Excerpted from The Holy Infancy (The Saviour of the World – Vol. 1)
by Charlotte M. Mason
Part of an epic six volume set of poetry on the life of Christ.
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Book Excerpt: Charlotte Mason on “Ideas”
Excerpted and adapted from
Ideas and Books: The Means of Education
by Charlotte Mason
The Life of the Mind Grows Upon Ideas
Now that life, which we call education, receives only one kind of sustenance; it grows upon ideas. You may go through years of so-called ‘education’ without getting a single vital idea; and that is why many a well-fed body carries about a feeble, starved intelligence; and no society for the prevention of cruelty to children cries shame on the parents. Continue reading
Book Excerpt: Out-of-Door Geography
Excerpted and adapted with permission from The Outdoor Life of Children, Volume Two of the Charlotte Mason Topics series.
“OUT-OF-DOOR GEOGRAPHY”
Small Things May Teach Great
This pleasant earth of ours is not to be overlooked in the out-of-door education of the children. ‘How do you get time for so much?’ ‘Oh, I leave out subjects of no educational value; I do not teach geography, for instance,’ said an advanced young theorist with all sorts of certificates. Continue reading
NEW RELEASE! Ideas and Books: The Means of Education
Ideas and Books: The Means of Education
Author: Charlotte Mason
Series: Charlotte Mason Topics – Vol. 3
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Simple Pleasures Press
Released: August 27th, 2015
ISBN-10: 1508964696
ISBN-13: 978-1508964698
Foreword: Deborah Taylor-Hough
List Price: $7.99
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Teaser: New Book Coming Out in August 2015!
Book Number 3 in the Charlotte Mason Topics series will be released in August 2015. The working title is The Value of Ideas and Books. Stayed tuned for more information as we get closer to the release!
Q&A: The Saviour of the World volumes
QUESTION:
I am curious how confident you are in the accuracy of your editions of The Saviour of the World poetry by Charlotte Mason.
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Excerpt from The Outdoor Life of Children
The Child Should Be Made Familiar with Natural Objects
by Charlotte Mason
Excerpted from The Outdoor Life of Children
An Observant Child Should be Put in the Way of Things Worth Observing
But what is the use of being a ‘very observant child,’ if you are not put in the way of things worth observing? And here is the difference between the streets of a town and the sights and sounds of the country. There is plenty to be seen in a town and children accustomed to the ways of the streets become nimble-witted enough. But the scraps of information to be picked up in a town are isolated fragments; they do not hang on to anything else, nor come to anything more; the information may be convenient, but no one is the wiser for knowing which side of the street is Smith’s, and which turning leads to Thompson’s shop. Continue reading
Excerpt from The Kingdom of Heaven
Excerpted from The Kingdom of Heaven (The Saviour of the World – Vol. 3)
by Charlotte M. Mason
Part of an epic six volume set of poetry on the life of Christ.
The Passover was Nigh
The Passover was nigh; high Spring had come;
As when an army passing through a land
Leaves track of desolation, charred and sere,—
E’en so another host had passed that way
Leaving the land apulse with life and light!
Life had made her royal progress, hung her boughs
With rosy blossoms; made the waste to bloom—
Garden of flowers rich-painted, odorous; Continue reading
New Release! The Saviour of the World – Volume 3 – The Kingdom of Heaven
The Saviour of the World – Volume 3 – The Kingdom of Heaven
Author: Charlotte Mason
Released: July 9, 2015
Paperback: 184 pages
ISBN-10: 1514752999
ISBN-13: 978-1514752999
List Price:$8.99Reduced! $7.99(Reprint of a title originally published in 1908.)
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Who is Charlotte Mason?
Charlotte Mason was a British educator from the early part of the last century. Her methods and philosophies have recently experienced a resurgence—especially among American homeschooling families.
Simple Pleasures Press is pleased to be bringing Charlotte Mason’s six-volume set of poetry on the life of Christ back into print, as well as publishing the Charlotte Mason Topics series (excerpted and adapted from her original writings on the topic of education).
Mason’s emphasis on developing a lifetime love of learning was in stark contrast to the almost anti-child climate of her time.According to a World Wide Education Service (WES), pamphlet Charlotte Mason lived in an era when … Continue reading
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