The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

S10E133: Presidential Libraries and Biographies with Erin Kunkle

Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are back with their friend Erin Kunkle for another episode in our America250 series, focusing on presidential biographies and libraries How Erin became interested in US history in general and in the presidential libraries specifically How a membership to the presidential libraries works How Erin deals with things she disagrees with from various presidents' lives and work Notable presidential biographies Erin has read For the full show notes on this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/133.

S10E132: Hosting a Handicraft Fair with Angel Revie

On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, Cindy and Dawn chat with Angel Revie, homeschooling mom of three, about doing handicraft fairs with children How Angel first learned about Charlotte Mason What is a handicraft fair, and who participates? What are some examples of items students bring to handicraft fairs? How Angel got the idea for starting a handicraft fair for her local homeschool community What are some of the benefits for students participating in handicraft fairs? How Angel organizes these fairs annually Don't forget to visit our website for the full show notes for this episode at https://thenewmasonjar.com/132. 

S10E131: The Moral Imagination with Dr. Vigen Guroian

Welcome back to The New Mason Jar podcast with Cindy Rollins and Dawn Duran! Today's guest is theologian and author of Tending the Heart of Virtue, Dr. Vigen Guroian. What is the "moral imagination"? Why are imaginative stories so important in developing virtue in a child? Why shouldn't parents be afraid to introduce fairy tales to their children? What is the new fairy tale project on which Dr. Guroian is currently working? What does it mean to bowdlerize a story? What fairy tales would Dr. Guroian have enjoyed most as a child? What parts of Dr. Guroian's own education does he look back on as the things which mattered most? For the full show notes for this episode, please visit our website at https://thenewmasonjar.com/131. 

S10E130: Celebrating America's 250th in Books with Summer Smith

This week on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn welcome Summer Smith back to the podcast with a fun discussion about her USA's 250th Birthday Book List What Cindy remembers about the celebrations surrounding America's bicentennial when she was young How Summer first came up with the idea for creating this book list Why Summer tried to include a greater number of positive books than those that highlighted negative parts of America's history Some examples of the types of books that made it onto the list How Dawn is adding American patriotism resources across Cindy's Patreon and on her own Substack For the full show notes of this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/130. 

S10E129: Preparing Students for Life Beyond High School with Lani Siciliano

On the first episode of Season 10 of The New Mason Jar, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Lani Siciliano, veteran homeschool mom and a member of the AmblesideOnline Auxiliary How Lani first learned about homeschooling and Charlotte Mason What is the difference between the AO Advisory and the Auxiliary? How did you prepare transcripts for your students to get into the military and college? Did Lani feel like she had to change a lot of things when she started homeschooling high school? How the practice of narration prepared Lani's students for higher education Did Lani encounter any hiccups along the way or have any regrets? How Lani applies a Charlotte Mason education to her own life as she has graduated most of her children A few more words of wisdom from moms farther down the road