Jan 26, 2023
Though system is highly useful as an instrument of education, a
‘system of education’ is mischievous, as producing only mechanical
action instead of the vital growth and movement of a living
being.
Show Summary:
- Today’s guests are Anna Hornstra and two of her three daughters, Addison and Ella
- How Anna came to homeschooling early on
- What happened when Anna let doubts and systems set the tone of their homeschool
- How Charlotte Mason’s principles have played out in Anna’s home
Books and Links Mentioned:
Home Education by Charlotte Mason
The Ordinary Parents’ Guide to Teaching Reading by Jennie Wise and Sara Buffington
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble
Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Leisure the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
Medea by Euripides