S3E42: Simply Charlotte Mason with Sonya Shafer

Children learn to grow.

Charlotte Mason, Home Education Show Summary:

• Today’s guest is Sonya Shafer is a veteran homeschool mom of 4 daughters as well as a popular author and speaker and co-founder of Simply Charlotte Mason
• How Sonya first discovered Charlotte Mason
• How Sonya and her friend Karen Smith started Simply Charlotte Mason
• How Simply Charlotte Mason grew over time to cover a complete curriculum
• Why it is important for parents to have encouragement and support in home educating
• How people can pick and choose SCM resources that work together for a full course of study for the whole family
• A little about the Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series
• How Sonya has homeschooled her special needs daughter

Books and Links Mentioned:

A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola

Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison

For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Range by David Epstein

Plato’s Lemonade Stand by Tom Morris

Margin by Richard Swenson, M.D.

Know and Tell by Karen Glass

Find Cindy and Sonya:

Morning Time for Moms

Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group

Mere Motherhood Facebook Group

The Literary Life Podcast

Cindy’s Facebook

Cindy’s Instagram

Simply Charlotte Mason

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