Now, maybe you feel differently, but it can feel like everything you’ve ever known to ‘teach’ in motherhood is off the table after Mason’s fourth principle. It’s a bit jarring to feel stuck in a moment asking yourself, ‘Wait, is that going to manipulate them? Will this? What. Can. I. Do?’ But Mason encourages us to focus on what is possible once we cross the hurdle of the fourth principle. She says:
‘Having cut out the direct use of fear or love, suggestion or influence, undue play upon any one natural desire, emulation, for example, we are no longer free to use all means in the education of children. There are but three left for our use and to each of these we must give careful study or we shall not realize how great a scope is left to us.’
Well, here we go, my friend. We are finally at the threshold of the mother-teacher’s tools.
Consider today’s episode your very own primer on the atmosphere, discipline, and life of a Charlotte Mason education. We’re going to take a high-level look at all three as interdependent tools, and then in the next three episodes, we’ll focus on each one separately.
Are you ready?
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Ep 05 | The Tradition of Fairy Tales: An Interview with Dcn. Nicholas Kotar
Ep 04 | How Children Understand Story: An Interview with Amanda Faus and Brooke Johnson of The Wonder Years Podcast
Ep 03 | Love What Lasts: An Interview with Joshua Gibbs
Ep 02 | The Literary Life of Families: An Interview with Shay and Catherine Gregorie of Wolfbane Books
Ep 01 | Christ the Logos: An Interview with Andrew Kern
Ep 00 | Welcome to Storied Souls
Ep 15 | We’re Going (Classical) Camping
Ep 14 | But Do I Really Need to Teach Latin and Greek?
Ep 13 | Scouting to Form the Whole Person: An Interview with Kriste Janczyk
Ep 12 | The Classical Tradition in the Early Years (Or, How ‘Bout Those Liberal Arts?)
Ep 11 | Bonus!: A Very Classical Charlotte Mason Christmas Gift Guide
Ep 10 | Learning to Love Rightly
Ep 09 | How Classical Education Nourishes the Soul: An Interview with Heidi White
Ep 08 | Tell Me a Story: An Interview with Emelie Thomas
Ep 07 | St. Basil the Great, St. Thomas Aquinas, and G. K. Chesterton: The Sacramental Imagination
Ep 06 | C.S. Lewis, Plutarch, and Dr. Vigen Guroian: Men Without Chests
Ep 05 | Plato, St. John Chrysostom, and Charlotte Mason: The Soul as a City
Ep 04 | The Tale of Bren & Brohen (Or, Why You Need Story in Your Parenting Toolbox) | Common House Bonus!
Ep 03 | Can You Even Teach Virtue?: A Primer
Ep 02 | “Long Live the Queen!”: A Philosophical Defense of Classical Education
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