The Charlotte Mason Show | A Homeschool Podcast

CM 3 #31 Homeschooling with Little Ones with Giving Them Beauty

Christina Umbriaco (Um-Bree-Ah-Co) and Julie Ross use the acronym "SERVE" to talk about how to not just survive when homeschooling little ones but to thrive and truly give them a beautiful education with a focus on what matters most.

CM 3 Audioblog #30 Happy Christmas

CM 3 Episode #29 Exams in a CM education with Guest Shay Kemp

CM 3 #27 The Role of the Student in CM Education with Julie H. Ross and Shay Kemp

CM 3 Audioblog #26 An Introduction to Scouting

Scouting has its own philosophy that dovetails beautifully with Mason's philosophy of education. Scouting is about character. A scout at his best is duty-bound, honorable, loyal, reverent, brave, and selfless.

CM 3 #25 CM on Parenting Adoptive, Special Needs, and Children Through Trauma with Le Shephard

Le is a mom by birth and adoption to kids with superpowers and special needs. She's also an experienced therapist. Le started 1000 Hills Counseling to help other parents who are struggling with a life that looks nothing like what they imagined. She helps couples reconnect and adult individuals heal from trauma and pain. Le has had numerous articles published and has been recognized for her advocacy efforts with the PCDH19 Alliance on behalf of her daughter. Le speaks to large and small groups about relationships, adoption, coping with diagnoses, and parenting. She serves on the steering committee for the North Texas Emotionally Focused Therapy Community. Le and her husband have a goal of taking their kids to every national park in America. They love spending summers in their fifth wheel working towards that and are about a third of the way there. She gets overly excited talking about the impact great books can have on their adventures.

CM 3 Audioblog #24 Charlotte Mason's Principles 3-4

Our authority as parents and their obedience as children are a natural part of the parent and child relationship. That is a natural and necessary dynamic. The most important part of this principle is that she says the word: BUT. We have authority, they are expected to be obedient...but, there's more to that story!

CM 3 Episode #23 Homeschooling an Only Child Guest Erika Alicea

Erika Alicea and Julie discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with homeschooling an only child, and the benefits of a Charlotte Mason in a one-child household.

CM 3 Audioblog #22 Simple Approach to Implementing Diverse History Lessons

We excitingly began learning more about a CM education, I hit a bump on the road when it came to the topic of literature, in particular with history. There appeared to be a lack of multiculturalism within book titles I found online, which didn't reflect the rich diversity of our family.

CM 3 #21 A Few Broad Essential Principles with Julie H. Ross and Karen Glass

CM 3 Audioblog #20 Imaginations as Cultivated by the Teaching of Geography and History

An able paper appeared some time ago, in the Parents' Review, on the importance of Imagination in teaching. It is a very interesting subject, for on reflection one would be inclined to contest that no good teaching of geography or of history could be possible without a strong power of imagination. In order to teach geography, for instance, it is possible to fill a pupil's head with a certain number of words and figures, which have to be reproduced at an examination by a pure effort of memory. This done, the pupil is supposed to have mastered a branch of the subject, and his mind to be decidedly the richer, possessed mentally of a large tract of country. But it is not so at all. His mind is possessed of two pages of a geography book and certain outlines on a map--and that is geography.

CM 3 #19 Charlotte Mason and Dyslexic Students with Julie H. Ross and Nicole Williams

CM 3 #18 A Charlotte Mason Inspired Way to Get a Homeschool High School Fine Arts Credit

Today we'll be talking about the Charlotte Mason Inspired Way to Get a Homeschool High School Fine Arts Credit. We'll be explaining what a fine arts credit is, why every student should get a fine arts credit regardless of what they're planning to do after high school graduation, and how to do it the Charlotte Mason inspired way!

CM 3 #17 Adding Beauty to Your Days with Physical Education with Julie H. Ross and Erin Underwood

CM 3 #16 The Purple Jar From the Book 'Early Lesson' by Maria Edgeworth

Rosamond, a little girl of about seven years old, was walking with her mother in the streets of London. As she passed along, she looked in at the windows of several shops, and she saw a great variety of different sorts of things, of which she did not know the use, or even the names. She wished to stop to look at them; but there were a great number of people in the streets, and a great many carts, and carriages, and wheelbarrows, and she was afraid to let go her mother's hand.

CM 3 #15 The Importance of Literature in the Life of a Child with Julie H. Ross and Sarah Clarkson

CM 3 #14 The Holy Spirit is The Best Teacher

Who Is the Best Teacher Ever? You can look all around a school, homeschool, or public, and still not see the best teacher ever. Why? Because He cannot be seen! The best teacher ever is actually inside the heart of the student. It's the Holy Spirit!

CM 3 #13 Heritage Matters: How to Incorporate Heritage into Your Own Homeschool Journey with Julie Ross

Julie discusses the topic of Heritage in the Homeschool with Amber Johnston of Heritage Mom, who addresses the importance of including not only one's own heritage but how to make your family aware of the heritage of other people groups.

CM 3 #12 The Art of Recitation

Recitation has been called the Children's Art. Arthur Burrell, author of Clear Speaking and Good Reading, called it so when he wrote an article, "Recitation: The Children's Art", for The Parents' Review magazine back in 1890. Recitation is a skill that used to be taught in schools many years ago, but thankfully, through our homeschooling opportunities, we can bring it back into the lives of our children, and maybe even ourselves. We can learn to speak beautifully, clearly, and share great ideas of authors that inspire and kindle our hearts.

CM 3 Episode #11 What is Swedish Drill? Hint: It's not something you purchase at IKEA with Julie Ross and Dawn Duran