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A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastBalancing Life Outside of School As Charlotte Mason Homeschoolers, we all know the challenge it is to find balance in all the other parts of life besides our school lessons. With so many priorities and responsibilities, it is imperative that we continue to evaluate and seek to find balance in our lives. In this podcast episode Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss the challenges, mistakes, and tips they have for balancing relationships, home responsibilities, service, and ministry opportunities. CM Simple Languages www.livingbookpress.com Use code "delectable" at check out to receive 10% off your order
2025-05-0247 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastADE Book Club--Ruth by Elizabeth GaskellCharlotte Mason firmly believed that novels are our greatest teachers, hence why she included them as a major serving in the feast that nourishes our children's education. This episode was recorded live at the ADE At Home conference, February 7, 2025, with Nicole, Emily, and Liz leading a discussion with attendees who had read the book and come to what they gleaned from Miss Gaskell's groundbreaking and somewhat controversial novel, Ruth. If you have read the book, you will enjoy listening to what we all gleaned from this story, and if you have not, you will be inspired to read it.
2025-03-0744 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastADE Book Club Discussion -- Vanity FairCharlotte Mason firmly believed that novels are our greatest teachers, hence why she included them as a major serving in the feast that nourishes our children's education. This episode was recorded live at the ADE At Home conference, February 2, 2024, with Nicole, Emily, and Liz leading a discussion with attendees who had read the book and come to contribute what they had been taught by William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel Vanity Fair. If you have read the book, you will revel in the myriad messages this book conveyed to us all, and if you have not, you will be inspired...
2024-03-011h 00A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastGaining IndependenceAs home educators trying to spread the wide feast of a Charlotte Mason education for multiple children, we feel the need to have our students working independently. But how do we get them there? Join Liz, Nicole, and Emily as they discuss the rewards and challenges with practical advice for how to help our children grow in independence--in school lessons and beyond. "As we have already urged, there is but one right way, that is, children must do the work for themselves. They must read the given pages and tell what t...
2024-02-0242 min
Plumfield MomsLibrarian Notices: Covenant Family Library in West VirginiaI got in touch with Liz and Emily Cottrill (now Emily Kiser) and asked how to get started. They got me connected to the Yahoo group for private lending libraries (now at groups.io), where I became acquainted with Kristi Stansfield, who got me started going to the Booksaver warehouse sales in Hagerstown. I attended the local homeschool conference in 2014 as a vendor: “Hello! I’m going to have this library in the fall. . . It’s going to be great. . . No, you can’t see it yet.”
We set up bookcases at one end of our walk-in basement, the end...
2023-10-1205 min
Plumfield MomsLibrary Ladies: Meet Liz Cottrill and Emily Kiser of Living Books Library
Liz and Emily's podcast, A Delectable Education
Simply Charlotte Mason Video of Liz and Emily's Library
Jan Bloom's book, Who Should We Then Read
Michelle Howard interview
Five in a Row book list
Library Lady, Kathleen Seeger interview
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
2023-08-2256 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastWhat Does it Mean to "Trust the Method"?The theme of this season of A Delectable Education: Charlotte Mason Podcast is "Trust the Method." But what does that mean? Are we just supposed to blindly follow a dead woman's advice from the 19th Century? Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss these questions and more to help set the stage for the year to come, starting with "Why are you choosing to educate your children in the first place?" "The object of this organisation is not merely to raise the standard of work in the schoolroom. Our chief wish is that pupils should find knowledge...
2023-08-1845 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastAfternoons (Re-Release) Charlotte Mason recommended "afternoon occupations" and instructions about them were included in her programmes. Are there particular occupations, specified times and occurrences, and how much does the parent need to superintend these occupations? These and all questions involving afternoon was the focus of the original episode being re-aired, which includes a preliminary conversation from this year about clarifying particulars and eight years more experience of Nicole, Emily, and Liz. "Then comes 3:45 when the children have an hour's work before tea—handicrafts, singing, painting, picture study are the type of lessons given at...
2023-04-0751 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Your Community: Learning in CommunityWhat do it look like do use the Charlotte Mason Method with a group of students? Kelsi Rea joins the ADE ladies today to explain how she went about developing her Charlotte Mason school. Her enthusiasm is contagious and has led to her consulting with dozens of others with the desire to open schools, as well as co-ops. Charlotte Mason In Community Kelsi Rea's Website Emily's succinct description of Charlotte Mason's Method (to get you started coming up with yours) Heritage...
2023-03-1739 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastADE Book Club--The Scent of WaterCharlotte Mason firmly believed that novels are our greatest teachers, hence why she included them as a major serving in the feast that nourishes our children's education. This episode was recorded live at the ADE At Home conference, February 3, 2023, with Nicole, Emily, and Liz leading a discussion with attendees who had read the book and come to contribute what they had been taught by Elizabeth Goudge's novel The Scent of Water. If you have read the book, you will revel in the myriad messages this book conveyed to us all, and if you have not, you will be inspired...
2023-03-0353 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Your Community: LessonsFor this installment of our ongoing series, CM in Your Community, we are focusing on all the materials available for CM lessons! Mathematics was not a subject Charlotte Mason spoke about a lot, but it was essential, and she thought it beautiful. If you need help in leading your student through upper level math, today's Charlotte Mason in Community interview with Tabitha Wirges and Julie Ryle will prove to be a tremendous encouragement. Listen to two very experienced homeschool moms walk through the mountainous land of algebra and geometry and their contribution toward making this a less daunting task.
2023-02-1740 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastFamily Read AloudsBooks are not just for school lessons, but as Charlotte Mason concurred, family read-aloud time is essential to the education of a child. Listen in as Emily, Nicole, and Liz reminisce about their own experiences and share an abundance of suggestions for how to make family reading part of your family culture.
2023-01-0627 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastHome ManagementA Charlotte Mason education requires a lot of time and effort on the part of the teacher to prepare the best feast for the children. How does the parent also manage all the needs of daily life in the home at the same time? Listen to Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss home management while homeschooling for some wisdom gained from their own experience.
2022-09-0242 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 243: Scheduling HandicraftsThis new episode on handicrafts contains further revelation on Charlotte Mason's purpose and approach to handicrafts. Emily, Nicole, and Liz, as always, draw out the practical application for this crucial, seemingly complicated, and vital part of the feast. Whether you are crafty or inept, there is wise advice for implementation here.
2022-08-1943 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastIntro to Season 8Welcome to Season Eight! Emily, Nicole, and Liz are delighted to bring you up to date on new helps for teaching being offered at A Delectable Education's site, events to look forward to, and an overview of the great things you can expect in the coming school year on the podcast as they continue to share the riches of the Charlotte Mason feast.
2022-08-0521 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastSeasonal ReflectionsCharlotte Mason encouraged the habit of gratitude. This end-of-year season wrap-up episode is a collection of testimonials from mothers who have experienced the benefits of her method. Emily, Liz, and Nicole are encouraging every mother, before the books are tossed aside for the year, to take time to reflect on the past year of lessons. If you want to end the year with a song instead of a sigh, listen to be reminded of all that's good.
2022-05-2726 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCharlotte Mason MathAs with every subject, Charlotte Mason's method starts with ideas and continues with natural instruction according to her principles. Math is no exception. Guests Emily Al-Khatib and Heather Schultz unpack the underlying principles of Charlotte Mason's approach to math and reveal a glimpse of the beauty and truth that will be revealed as Miss Mason's method is applied to mathematics. Emily, Liz, and Nicole touch on the most common questions, concerns, fears, and perplexities teachers have about math with these enthusiastic math teachers.
2022-05-131h 07A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastHandling Bad AttitudesCharlotte Mason's counsel on education extends beyond academics to sound parenting advice. It's wonderful to come to the feast, but what if the learners at the table have such bad attitudes that it spoils the meal? Liz, Emily, and Nicole discuss the reality of facing the challenges of children with bad attitudes and ways of dealing with them.
2022-04-0857 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastADE Book Club: Peace Like a RiverCharlotte Mason set her method firmly on the power of narrative. This episode is the book discussion of a novel from 2001: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Miss Mason kept up with current literature and said "our novels are our teachers." This beautiful, symbolic, realistic, and panoramic novel is an excellent teacher. Emily, Nicole, and Liz have a grand time unwrapping some aspects that reveal some of its wonders.
2022-02-1142 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEducation Is...Charlotte Mason made several statements that began, "Education is…" This episode teases out many of her definitions of education. Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss her perspective on education and how it applies to us today.
2021-12-1044 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMastery Before Moving OnDid Charlotte Mason advocate the common notion of "mastery before moving on?" Liz, Emily, and Nicole discuss this popular idea and, based on Miss Mason's principles, the cases when moving on with or without mastery of a subject are beneficial for the student.
2021-11-0557 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastSeason 7 TrailerAnother season of Charlotte Mason episodes is around the corner. Want to know what series we will be doing, what new projects we have to offer, and what to expect? Emily, Nicole, and Liz give some sneak previews.
2021-09-0322 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastShort Topics #6This Charlotte Mason podcast episode addresses three short topics: the lists of attainments for six and 12-year-olds, what age is right to start school, and memorization. Liz, Emily, and Nicole each tackle one of these and gives you the short and simple advice from Charlotte Mason.
2021-07-2333 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastOurselves, Part III: LoyaltyThis episode on the series covering Charlotte Mason's volume Ourselves addresses one aspect of the portion of "The House of Heart," namely, loyalty. What do love and loyalty have to do with one another? How does awareness of loyalty affect our life? Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss this topic, relevant for our students as well as their teachers.
2021-05-1437 min
Elevate Yourself10. Two Personal Trainers One Podcast With Karli ThulThis episode was a motivational insight into what it takes to build your own business and all of the challenges that come along with it. Karli Thul dives deep into her background with sports, fitness, and a tragic car accident. She now uses these past experiences to push herself and her business to new heights. It is so refreshing to talk with another woman that has such an intense drive and focus for success and helping people reach and exceed their goals. The process of reaching your goals is all a part of the journey and having a positive...
2021-04-2642 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastThe Work and Aims of the P.U.S.For those who try to wrap their mind about the enormous feast Charlotte Mason offered in her curriculum, today's episode is a treasure. Emily, Nicole, and Liz read for you a hundred-year-old article that was once presented for the very purpose of giving interested educators an overview of this educational model. Enjoy listening and reading it yourself, then explore valuable links to guide you into more valuable nuggets.
2021-04-2430 minElevate Yourself9. Designing, Building & Dropshipping With Kyle BorawskiEver wonder who is behind some of your favorite brands that you shop from online? Kyle Borawski has been perfecting his craft to master his skills in dropshipping and social media marketing ever since his senior year in college. Fast forward to today, Kyle has built multiple online brands and has had a great amount of success. Listen in to hear all about Kyles day to day life, dropshipping advice, selecting a winning product, Elon Musk talks, and more.
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2021-03-1844 minElevate Yourself8. Q&A With My BoyfriendHi guys! Last week, I posted a story on my Instagram asking my followers to send in questions they had for my boyfriend and I. This was a really fun podcast to record and we had a lot of laughs doing it. I have been getting lots of requests to have him on, so I am glad we were able to give it a go. Please let me know what your thoughts are and if you would like to hear from him again in a future episode. I apologize if we did not get to your question. Thank...
2021-01-1221 minElevate Yourself7. The Skincare Help You NEED...In today's episode, I have a very special guest on to talk about all things skincare. This special guest is a licensed esthetician, skincare professional, and my amazing mother, Chrystal Cottrill. I asked my Instagram following for any kind of skin questions that they had and I would have Chrystal answer them to the best of her ability. I hope you guys enjoy this podcast and feel free to reach out with any questions. Check out my mom's skincare website: www.mygloskin.com and my fitness website: www.emilycottrill.com and use NEWYEAR2021 for 20% off all plans and programs. Enjoy!
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2021-01-0233 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastPersonal Daily Bible ReadingThis Christmas Day episode is a discussion of Bible reading, a subject found in Charlotte Mason's programs, but was for the child's personal Bible reading. Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss why this is an important habit for our children and how we can encourage our children in their own Bible reading.
2020-12-2531 minElevate Yourself6. What makes you feel alive?Does anyone actually read these descriptions? Just in case you do, this episode is all about finding motivations to push yourself out of a slump. It will help you find ways to get back on your feet and ready to conquer the world. Feeling down is an emotion that is apart of everyone's life. It is essential to know how to get yourself back to feeling great, doing what you love, and being happy where you are. Let's get into it.
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2020-12-0719 minElevate Yourself5. Starting Your Own Clothing Line with Alex DegensteinA motivational insight on what it takes to build your own business while chasing your dream. We are at the perfect age right now that allows us to take chances, make mistakes, but more importantly chase after your passion. Alex Degenstein, the owner of Prestige Fitness Co., joins us today on Elevate Yourself. We talk about the process of building an online clothing brand, marketing techniques, style decisions, and having a supportive group of people around you. Being around individuals that motivate you and pitch ideas to help your business and add to your thought process is one...
2020-11-2339 minElevate Yourself4. Ditch Your Boring Gym Routine...In this episode, I am talking about my experience and knowledge as a Personal Trainer. Going into detail about past clients, training techinques, my fitness background, and nutrition tips to help you along the way. I also touch on how gym routines can get old after a while and how your body truly benefits from a change in your structure of workouts and in training styles.
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2020-11-1621 minElevate Yourself3. A Dream Job - with Nick BalestracciWhat is it like to work alongside one of the biggest, most well-known zookeepers in The United States? Nick Balestracci is the creative content coordinator for the Myrtle Beach Safari. We go into great detail about Nick's dream job and how he got there. Learning about the celebrities and influencers that Nick has met on the job, but also the important connections he has made along the way. We also discuss the Tiger King Documentary and other Zookeepers like Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin.
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2020-11-0956 minElevate Yourself2. Diving Deep into Relationships & FriendshipsIn this episode, I am talking about what it takes to be in a healthy relationship with your boyfriend/girlfriend and all of the challenges that individuals face in today's society. From a not caring attitude and scared to express feelings to giving effort and opening up towards the world. Relationships and friendships can be tough, but it is all about having shared respect for each other to maintain that special bond. Can you trust your closest friends? Let's find out.
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2020-11-0220 min
Elevate Yourself1. A New ChapterWelcome to my first ever episode on Elevate Yourself. In this particular episode, I am introducing myself and giving a bit of background information to lead up to the present day of where I am physically, mentally, and emotionally. Talking about all things moving through the different stages of life and the changes/challenges that you experience. Making peace with being alone and spending time with the best person possible, yourself. This show is a way to spread positive vibes and help others feel motivated to reach their best self.
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2020-10-2625 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastShort Synopsis Points 1-4Charlotte Mason summed up her underpinning principles of education in a few succinct points. This episode is the first in a series that will take a related group of principles and unfold them one by one. Find a friend or share with your study group to discuss the questions after listening to the content and thinking through the accompanying questions.
2020-08-1455 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastNews! Announcements! Managing A CM LifeCharlotte Mason's method of education creeps into our entire lives as educators--not just school time. This podcast is entering its sixth season and we celebrate this landmark number and beginning of season by reviewing and reflecting on a number of topics. We take a brief look back on our time together so far, changes the COVID circumstance has made on our own lives, share some news, some plans for the future personally and on the podcast, announce coming opportunities and ideas for our listeners, and wind up with tips for surviving the constant juggling of home, work, and schooling a...
2020-08-071h 34A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMulti-Age Math ImmersionThis immersion lesson demonstrates how to combine children of different ages and levels of learning during a single math lesson with Charlotte Mason's method of teaching. Emily Al-Khatib and her three sons give a dynamic picture of how a sunshiny atmosphere, order and discipline, and living ideas make math a productive and enjoyable lesson together.
2020-07-031h 02A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Our Homes: Matthew MillinerCharlotte Mason is to be thanked for introducing young children to the beauty of art in school lessons. This episode of Charlotte Mason in our homes is an interview with Matthew Milliner, art history professor at Wheaton, College, whose children are being taught at home with Miss Mason's method and who is learning to apply her pedagogy in his college classroom.
2020-05-221h 02A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastChildren's GatheringsCharlotte Mason's vision for children spread throughout the world. A special celebration called "The Children's Gathering" occurred a few times, a holy holiday for experiencing learning together, including with parents and teachers. This episode explores highlights of the camaraderie experienced there as they worshiped, studied, played, danced, paraded, displayed and explored the treasures of the surrounding countryside in a lovely kaleidoscopic, nostalgic, and inspirational picture.
2020-05-0856 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastShort Topics #3Charlotte Mason's method of education impacts our lives on many levels. This episode of short topics includes ideas for collections from our physical world, ideas for getting more out of books beyond the usual narration that expands our intellectual world, and some of the many, many benefits we who use her method have in common with others that we would not have shared before to widen our social world.
2020-04-2449 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCurrent EventsThe feast Charlotte Mason spread for the children included generous portions of history, geography, and modern language, but in the upper forms the news of the day was another important aspect for study. How do we navigate the current events in our turbulent, partisan, and often shocking times? Liz, Emily, and Nicole discuss the purpose of current events in the program, as well as sources of news and applications of world events in the education of our children.
2020-04-1050 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM In Our Homes: Caroline ChermelyCharlotte Mason did not limit persons and knew the scope of a child's education was limitless in its potential for each individual. This episode of Charlotte Mason in Our Homes interviews Caroline Chermely whose son was born at 25 weeks causing multiple deficiencies and life-long limitations. Two terms of a Charlotte Mason approach has resulted in undeniable growth and possibilities now. Whether you personally must cope with a child having "special needs," or not, this mom shares ideas with immense lessons and ramifications for every child applicable in every home.
2020-03-2727 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastThe Interdependence of a CM CurriculumDid Charlotte Mason have a rhyme or reason to her broad and varied feast or, was it just a collection of unrelated topics? Far from a mishmash, the more the whole feast is pursued, in all its varied subjects, the more it all fits as a whole. Emily, Liz, and Nicole have an animated conversation exploring just how connected this wide feast really is.
2020-03-1348 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastADE Book Club: MiddlemarchNot only did Charlotte Mason include abundant novel reading in her curriculum feast and reference novels and characters from them continuously throughout her own writing, but she believed they were valuable for everyone--not just students. This week's episode is a book discussion of Middlemarch by George Eliot, a novel she references and an author she admired. Whether you have read this novel or not, join in to hear not just what we thought of it, but how it reveals much about our Charlotte Mason education.
2020-02-2840 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastThe Home StoryToday's episode is a talk given by Liz at several conferences and events. She discusses the role parents play in the lives of their children--a topic much discussed by Charlotte Mason. We hope you enjoy this talk and are challenged and encouraged by the wisdom Miss Mason has to offer us parents.
2020-02-141h 03A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastPicture StudyCharlotte Mason included the study of great works of art in her regular school curriculum. This episode explores the many options for making picture study and picture talk more robust, richer, and engaging for your children with examples and ideas straight from the P.N.E.U.--ideas beyond just "look and tell."
2020-01-2440 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastTime to TalkCharlotte Mason insisted the teacher not take a "front and center" role, warned against the "talky-talky" teacher, etc. This episode addresses when it is appropriate for the teacher to explain, question, and even present the "oral lesson."
2020-01-1032 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastShort Topics #2This Charlotte Mason episode is a brief look into some important, but less talked of subjects. Nicole briefly discusses the natural history lists, what kind, why, and how they are kept; Emily shares about the scope of this curriculum--is it broad or deep; and Liz discusses the importance of the preschool years and what we must guard for the younger children.
2019-12-2730 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Our Homes: Jessica in SE AsiaThis episode is an interview with Jessica in southeast Asia as part of our Charlotte Mason in Our Homes series. Living and teaching with this method in another culture presents special challenges, but also provides exceptional benefits and blessings. The setting is different, but this mother's joys and hardships are common to us all.
2019-11-2232 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMethod of LessonsThis Charlotte Mason podcast is an immensely realistic and practical guide for the teacher. Liz, Emily, and Nicole share what Charlotte Mason's principles for lesson preparation and planning are, then discuss how to make it happen. What should we as teachers be spending our time on behind the scenes, before the lessons? What is actually required of us to make lessons successful and what is not? These and other daily tasks for smoothing the school days are unpacked in this conversation.
2019-11-0851 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastShort Topics #1The range of subjects related to a Charlotte Mason education is immense. Nicole, Emily, and Liz each focus on one topic or aspect of her education in this episode: museums, examination rubrics, and what is meant by a "thinking curriculum." Enjoy three summaries of these widely varied topics.
2019-10-2533 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastReading & Writing ReadinessThis episode discusses what Charlotte Mason advised for the early years, before formal school lessons, in the areas of reading and writing. Emily, Liz, and Nicole share from her writings, the Parents' Review, and their own life experience about when the appropriate time is to begin these skills, how not to push, but how to encourage a young child to prepare them and make the most of their natural interest.
2019-10-1134 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Our Homes: Ryan MorganThis installment of "Charlotte Mason in Our Home" is an interview with Ryan Morgan, mother of five, wife of a frequently deployed husband, who has educated with Charlotte Mason's method through thick and thin and has not found her method wanting. Ryan's story is inspirational and praiseworthy. Whether you are just beginning, or a veteran, listen and be encouraged that this education is truly life-giving.
2019-09-2750 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastVisualizationCharlotte Mason understood a fundamental skill persons have in learning: visualization. Emily, Liz, and Nicole focus this week's discussion on how Ms. Mason utilized this ability in children to maximize learning across the curriculum.
2019-09-1351 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastSol Fa Immersion LessonMs. Mason believed everyone could and should learn to sing. She employed the technique of the Sol Fa method to aid in this study. This week's immersion lesson is a demonstration of the process with examples of two lessons in two different forms.
2019-08-2322 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastPicture Study ImmersionHave you ever wondered how Picture Study may change in the older Forms? Perhaps your Picture Studies have fallen into a rut and you'd like to bring more variety into these lessons. Join Emily and Nicole in today's episode as they demonstrate one possible variation for this distinctly Charlotte Mason lesson.
2019-08-0916 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastRecitation ImmersionThis week's immersion lesson is recitation. Nicole does real life lessons with her daughters, two of them in fact. Learn about the breathing lessons used in upper forms and how a child is encouraged to read poetry beautifully by listening as you listen in to their lessons.
2019-07-2618 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastPlutarch ImmersionThis week's immersion lesson demonstrates a Plutarch lesson. Nicole and her two daughters, forms III and IV, share their classroom experience with us, which reveals why Miss Mason considered this to be such an instructive lesson for young people and why they enjoy it so much
2019-07-1221 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMap Questions ImmersionThis week's immersion lesson demonstrates the use of "map questions," in the geography lesson. We know that maps are important, but in what way were maps utilized in the lesson? What sorts of questions were presented to the student in the regular map questions lesson and what about that puzzling "10-minute map exercise" lesson.
2019-06-2823 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastForm IA Reading Lesson ImmersionCharlotte Mason acknowledged that teaching reading can feel like moving at a snail's pace, but that children love making progress. In this demonstration of a reading lesson, Maelle understands how to read, but is still building her fund of recognized words. Emily works with her in a short reading lesson in one example of how we can help our young reader get another step further down the road to independence.
2019-06-1411 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastHabit Training"Education, said Charlotte Mason, is an "atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." Habit formation, the discipline, is fundamental to our function as persons. Miss Mason offers descriptions of habit formation as well as counsel on habit training. Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss the essentials for building those habits that make for "the good life."
2019-04-121h 00A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMethod vs. SystemIt is not an exaggeration to say that understanding the ideas in this Charlotte Mason podcast is the most important piece of knowledge you can gain as a teacher and parent. Liz, Emily, and Nicole focus on Miss Mason's use of method rather than system in education. It is a way of seeing the child, his education, and discipleship that brings life rather than fixed results.
2019-04-0541 min
Bestowing The BrushMemory Drawing with Emily KiserIn this episode, Emily Kiser and I talk about an often underused or misunderstood tool in drawing lessons in P.U.S. schools - Memory Drawing. Emily did a systematic look through the P. R. programmes and found out just how foundational and crucial this exercise is within a Charlotte Mason education. Listen in to hear about how training in this area harmonizes with and supports many aspects of a person's education and artistic abilities!Find Emily Kiser's work here:A Delectable Education podcast: http://www.adelectableeducation.com/A.D...
2019-03-2838 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastA Math Teacher's Thoughts on CM MathCharlotte Mason grounded her educational method on definite principles and practices--and the subject of mathematics is no exception. Today's guest, Emily Al-Khatib is a math teacher herself and shares her perspective on the beauty and truth of using Miss Mason's methods in this part of the feast.
2019-03-0845 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Our Homes: Amy FieldsCharlotte Mason believed children are born persons and this podcast honors a very special person and her family. Liz Cottrill interviews Amy Fields, mother of a "full care child," whose handicaps seem insurmountable but whose spirit is indomitable. Enjoy this interview to hear how Charlotte Mason's method applies to a child the world would consider uneducable.
2019-02-1528 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCM in Our Homes: LaShawne ThomasCharlotte Mason valued the child, and the mother, and this week's podcast episode reveals why. Emily interviews LaShawne Thomas who describes her journey from a full-time professional career, to homeschooling; from Montessori to Charlotte Mason; from one military assignment to the next--homeschooling all the way. Does Charlotte Mason's method suit every situation?
2019-01-1840 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMappingCharlotte Mason thought geography a vital subject in the feast, but where do maps fit into the lessons and what are the most effective ways to use them? Emily unpacks her most recent research and dispels some popular myths about map work.
2018-12-1443 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastGod in the Laboratory: A Discussion with Art MiddlekauffCharlotte Mason has given us a method of education. What does this imply? Was it based on tradition? science? natural or divine law? And, what in all practical use, do these questions have to do with the day-in and day-out teaching of our children. How much do we consider the evidence of modern research and measurement in determining our curriculum or our teaching techniques? Join the rousing discussion between our friend, Art Middlekauff, and Emily, Nicole, and Liz as we wrestle with the true goal of education and the push and pull of modern convictions.
2018-11-301h 06A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastWhen the Feast is Too Much This month's Charlotte Mason podcast question for us is asked so often in so many forms that the entire episode is devoted to it. Multiple questions are summed up in "Am I failing? What if I'm not doing things perfectly, not doing it all, leaving out subjects, don't know what I'm doing, can't figure it all out, am avoiding subjects...should I give up?" Emily, Liz and Nicole share Miss Mason's counsel, Biblical encouragement, and their own honest experiences.
2018-10-2642 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastLive from Charlotte Mason Soiree Retreat Q&AThis Charlotte Mason podcast episode is a special edition of our monthly Q&A. In March, 2018, down in the deep south, Art Middlekauff, Richele Baburina, Nicole, Emily, and Liz gathered with parents from across the country for the Charlotte Mason Soiree annual retreat. Questions were collected from the attendees and addressed to these five speakers and recorded live.
2018-09-281h 00A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastShakespeare Immersion LessonThis Charlotte Mason podcast episode is a live Shakespeare lesson. Open your own copy of Coriolanus if you wish and listen and follow along with Emily, Liz, and Nicole as they conduct a lesson and have a brief discussion of some of the teacher's concerns in Shakespeare lessons.
2018-08-1728 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastScoutingThis Charlotte Mason podcast episode concerns an important pursuit in education outside of "school" lessons: scouting. Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss how scouting became part of the child's experience in the P.N.E.U. and what possibilities it holds for children in our century.
2018-07-0629 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastForm I Bible Immersion LessonThis Charlotte Mason podcast is the first in our summer series of immersion lessons. Listen in while Emily teaches a Bible lesson and Liz and Nicole narrate in a simulated lesson, and afterward as they discuss some particulars relevant to Bible lessons for elementary children.
2018-06-0121 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastCharlotte Mason FathersThis Charlotte Mason education podcast episode is a group interview with a most significant and influential person in a child's life: the fathers. Emily's husband, Jono Kiser, discusses with four dads concerning their understanding, involvement, and role in the education of their children.
2018-05-181h 03A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastLiving Books LibraryCharlotte Mason knew a child's education was secured once he entered into "living books," the heart of her educational method, and the wellspring of ideas to feed the minds of persons. This week's podcast episode is a candid conversation about what led Emily and Liz to begin Living Books Library. Enjoy the history and be inspired to build your own collection as they rhapsodize on their favorite subject, the books, and the children who love them.
2018-05-0443 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastTowards an Authentic InterpretationCharlotte Mason's method of education was taught over a hundred years ago and A Delectable Education's podcast this week reiterates its relevance for the twenty-first century educator and student. After an introduction by Emily, Liz, and Nicole stating their reasons for holding to Mason's philosophy, Art Middlekoff reads his own criteria for determining which new ideas and applications are authentic to her method and how and why to dismiss those that are not.
2018-04-0631 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastNotebooks and Paperwork, Part 2This podcast episode on Charlotte Mason's method is the second part for discussion of paperwork and notebooks. In particular, Emily addresses all the things that help our children keep track of history chronology, and Liz and Nicole share ways they have managed the organization of papers and notebooks throughout the years.
2018-02-0932 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastNotebooks and Paperwork, Part IThis Charlotte Mason education podcast focuses on the papers, the recordings, and drawings--all the reproductions of knowledge in the making. In particular, Liz, Nicole, and Emily address the explicitly described or preserved examples of various notebooks Mason's students used from which we can glean ideas to benefit our own students today.
2018-02-0253 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastListener Q&A #23This week's Charlotte Mason podcast episode is another Q&A session with Liz, Nicole, and Emily, notably: is it okay to start a Mason education midyear? are the special studies books too simple and deameaning to our child's intelligence? and what about a passage in Mason's writings that contradicts ideas she shares in other places?
2018-01-2624 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastMasterly InactivityCharlotte Mason encouraged a practice called "Masterly Inactivity." Emily, Liz, and Nicole discuss what this is, why it is important, and how in the world a mother actually manages to balance law and freedom in her home.
2018-01-1245 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastBible Lesson for the Upper Forms with Saviour of the WorldThe Savior of the World, Charlotte Mason's seven-volume poetic rendering of the Gospels, was part of the Bible lesson in her curriculum for forms III-VI. Liz, Emily, and Nicole become the students as their guest teacher, Art Middlekauff, leads an immersion class to demonstrate how the Savior of the World was incorporated in a lesson.
2017-12-2243 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastArt StudiesThis podcast episode describes why, to Charlotte Mason, art was a living, breathing part of life and, hence, the curriculum. How do we open the doors to beauty and truth found in art as teachers? When and how do we progress in an orderly fashion? This episode also includes guidance for the mother with little art background herself. "But any sketch of the history teaching in Forms V and VI in a given period depends upon a notice of the 'literature' set...and where it is possible, the architecture, painting, etc., which the...
2017-11-1021 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastDrawingDrawing was an essential component of the Charlotte Mason feast of subjects, and this podcast episode describes her purpose for including this skill. If drawing intimidates or paralyzes you because of your own feelings of incompetence to instruct, Emily offers practical tips for opening the world of expression through drawing for your children of all ages. "It is only what we have truly seen that we can truly reproduce, hence, observation is enormously trained by art teaching. Personally, I believe every living soul can learn to draw from actual objects, if the eye...
2017-11-0345 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastReading Charlotte MasonThis podcast episode explores Charlotte Mason's Home Education series, the six volumes written to thoroughly explain her educational principles and practices. Join Emily Kiser in an interview with Morgan Conner as they describe the value and special characteristics of each volume individually, and where to begin in our own journey through the information-packed pages so essential to our knowledge and success as home educators.
2017-09-0846 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 81: Sloyd, An Interview with Brittney McGannCharlotte Mason was a proponent of the instruction in Sloyd. What is it, and when and how is it taught? Emily interviews guest Brittney McGann, who has researched the topic and practiced this subject in her home and has many practical tips to share and resources to recommend.
2017-05-1934 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 47: Interview with Leah Boden This week's podcast illuminates the Charlotte Mason method as it is being practiced in its country of origin: The United Kingdom. Emily interviews, Leah Boden, who discovered Mason and has been implementing her method in her own life and, like us, is working to support and encourage home educators in the knowledge and practice of Charlotte Mason. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome Handbook of Nature Study Our...
2016-09-2328 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 43: Listener Q&A #7 This week's Charlotte Mason podcast is another Q&A session with Emily, Nicole, and Liz. It is inevitable, as we implement the feast, that questions of presentation and content arise about details not mentioned in the designated episodes on those subjects, and here are some of the latest ones. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without>" (Vol. 1, p. 42) "There...
2016-08-0121 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 40: Listener Q & A #6 This week's Charlotte Mason podcast addresses listener questions. Nicole, Emily, and Liz combine their wisdom and experience to address some very frequently asked concerns. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome Rascal, Sterling North Owls in the Family, Farley Mowat My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George (Contains affiliate links)
2016-07-0819 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 33: Scheduling a Charlotte Mason Education This Charlotte Mason podcast focuses on time management: how do we get organized to spread this feast of innumerable subjects, how do we fit everything in, and how do we manage multiple children at various levels with differing needs and subjects. Practical tips, resources, ideas, and time-tested wisdom is abundant in this conversation. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome Our Podcast Episode that talks about the Habit of Attention
2016-05-1339 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 30: The Way of the Will and The Way of Reason Charlotte Mason had two essential tools to offer children to help them regulate their own behavior. This podcast thoroughly addresses the subject that most matters in the classroom: guiding our children in acting and thinking rightly. Nicole, Liz, and Emily unfold Mason's principles of self-control, self-management, and right reasoning. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "There are two guides to moral and intellectual self-management to offer to children, which we may call 'the way of the will' and 'the way...
2016-04-2230 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 25: Listener Q & A #3 This podcast addresses common questions that arise as parents and teachers pursue knowledge of the Charlotte Mason method. Whether specific small questions, or large philosophic ones, they are common to most of us and Nicole, Emily and Liz attempt to draw from the deep well of Mason's own writings, as well as their experience in applying that wisdom, to meet the most frequent perplexities head on. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "[H]e knew that that which he beheld...
2016-03-1823 minA Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastBible 2.0The Bible is the most authoritative and ancient of all books and Mason considered its lessons to be the supreme lesson, leading most directly to knowledge of God. This podcast explores why she was of this opinion, why we must not neglect its lessons, and how those lessons should be presented.
2016-01-1848 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 12: The Chronology of History In Mason's day, the subject of history was covered differently from our common approaches to that subject today. How do the records show she managed the study of ancient through modern history in all the age levels? More important, how can we follow her principles and keep history study relevant to our day? Emily, Nicole, and Liz attempt to distill these truths in an orderly conversation that will reveal a rich feast of history for a child. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current...
2016-01-1131 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 6: Why Living Books are Essential Living books are the heart of a Mason education. Education is a life, and living books are the food the mind requires for its nourishment. Liz, Emily, and Nicole share excerpts from some living books to demonstrate the power of living ideas. They discuss some reasons why living books are the richer road to engaging a child's imagination, inspire and feed their thirst for knowledge, and why textbooks do not. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome
2015-11-0624 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 4: Three Tools of Education If education is not information, what is it? How do we as teachers feed the whole person's natural desire to know? Emily, Nicole, and Liz discuss the tools to implement in education, the motto Mason took for her teachers: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life," defining, discussing, and providing real life instances of these instruments put into practice. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome 4. These principles are limited by the respect due...
2015-10-2326 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 3: The Role of the Teacher Charlotte Mason has a unique view of the student and the way in which he learns. This episode focuses on the role of the teacher and how his responsibilities and approach to teaching likewise take on a different perspective in her method. Nicole, Emily and Liz begin with a comparison of traditional teaching qualifications versus Mason's requirements for teachers, concluding with the life-changing help every teacher has at her disposal. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "We...
2015-10-1615 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 2: Children are Born Persons Charlotte Mason's first principle of education is that "Children are born persons." This sounds simple, but Emily, Nicole, and Liz examine the complexity of this view and why it is unique in existing educational models and practices. They each share personal and practical examples of the difference such a concept makes for a child being educated in Mason's method. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "In a w...
2015-10-1216 min
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason PodcastEpisode 1: Why Use the Charlotte Mason Philosophy Emily Kiser of Living Books Library describes the purpose for this podcast series. Each of the three members of this discussion group introduces herself and explains how she became a homeschooling mother. Since the goal of this series is to explore the ideas of Charlotte Mason, each mother also shares how she became interested in Mason's educational method. Finally, a discussion of why schooling with a philosophical outlook is crucial ensues. Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome
2015-10-0916 min