The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

On this week's episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are joined by author and artist Jennifer Trafton to talk about her new book, If Only We Could See: Reimagining Creativity, Compassion, and Calling Through the Extraordinary Life of Lilias Trotter How Jennifer came to learn about Lilias Trotter How did the Keswick Movement impact Lilias? How did Lilias develop as an artist, and what was her connection with John Ruskin? How Lilias' way of seeing the world and people gave her a wider ministry What was George MacDonald's influence on Lilias? What Lilias' descriptive writing was like and how it encouraged others to see as she did To view the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/152. 

On The New Mason Jar Podcast today, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Erin and Kimbell Kornu about their own self-education as part of our Morning Time for Moms series How the Kornus first came to know about Charlotte Mason's educational philosophy What were Kimbell and Erin's educational experiences like growing up? What are some of the future hopes and expectations Erin and Kimbell have for their children? How a life of family education works in the Kornu household How have Erin and Kimbell integrated hospitality into their home? Where can a mom (or dad) start building a habit of self-education? To view the full show notes for this episode, you can visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/151. 

On this episode of The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn are joined by Cassie Detwiler, homeschooling mother of 5 and Communications Director for the CMEC to talk about managing a homeschool with young children in the mix How Cassie first discovered Charlotte Mason's philosophy How Cassie makes the most of the time she has Ways Cassie implements a Charlotte Mason education in the early years Some favorite occupations of Cassie's younger children during older children's lesson times Ways to keep your perspective when facing challenges For the full show notes on this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/150. 

On The New Mason Jar this week, Dawn and Cindy have a litte Q&A chat, including more information about their upcoming trip to Europe How this trip even came about What are some of the highlights of this trip going to be? What is the idea of scaffolding, and was it a practice of Charlotte Mason? To view the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/149. 

This episode of The New Mason Jar features a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Erin Daly, homeschool mom of two daughters, director of a local CM school program, and owner of Riverbend Press Erin outlines the importance of Mason's principles and the consideration of how we spend our time The value of different types of planning for time management How to implement a block schedule in the Charlotte Mason paradigm What is a logbook, and how is it used? How this planning method works in Erin's own homeschool When should parents begin introducing some of these planning tools to their children? To get the full show notes for this episode, complete with quote and links to resources mentioned, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/148.