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A September collection of small things to enjoy alone or with your students.

Registration is open and details about speaking posted for the Charlotte Mason Centenary Conference in Ambleside, England!

In celebration of our upcoming conference (in person and broadcast online) centered around Literature and the Humanities in a Charlotte Mason education, this month’

We are excited to present new branding and new websites for the Charlotte Mason Institute (CMI) and Alveary.

First shown at the CMI 2021 Conference, this video featuring Sarah Hobbs gives a glimpse at the Mason movement in Canada during the 2020-21 school year. We’re looki

Activities and opportunities to see and enjoy more around you – for yourself and/or your students. View: Fuiji, Mountains in Clear Weather — also known as “Fine ...

Charlotte Mason’s oft-quoted goal of education from her third volume School Education is: “The question is not,––how much does the youth know? when he has finished

First shown at the CMI 2021 Conference, this video featuring Susan Gunawan gives an exciting glimpseat the Mason movement taking root in Indonesia!

Activities and opportunities to see and enjoy more around you – for yourself and/or your students.

“So once someone remembers their true name, they’re cured?” Janner asked. “I wish it were so. We all forget from time to time, and so we need each other to tell us

As the Mason movement continues to grow back into classrooms (in charter schools, private schools, and various alternative models) across North America, we are exci

Helprin, Mark. A Soldier of the Great War. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1991.

Activities and opportunities to see and enjoy more around you – for yourself and/or your students.

We end this series on narration for those new to Charlotte Mason with some practical suggestions. I hope these suggestions help teachers and parents to get started

In this post I try to answer such questions as, is narration a fad; what are basic guidelines for narrations; what about preschool children; and what can parents

Narration, the practice of students telling back after a single reading what they have heard or read, is a cornerstone

Education as an atmosphere is one of Mason’s fundamental pillars for education. What are the components of education as an atmosphere?