The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

Dec 25, 2025

• On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Sheila Carroll, founder of Living Books Press
• How Sheila first heard about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy
• How Sheila started developing the curriculum and resources that became Living Books Press
• What is narration, and what...

Dec 11, 2025

• On this episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with the women behind the Charlotte Mason New England community--Sarah Beals, Megan Massaro, and Rebekah Anglea
• How and why did you get this started in the first place?
• What roles do each of you play?
• What have some of the past CMNE events looked like?
• What...

Nov 27, 2025

• On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, Cindy and Dawn talk with Querida Thompson about Handel’s Messiah
• How Querida first heard about Charlotte Mason
• Who was George Frederic Handel?
• How did Handel come to write the Messiah oratorio?
• How should we first approach listening to Messiah?
• More historical context for this...

Nov 13, 2025

• On this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are pleased to introduced Dr. Wilfred McClay, acclaimed history professor and author of Land of Hope, as part of our Mothers Education Course series
• How Dr. McClay fell in love with the study of history
• Why we should approach history with a spirit of...

Nov 6, 2025

• This week on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are joined by the members of the AmblesideOnline Advisory, which includes Donna-Jean Breckenridge, Anne White, Karen Glass, and Leslie Laurio
• How does the education offered through AmblesideOnline apply to mothers and fathers, too, not only to the children?
• Why is it so...