S6E78: Morning Time for Moms, Part 1, with Jami Marstall
03/14/24 • 42 min
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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. 186
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. 186
Previous Episode
S6E77: 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
Next Episode
S6E79: “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. 209-210If you like this episode you’ll love
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