Episode 68: Charlotte Mason Co-Ops
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Nicole Williams
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2017
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Is "co-op" a Charlotte Mason term or concept? This podcast episode addresses the pros and cons of sharing the feast with others.
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"We have still to complain that Grammar and Arithmetic are rather weak. When this has been reported more than twice under the same teacher, the parents absolutely ought to get help, in these subjects, from some teacher of a neighboring elementary school." (Parents' Review, Vol. 6, p. 75)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of a Delectable Education is brought to you by Sabbath Mood Home School Science Study Guides. |
| 0:07.0 | Nicole Williams of a Delectable Education has begun publishing a living science curriculum that adheres to Mason's philosophy and her methods, in addition to offering contemporary scientific knowledge that conforms to current next generation science standards. |
| 0:22.0 | Mason's goal for school science next generation science standards. |
| 0:23.0 | Mason's goal for school science was to instill a sense of wonder and awe and students |
| 0:28.0 | and to provide them with the common information that allows for scientific literacy. |
| 0:33.0 | In addition, the mass of common information has grown in the last 100 years, |
| 0:38.0 | so books must be selected carefully, |
| 0:40.0 | or science can quickly crowd out other aspects of the feast all students should partake of. |
| 0:45.2 | Those parents recognize the importance of these aims. |
| 0:48.6 | They lack the time or knowledge to navigate this subject for their own children. |
| 0:54.0 | By using Nicole's curriculum you can feel confident that your children are being nourished by the kind of living science education Mason had in mind, |
| 1:01.0 | one that creates a sense of wonder and admiration, while also preparing |
| 1:04.8 | them to be scientifically literate citizens. |
| 1:07.6 | Visit Nicole's website Sabbath Mood Homeschool.com to browse the curriculum she has available for students in grades 4 through 12 |
| 1:15.0 | and check back often as she is publishing new curriculum each term. The Oh, Welcome back to a delectable education, the podcast that spreads the feast of the Charlotte |
| 1:54.1 | Mason Method. I'm your host, Emily Kaiser, and I'm here with Nicole Williams of Sabbath |
| 1:59.1 | Mood Homeschool.com and Liz Kottrill of Living Books Library. |
| 2:04.0 | Today we're going to be discussing a topic that we have been asked about frequently |
| 2:08.0 | and that is what Charlotte Mason thought about co-ops or how co-ops can be adapted to our modern educational methods |
| 2:17.4 | using the Charlotte Mason principles. So we thought we would talk today about those and start out by talking about what a co-op is. There might still be somebody |
| 2:27.8 | who's listening, possibly some of our listeners from remote areas like South Africa or Japan |
| 2:34.4 | that don't have access to co-ops or don't really know what the co-op movement is like in America. |
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