Episode 298: Balancing Expectations
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Release Date: 04/04/2025
Episode 327: Citizenship Part 5, Closing Thoughts
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
As we close our series on citizenship, we hope you'll join us on today’s podcast for a discussion of practical questions we often hear. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!)
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Episode 326: Citizenship Part 4, Forms 5-6
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
What do high school Citizenship lessons look like in the Charlotte Mason method? How do these lessons prepare children for the rest of their lives? On today’s podcast, we're discussing these questions and more, so stay tuned. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!) Ourselves by Charlotte Mason ( or Amazon - and ) *Video for this particular episode was lost, so on YouTube it is an audio recording only. Thank you for understanding; we will be back on video next week!
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Episode 325: Citizenship Part 3, Forms 3 & 4
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Is Plutarch all there is to Citizenship? Not at all. Middle school students in Forms 3-4 take up the definite study of their local, state, and national government, as well as turn their attention upon themselves to learn how they are capable of engaging the world and their neighbors. Tune in to the podcast today to hear more. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!) Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, trans. by Thomas North* Anne White's Plutarch Project ( or free on ) Ourselves by Charlotte Mason ( or Amazon - and ) Atlases (discussed in...
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Episode 324: Citizenship Part 2, Form 2
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
What in the world is a Plutarch lesson, and why is Plutarch an important part of a Charlotte Mason curriculum? Join us in today’s podcast episode to learn about upper elementary Citizenship lessons and learn why this ancient biographer plays a crucial role. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!) by Beesly Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, trans. by Thomas North* Anne White's Plutarch Project ( or free on ) Atlases mentioned: Ancient and Classical Geography* Rand McNally's Atlas of the Ancient World, ed. by RR Palmer* Muir's...
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Episode 323: Citizenship Part 1, Introduction
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
The study of Plutarch's lives is a distinctive part of a Charlotte Mason curriculum. But why did she insist on reading these verbose biographies of ancient Greek and Roman leaders? In today’s podcast we'll discuss the principles of the subject of Citizenship and learn why Plutarch is relevant for today's students. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!)
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Episode 322: Voices from the Conference - Distinguished Difficulties by Cathy McKay
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Today’s podcast episode is part of our occasional series, Voices from the Conference. We use these episodes to highlight one of the speakers or ideas that came out of last year’s conference. Today Cathy McKay will be sharing her plenary talk “Distinguished Difficulties” with us. Enjoy! Distinguished Difficulties plenary
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Episode 321: Voices from the Conference - Reading the Volumes by Morgan Conner
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Today’s podcast episode is part of our occasional series, Voices from the Conference. We will be sharing with you Morgan Conner’s talk from this past year's ADE @ Home Virtual Conference on reading Charlotte Mason’s volumes. Enjoy! Charlotte Mason volumes
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Episode 320: Literature Part 6, Closing Thoughts
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
How can I get my kids to read these types of books if they've not been Charlotte Mason educated from the beginning? Where can I combine my children to make our schedule better? How do I know that they are getting anything out of their reading? In today's podcast we are addressing these questions and more as we wrap up our literature series. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!)
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Episode 319: Literature Part 5, Forms 5-6
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Today, we are talking about the highest level of Charlotte Mason Literature lessons in high school. How do they differ from earlier levels? What sorts of books are assigned? Stay tuned to learn more. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!)
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Episode 318: Literature Part 4, Forms 3-4
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
If you've been following along, you might be thinking, what more can we add to literature lessons during middle and high school? Well, join us today to take a look at grades seven through nine literature lessons in the Charlotte Mason curriculum. Charlotte Mason, Volume 6 () ( - use code DELECTABLE for 10% off!) by HE Marshall by Thomas Bullfinch Shakespeare ( and Editions)
info_outlineOften when we encounter a difficulty in our Charlotte Mason education, the problem lies not in the books and materials, but rather in a mismatch between our expectations and the reality we see before us. In this episode of the podcast, we explore the unbalanced expectations we consciously and unconsciously embrace that are at odds with the outcomes Charlotte Mason expected. In returning to the principles of our educational method, we can find balance, and thereby, peace.
"If we realise that the mind and knowledge are like two members of a ball and socket joint, two limbs of a pair of scissors, fitted to each other, necessary to each other and acting only in concert, we shall understand that our function as teachers is to supply children with the rations of knowledge which they require; and that the rest, character and conduct, efficiency and ability...take care of themselves." (6/241)
"We need not ask what the girl or boy likes. She very often likes the twaddle of goody-goody storybooks, he like condiments, highly-spices tales of adventure. We are all capable of liking mental food of a poor quality." (3/168)
"It is a wide progamme founded on the educational rights of man; wide, but we may not say it is impossible nor may we pick and choose and educate him in this direction but not that...Our part it seems to me is to give a child a vital hold upon as many as possible of those relationships proper to him." (6/157)
"Therefore, if the business of teaching be to furnish the child with ideas, any teaching which does not leave him possessed of a new mental image has, by so far, missed its mark. It is not too much to say that a morning in which a child receives no new idea is a morning wasted, however closely the little student has been kept at his books." (1/173)"If it is the best a child can do and shows interest and effort, then it is satisfactory or 'good'" (Exam Pamphlet)
Episode 272: CM on Children Liking Their Books
Notes of Lessons: Sample lessons from CM trained teachers in her training college
Episode 233: Method of Lessons
Examination and the P.U.S.Pamphlet
ADE's Exam Planner: A Teacher Help for preparing and executing exams for all Form Levels