Charlotte Mason Poetry (recent episodes)

The True League of Nations

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:12:40 GMT

Rev. Francis Lewis discusses the personality of children and nations in this inspiring vintage article from 1918. Show notes page.

The Application of PNEU Principles in the Home

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:07:52 GMT

Mrs. Eustace Wade of Australia shares her profound insight into Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Lisa Joss. Show notes page.

The Value of Handicrafts in Education

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:12:57 GMT

Anges Drury explains the why, when, and how of handicrafts in this vintage article from 1927. Show notes page.

Some Difficulties Overcome

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:03:38 GMT

Miss F. M. Clark explains how to overcome various difficulties with the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage paper from 1927. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

Olive Norton: The Transcript

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:12:52 GMT

The lecture of the woman who introduced Susan Schaeffer Macaulay to Charlotte Mason, transcribed from a vintage 1978 recording. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The PNEU Ideal in Education

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Helen Wix outlines the key ideals of the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1919. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Education Is a Life

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Helen Wix explains Charlotte Mason’s eighth principle in this vintage article from 1927. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

A Few Roots

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Helen Wix presents the foundational ideas of the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1927. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

If I Could Begin Again

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Author and mother H. C. Cradock shares her advice on parenting in this vintage article from 1918. Read by Barbara Middlekauff. Show notes page.

By My Spirit

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Rev. Francis Lewis explains that hearts are changed “not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit” in this vintage sermon from 1923. 📷: Photo North (www.photonorth.co.uk). Show notes page.

Obedience as a Vice

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Mrs. Dermod O’Brien explores the glories and limitations of obedience in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Teaching of Scripture in the Parents’ Union School

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Rose Amy Pennethorne provides a thorough survey of Charlotte Mason’s method for Bible lessons in this vintage article from 1921. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Maurice Ravel

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Dorothea Bostock introduces Maurice Ravel as the subject for composer study in this vintage PNEU article from 1975. Read by Maeva Dauplay. Show notes page.

Hints for Home Schoolrooms

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

A mother who taught her children at home shares tips and hints in this vintage article from 1923. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Teaching of Geography, by Mr. G. H. Smith

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

An experienced teacher gives practical guidance on teaching geography in this vintage article with a new editor’s note by Dawn Tull. Show notes page.

A Liberal Education For All, by Daisy Golding

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Daisy S. Golding describes the Charlotte Mason method in action in this vintage paper from 1920. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Need for a Liberal Education

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

H. W. Household advocates for a liberal education for all according to the method developed by Charlotte Mason. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

The Manifestation of Christ in Worship

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

In this vintage article from 1924, Rev. Francis Lewis considers the implications of how God was manifested to mankind in Jesus. Show notes page.

The New Facility in Composition

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

A school head master shows how the Charlotte Mason method develops the art of composition in this vintage article from 1920. Show notes page.

Certain Difficulties

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

A school head master presents the benefits of narration in this vintage article from 1920. Show notes page.

Vehicle of Imagination

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

W. A. Myers Robinson discusses the relationship between poetry, day-dreaming, and imagination in this vintage article from 1971. Show notes page.

The Heart of a Child

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Rev. Francis Lewis shows how the heart of a child opens the door to faith in this vintage sermon from 1924. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

First Bible Lessons

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Essex Cholmondeley tenderly explores first approaches to the Bible in this vintage article from 1923. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

Some Notes on Narration

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

G. L. Husband explores the benefits and nuances of narration in this vintage article from 1924. Show notes page.

Notes from a Home Schoolroom Parent

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

R. Hudson explains the practical side of homeschool scheduling in this vintage article from 1972. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Group Organization

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

G. D. Parkin explains how the small group is at the heart of the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1927. Show notes page.

The Education of the Spirit

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Evelyn Underhill calls for education to bring out the best and highest powers of the spirit in this vintage article from 1916. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Now he wants to read

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Charlotte Mason College graduate Joyce Goldmanis awakens the joy of reading in a child. Originally published in 1971. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

PUS in Home Schoolroom

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

A homeschooling mother describes her experience with the Charlotte Mason method in this vintage article from 1917. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

Meditation: Narration of the Heart

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Nancy Kelly explores explore what Charlotte Mason meant by meditation and explains how this neglected Christian practice relates to schoolwork and all of life. Recorded live at the 2021 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

Our Three-fold Cord

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The text of the cherished leaflet given to each graduate of Charlotte Mason’s House of Education. Read by Nancy Kelly. Show notes page.

PNEU Notes

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The main ideas from the 1924 conference on “A Liberal Education for All” are summarized in this vintage article. Show notes page.

A Year of PNEU

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

E. G. Bolton describes the impact of the Charlotte Mason method on a rural school in this vintage article from 1928. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

Professor Huxley and the PNEU

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

House of Education graduate Marion King comments on Thomas Huxley’s “A Liberal Education and Where to Find It” in this vintage article from 1918. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Stories That Last

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Leah Boden explains the powerful role of biography in a Charlotte Mason education. Recorded live at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

The Other Side of All Doubt

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Amy Fiedler tells her story as a Charlotte Mason educator, a story that leads through doubt and to the other side. Recorded live at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

Vitality

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Nancy Kelly explores how our bodies, souls, and spirits are uniquely enriched by following a Charlotte Mason education. Recorded live at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

Trusting the Method

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Art Middlekauff discusses the role of faith, reason, and responsibility in applying the Charlotte Mason method. Recorded at the 2025 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

Games and Wet Day Occupations

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Cerise Parker shares how to fill rainy summer days with life in this vintage article from 1935. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Joy: Mainstay of a Living Education

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Nancy Kelly explores the foundational role of joy in the Charlotte Mason homeschool in this live recording from the 2022 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

Art (Democracy and Taste)

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Juliet Williams’s paper on art from the 1926 conference on democracy and taste. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Nature Study (Democracy and Taste)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

House of Education graduate Violet Curry’s paper on nature study from the 1926 conference on democracy and taste. Read by Katherine Dlugolonski. Show notes page.

Readers and Critics, Part II

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Felix Hope continues to explore the challenging relationship between readers, critics, and artists in this vintage article from 1924. Show notes page.

Readers and Critics

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Felix Hope explores the challenging relationship between readers, critics, and artists in this vintage article from 1924. Show notes page.

The PNEU Method in Sunday Schools

Tue, 27 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Helen Wix explains how Charlotte Mason’s ideas can be applied in Sunday Schools in two vintage papers from 1917. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Week’s Message, by Charlotte Mason

Tue, 20 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Charlotte Mason appeals to the world of teachers to adopt her method in this vintage article from 1914. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Learning to Live

Tue, 13 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Nancy Kelly explores the transformative nature of the Charlotte Mason method in this live recording from the 2023 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

Jane Austen

Tue, 06 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Jane Austen is celebrated by Charlotte Mason’s House of Education in this vintage article from 1903. Read by Leah Boden. Show notes page.

Conference at the House of Education

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Transcripts from the historic 1906 conference at the House of Education. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

Easter Day

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Charlotte Mason’s 1921 meditation on Easter Day, published in the 1925 Parents’ Review. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The War And The Children

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Charlotte Mason addresses a World at War in the light of her philosophy of education in this vintage article from 1915. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Escaping the Clutches of the Cadillac Course

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Karen Andreola warns the conscientious mom about the Cadillac course and tells her how to escape. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

A Letter to the Children

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

A letter in the final issue of Aunt Mai’s Budget brings the message of forgiveness and redemption to persons of all ages. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Prayer: Speech of the Soul

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Nancy Kelly discusses the place of prayer in the Charlotte Mason method and in life in this live recording from the 2024 Living Education Retreat. Show notes page.

A Liberal Education for All (H. W. Household)

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

H. W. Household explains Charlotte Mason’s “liberal education for all” in this vintage paper from 1918. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

Ask Art #6 — A Classical Education Perspective on Charlotte Mason

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Art Middlekauff and Mariana Mastracchio discuss the Classical Et Cetera podcast series entitled “Charlotte Mason Explained: A Classical Education Perspective.” Show notes page.

Things New and Old

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Rev. Claude Jenkins discusses the history and practice of Lent in this vintage article from 1922. Show notes page.

A Note on the Teaching of School Science

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Dr. Telford Petrie explores Charlotte Mason’s ideas about teaching science in this vintage article from 1928 introduced and read by Dawn Rhymer. Show notes page.

Imagination as a Powerful Factor in a Well-Balanced Mind

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Ellen Parish explains how to cultivate imagination in and out of lesson time in this vintage article from 1914. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Teaching of History to Young Children

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Ellen Parish explores the ideal and the practical elements of history study in this vintage article from 1906. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Should Children Reason?

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Elizabeth Cambridge explores the way of reason in this vintage article from 1935. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

The Brontës

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

House of Education graduate Margaret Sykes tells the story of the Brontës in this Scale How Tuesday from 1920. Read by Leah Boden. Show notes page.

The Cure of a Mental Habit

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

A reader of the Parents’ Review shares her personal testimony in this vintage article from 1891. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

“God with Us” as the Lost Tool of Education

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Sara Timothy revisits the question of Charlotte Mason and the classical tradition. Show notes page.

Seed Time

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Helen Webb illuminates the relationship between soil, seed, and season in the heart and life of the child in this vintage paper first published in 1914. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

Early Influences

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Helen Webb explains the role of habit, inspiration, and influence in the development of the person in this vintage paper first published in 1910. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

The Mystery of the Kingdom of God

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Rev. Francis Lewis explores the mystery of the Kingdom of God in this vintage sermon from 1920. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

Transfiguration or the Heavenly Vision

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Rev. Francis Lewis points educators toward the vision of God in this vintage sermon from 1918. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

The Nobility of Work

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Rev. Francis Lewis explores the nature and meaning of work in this vintage sermon from 1925. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

The Whole Teacher

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Educationist Joseph Allen describes the qualities of a teacher that enables him or her to teach the whole child in this vintage article from the PNEU Journal. Show notes page.

Examinations and the PNEU

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Headmaster A. V. C. Moore recounts the success of the Charlotte Mason in a preparatory school for boys in this vintage article from 1928. Show notes page.

Citizenship and Literature

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Miss B. E. Moore opens the conference on democracy and taste with her inspiring lecture on citizenship and literature in this vintage article from 1926. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

Technology: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Art Middlekauff examines the role of technology in the Charlotte Mason homeschool and family. Recorded live. Show notes page.

Something About Morris and Country Dances, Part II

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Juliet Williams discusses the history and value of folk dancing in this second vintage article with an original editor’s notes by Heidi Buschbach. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

Something About Morris and Country Dances

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Juliet Williams discusses the history and value of folk dancing in this vintage article with an original editor’s notes by Heidi Buschbach. Read by Jennifer Talsma. Show notes page.

The Story of An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Art Middlekauff traces the history of Charlotte Mason’s sixth volume and ends with an important announcement. Show notes page.

The Art of Story-Telling

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

The account of Arthur Burrell’s 1906 talk to the PNEU on the art of story-telling. Show notes page.

Recitation: The Children’s Art

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Arthur Burrell’s original paper which set the stage for the development of recitation in the Charlotte Mason method. Read by Greg Rolling. Show notes page.

A Programme for Sunday Reading

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Nancy Kelly examines the PNEU programmes for insights to inform our Sunday reading. Show notes page.

The Charlotte Mason College

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Joyce van Straubenzee describes the activities and ethos of the Charlotte Mason College during her tenure from 1938 to 1955. Read by Haley Struecker. Show notes page.

From Charlotte Mason to College and Beyond

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Antonella Greco talks to Anesley Johnson about the journey from Charlotte Mason homeschool to college and beyond. Show notes page.

The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason (6 of 6)

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT