Is Charlotte Mason Subdued and Tranquil?

Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling

Sonya Shafer

Education, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, How To

4.8 • 552 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Is Charlotte Mason all about sipping tea and sitting quietly all the time? Karen and Sonya explain how we may have gotten a mistaken impression of this approach to homeschooling. // FOLLOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplycharlottemason/ Facebook News: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyCM SCM Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1445273695729787/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/simplycm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimplyCM SCM Forum: https://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ Subscribe Listen to the audio version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/is-charlotte-mason-subdued-and-tranquil/#audio Read the blog post version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/is-charlotte-mason-subdued-and-tranquil/ Upcoming Events https://simplycharlottemason.com/events-speaking/ Contact Us https://simplycharlottemason.com/contact/ Tags: #CharlotteMason #homeschool

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0:00.0	Recently we celebrated the 100th anniversary of Charlotte Mason's legacy.
0:04.0	It is true that she lived in the Victorian era.
0:08.0	And sometimes when we think about Charlotte Mason and her methods,
0:12.0	we get this mental picture of everyone sitting in the little drawing room,
0:16.0	very prim and proper in their hoop skirts or whatever fashion they were wearing at the time,
0:20.0	having their
0:21.5	tea and everything's very quiet and subdued. That picture doesn't really mesh very well with
0:28.2	some of our kids. Is that an accurate picture of the Charlotte Mason method? Let's discuss it.
0:42.9	Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.
0:44.0	I'm Sonia Schaefer.
0:47.4	Joining me today is my friend and coworker, Karen Smith.
0:57.0	Karen, we're going to talk about is Charlotte Mason's approach to education quiet and subdu, and prim and proper. I know that's you in a nutshell.
0:59.0	Oh, yes.
1:00.0	That was the sarcastic font there. Yes. Yes. Maybe quiet, but not prim and proper and subdued.
1:08.0	Okay. And with your boys that you raised and even with your daughter,
1:13.1	they are not prim proper, subdued, you know. We didn't do tea parties. Yeah.
1:20.3	Thank you. Neither did we. So, so let's just talk a little bit about that mental picture and
1:26.1	how Charlotte Mason's method is a little bit about that mental picture and how Charlotte Mason's method
1:29.3	is a good fit for a boisterous household even.
1:35.3	Yes.
1:36.3	I think there are, even some of the subjects across the subjects, there are things that are not just prim and proper that you may be doing.
1:45.0	Take music, for example.
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