As we prepare for another year of homeschooling, many of us are asking a lot of questions.

What can I buy with the money available?

How detailed should my plans be?

Am I leaving something out?

How can I keep my preschooler occupied?

Where will I put all this stuff?

Asking questions is a good exercise.

But Charlotte Mason encouraged us as home educators to

take a step back and make sure we are asking the most important questions first.

What we purchase, where we store it, and what our days look like are all based on three

foundational questions. These are the questions we three foundational questions.

These are the questions we must answer first,

because once we answer these three questions,

everything else falls into place.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. What are the three questions

we need to answer first? Why? What and how? Here's how Charlotte explained the importance

of those questions for the home educating mother and father as well. She must ask herself seriously, why must the children

learn at all? What should they learn, and how should they learn it? If she take the trouble to find a

definite and thoughtful answer to each of these three queries, she will be in a position to direct her

children's studies. Home Education, page 171. So let's take those three questions and find a definite

and thoughtful answer to each one. First, let's look at why. Why must the children learn?

In other words, what is your goal for educating your children?

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