Children should learn pictures line by line, group by group, by reading not books, but pictures

themselves, Charlotte Mason writes. At a time when colored reproductions were non-existent,

she required each student in her schools to own their own set of art prints. In this episode,

we're going to discuss how and why

to teach art appreciation in the Charlotte Mason method. Did you know what Delectable Education has

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Welcome to a delectable education, the podcast that spreads the feast of the Charlotte Mason Method.

I'm Emily Kaiser and I'm here with Nicole Williams.

Liz Katrille.

Well, not all ideas can be conveyed in words alone.

How does one communicate the glory of a sunset or the loving look a child exchanges with his mother?

We need to learn the language of images and the great artists of the world help us to do that.

In volume four, Charlotte Mason says,

There are those present with us whom God whispers in the ear,

through whom he sends a direct message to the rest.

Among these messengers are the great painters

who interpret to us some of the meanings of life.

To read their messages aright is a thing due from us.

That's kind of weighty words.

We have a duty to read the artists aright.

Nicole, why don't you try to lay out how Charlotte Mason thought we could do this with our children?

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