For the Children's Sake

I think every parent should read this book, whether you're choosing homeschool, private school, public school, or another alternative for your children. I loved how the author (Francis Schaeffer's daughter!) brought Christian principles into philosophy on educating your children, not just in terms o......more

What an unbelievable treasure finding this book was for me. Feeling that the reasons I was going to start homeschooling my two oldest daughters being, I did not like their current public school and we could not afford private education, were both negative reasons, and would make for a negative exper......more

This is one of the best books on education I have ever read. WHile I am not a home-schooler (I am headmaster of a classical Christian school), Macaulay's introduction to Charlotte Mason will go on the "reread periodically" pile. I appreciate Macaulay's style--free, casual, and engaging. Her writing i......more

In many ways, Macauley builds a powerful case for why, especially in education, but also just generally in life, we need to view children as persons created in the Imago Dei, and how this must absolutely transform our method of education. She made several valuable insights on how children are able t......more

Much to love and apply. I aspire to even a fraction of Charlotte Mason’s excellence, wisdom, and intuition in her interactions with children. Especially helpful ideas to me: -thinking about children as persons with individual personalities to channel rather then change -not pitting play against learni......more