it would never have had the organic power to be organized into commonwealths. Human culture is handed down in the customs of countless households. It is the only way in which human culture can remain human.
G. K. Chesterton, Marriage and the Modern Mind Show Summary:- For this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn share about this year’s summer discipleship course, “Joy in the Morning”
- Gretchen Neisler tells about her own experience with past summer discipleship and why she keeps coming back for more
- What you can expect from this year’s Morning Time for Moms content and schedule
- Other ways you can benefit from Cindy’s wisdom and interact with other moms (Scroll down to the “Find Cindy” section for all the links)
A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Ideas Freely Sown by Anne White
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher
Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition by Deani Van Pelt and Camille Malucci
Joy in the Morning (Jeeves in the Morning) by P. G. Wodehouse
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
Find Cindy:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Subscribe:Those who believe in the dignity of the domestic tradition, who happen to be the overwhelming majority of mankind, regard the home as a sphere of vast social importance and supreme spiritual significance, and to talk of being “confined” to it is like talking of being chained to a throne or set in the seat of judgment as if it were the stocks.
G. K. Chesterton, “The Dignity of Domesticity,” The Illustrated London News, 192918 April 2024, 5:00 am - 37 minutes 3 secondsS6E80: Spring Nature Study with Jeannette Tulis
They notice for themselves, and the teacher gives a name and other information as it is asked for… In this way they lay up that store of “common information”… and what is more important, they learn to know and delight in natural objects as in the familiar faces of friends.
Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 237 Show Summary:- On The New Mason Jar this week, we bring you a conversation all about spring nature study with Cindy, Dawn and Cindy’s friend Jeannette Tulis, who has been a previous guest on the podcast
- How can moms begin nature study when they have never done it before?
- How to find spring ephemeral wildflowers, and other things to look for at this time of year
- Ideas for stepping up your nature study game
- What are some tips for nature journaling?
Episode 12: Charlotte Mason Study Groups
Episode 56: Building a Home Library
Who’s Afraid of a Little Paint? by Jeannette Tulis
The Tree Identification Book by George Symonds
Wild Green Things in the City by Anne Ophelia Dowden
The First Book of Weeds by Barbara Beck
Find Cindy:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Let them once get in touch with Nature, and a habit is formed which will be a source of delight through life. We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 6111 April 2024, 5:00 am - 41 minutes 42 secondsS6E79: “A Bit of the World’s Work” with Anne White
Ourselves, our Souls and Bodies is much used in the P.U.S., as I know of no other attempt to present such a ground plan of human nature as should enable the young student to know where he is in his efforts to ‘be good’ as the children say. The point of view taken in this volume is, that all beautiful and noble possibilities are present in every one; but that each person is subject to assaults and hindrances in various ways of which he should be aware in order that he may watch and pray. Hortatory teaching is apt to bore both young people and their elders; but an ordered presentation of the possibilities and powers that lie in human nature and of the risks that attend these, can hardly fail to have an enlightening and stimulating effect.
Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education Show Summary:- On the New Mason Jar today we welcome back Anne White, veteran homeschool mom, author, and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory
- How Anne first discovered Charlotte Mason
- About Anne’s new book title and how she came to write this work
- Is this book for homeschoolers?
- How can we understand and apply “justice” in the way that Charlotte meant here?
- Why children need time and space to think and let ideas work in them
- What do you mean by the statement that “there is is only sacred, sanctified education, or desecrated education”?
- How Anne tied the magic of narration into the ideas in this book
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
A Bit of the World’s Work by Anne White
Offering Ourselves: A Lenten Journey with Charlotte Mason by Anne White
Honest, Simple Souls by Anne White
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
Find Cindy and Anne:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Anne’s Blog: Dewey’s Treehouse
The worth of any calling depends upon its being of use; and no day need go by without giving us practice in usefulness. Each one is wanted for the special bit of work he is fit for; and, of each, it is true that– “Thou cam’st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee.”
Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Bk. 1, pp. 209-21028 March 2024, 5:00 am - 42 minutes 37 secondsS6E78: Morning Time for Moms, Part 1, with Jami Marstall
The mind is a spiritual octopus, reaching out limbs in every direction to draw in enormous rations of that which under the actions of the mind itself becomes knowledge. Nothing can stale its infinite variety; the heavens and the earth, the past, the present, and future, things great and things minute, nations and men, the universe, all are within the scope of the human intelligence.
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 330 Show Summary:- On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn kick off a new series of the podcast, Morning Time for Moms, with our first guest in the series, Jami Marstall
- How Jami first came to hear about Charlotte Mason
- How much of AmblesideOnline’s curriculum Jami has personally read as the mother and teacher
- What practices Jami put in place to ensure she was growing in knowledge
- How the mother-teacher is the guide, philosopher, and friend
- What is the significance of the “spiritual octopus” quote from the intro?
- How can moms build a reading life in the busy seasons of life?
- What Jami is reading now and what some of her other activities are
Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Towards a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
The Idea of America by Gordon S. Wood
John Adams by David McCullough
The Universe Next Door by James Sire
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Lynn Bruce’s article on The Spiritual Octopus
S2E22: Charlotte Mason Through High School with Jami Marstall
Find Cindy and Dawn:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Dawn’s A Reasoned Patriotism website
What we are concerned with is the fact that we personally have relations with all that there is in the present, all that there has been in the past, and all that there will be in the future––with all above us and all about us––and that fullness of living, expansion, expression, and serviceableness, for each of us, depend upon how far we apprehend these relationships and how many of them we lay hold of…. Every [mother] is heir to an enormous patrimony, heir to all the ages, inheritor of all the present. The question is, what are the [educational] formalities necessary to put [her] in possession of that which is [hers]?
paraphrase of Charlotte Mason from School Education, pg. 18614 March 2024, 5:00 am - 53 minutes 43 secondsS6E77: Seeing the Big Picture with Heather Martin
Three Questions for the Mother…She must ask herself Why must the children learn at all? What should they learn? And, How should they learn it? If she takes the trouble to find a definite and thoughtful answer to each of these three queries, she will be in a position to direct her children’s studies; and will, at the same time, be surprised to find that three-fourths of the time and labour ordinarily spent by the child at his lessons is lost time and wasted energy.
Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 171 Show Summary:- On this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn sit down to chat with veteran homeschool mom, Heather Martin about a wide variety of topics
- How and when Heather actually learned about Charlotte Mason after organically using many of her methods all along
- How getting a teaching certificate actually ensured Heather would choose to home educate instead
- Were there challenges specific to having only boys?
- What were some of the intentional things you did in your home to build your family culture?
- Some encouragement for moms regarding mathematics
- How Heather started local recitation gatherings with other homeschoolers
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Range by David Epstein
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
Find Cindy:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
29 February 2024, 6:00 am - 35 minutes 27 secondsS6E76: “Beyond Mere Motherhood” with Cindy and Dawn
No one knoweth the things of a man but the spirit of a man which is in him; therefore, there is no education but self-education…
Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 26 Show Summary:- On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn sit down to chat about Cindy’s newest book, Beyond Mere Motherhood
- How this book came to be
- What Cindy hopes this book to be and who it is for
- What you can expect from each chapter of the book
- How this book is helping launch a new podcast series coming soon!
Toward a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer
“Why the KJV?” by Lynn Bruce
Find Cindy and Dawn:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Dawn’s A Reasoned Patriotism website
We allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and spiritual life of mothers, but teach them that the Divine Spirit has constant access to their spirit and is their continue Helper in all the interests, duties, and joys of life.
paraphrase of Charlotte Mason’s 20th Principle15 February 2024, 6:00 am - 54 minutes 33 secondsS6E75: A Sacred Sacrifice with Hannah Paris and Amy Edwards
Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal clamour and ranting.
Johann Sebastian Bach Show Summary:- Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy talks with Hannah Paris and Amy Edwards about the new Lenten companion book to Hallelujah, A Sacred Sacrifice
- How this book came to be through the years
- Some thoughts on why St. Matthew’s Passion is such an appropriate piece for Lent
- How the book is laid out for families to use
- Some thoughts on approaching Lent if it isn’t a normal part of your church tradition
A Sacred Sacrifice: Cultivating Lenten Traditions with Bach’s Great Passion by Hannah Paris
The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley
The Charlotte Mason Book of Quotes: Copywork to Inspire by Lanaya Gore
Truly parents are happy people, to have God’s children lent to them…
Charlotte Mason, from a letter quoted in The Story of Charlotte Mason Find Cindy:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
1 February 2024, 6:00 am - 56 minutes 37 secondsS6E74: The Lives of Charlotte Mason Moms and Military Wives
As a matter of fact, we do not realise children, we under-estimate them; in the divine words, we “despise” them, with the best intentions in the world, because we confound the immaturity of their frames, and their absolute ignorance as to the relations of things, with spiritual impotence: whereas the fact probably is, that never is intellectual power so keen, the moral sense so strong, spiritual perception so piercing, as in those days of childhood which we regard with a supercilious, if kindly, smile.
Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, p. 260 Show Summary:- Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn chat with guests Elizabeth and Stacy about the challenges (and benefits!) of homeschooling while serving in the military
- How Elizabeth and Stacy each first learned about Charlotte Mason
- What are some of the challenges of military life and frequent relocation?
- How have you found homeschooling community and friends when changing duty stations?
- What are some of the benefits your family has experienced because of military life?
- Are there any homeschooling resources available to military families?
- How do you adapt your homeschool schedule during the year to stay flexible to change?
For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
The Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
Find Cindy and Dawn:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Dawn’s Reasoned Patriotism Book
Dawn’s Discerning Home Educator Substack
Every look of gentleness and tone of reverence, every word of kindness and act of help, passes into the thought-environment, the very atmosphere which the child breathes; he does not think of these things, may never think of them, but all his life long they excite that ‘vague appetency towards something’ out of which most of his actions spring.
Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, p. 36
18 January 2024, 6:00 am - 54 minutes 42 secondsS6E73: Music and Group Singing with Bethany Stuard
Few things could be more disastrous (as, alas, few are more imminent) than a sudden break with the traditions of the past; wherefore, let us gently knit the bonds that bind us to the generation all too rapidly dying out. It is well that we gather up, with tender reverence, such fragments of their insight and experience as come in our way; for we would fain, each, be as an householder, bringing forth out of his treasures things new and old.
Charlotte Mason, Formation of Character, p. 156-157 Show Summary:- On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy talks with Bethany Stuard, homeschooling mom of 3, about incorporating group singing into the homeschool day
- How Bethany came to know about Charlotte Mason as a second-generation homeschooler
- How choral music connected Bethany with poetry, the liturgy, other cultures and more
- Practical tips for helping children sing confidently at home
- How folk songs help connect us to other cultures and our own history
- Tips for finding a choir for a child to join
- Tips for making the most of composer study
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Poetry Set to Choral Music on Spotify
Playlist of Folk and Children’s Songs on Spotify
AmblesideOnline Folk Song Selections
Feierabend Song Collection Books
Find Cindy and Bethany:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
First Colony Homeschool Ensembles
...a classical education does more, turns out men with intellects cultivated and trained, who are awake to every refinement of thought, and yet ready for action. But the press and hurry of our times and the clamour for useful knowledge are driving classical culture out of the field; and parents will have to make up their minds, not only that they must supplement the moral training of the school, but must supply the intellectual culture, without which knowledge may be power, but is not pleasure, nor the means of pleasure.
Charlotte Mason, Formation of Character, p. 2134 January 2024, 6:00 am - 55 minutes 3 secondsS5E72: “Six Voices, One Story” with Donna-Jean Breckenridge
It is not the friends of our election who have exclusive claims upon us; the friends brought to us here and there by the circumstances of life all claim our loyalty, and from these we get…kindness for kindness, service for service, loyalty for loyalty, full measure, heaped together and running over.
Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Book 2, p. 32 Show Summary:- Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn welcome back Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory
- Donna-Jean shares a little about how the Advisory met and went on to work together to create AmblesideOnline and a grew to have deep friendships along the way
- Donna-Jean talk about how this book came to be and some of the challenges along the way
- What do you see as the future of the Advisory and AO?
Six Voices, One Story by the AmblesideOnline Advisory
Archipelago, The AO Advisory Blog
Find Cindy and Donna-Jean:Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
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