The Mason Jar is a new podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode Cindy talks to Dr. Jack Beckman, chair of the teacher's college at Covenant College and board member of The Charlotte Mason Institute, about the rigor of a Charlotte Mason approach to education, teaching CM at the college level, his favorite current books, and much more. 

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To send in a question for a future episode please email David  or Cindy. 

To learn more about Charlotte Mason's biography please visit amblesideonline.org. 

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This episode is brought to you by:

Arete Scholars exists to help economically disadvantaged children reach their highest potential through educational opportunity. Through private contributions from corporate and philanthropic partners, Arete awards need-based K-12 scholarships and empowers parents to place their children in schools that best suit their unique gifts and learning needs.

The Mason Jar is a new podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode Cindy answers listener questions about nature studies and kids who don't want to sit still, the relationship between the Trivium and Charlotte Mason, and what Morning Time looked like in her home. 

To send in a question for a future episode please email David  or Cindy. 

To learn more about Charlotte Mason's biography please visit amblesideonline.org. 

Close Reads is a new book club podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network featuring Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh, who join host, David Kern, to discuss Great Books and the authors who create them. 

Here in episode 5 they discuss Harper Lee's new/old novel, Go Set a Watchman, the controversial - and probably not very good - follow up to her beloved To Kill a Mockingbird. 

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This episode is brought to you by: The Arete Scholars

Arete Scholars exists to help economically disadvantaged children reach their highest potential through educational opportunity. Through private contributions from corporate and philanthropic partners, Arete awards need-based K-12 scholarships and empowers parents to place their children in schools that best suit their unique gifts and learning needs.

Welcome to Quiddity, the original podcast from the CiRCE Institute, featuring interviews and ideas that are important to Christian classical education. 

In this episode, Christine Perrin; poet, teacher, and speaker from Classical Academic Press; joins us to discuss how to effectively teach and read poetry. Topics include: the anxiety that often comes with teaching poetry, Robert Frost, understanding metaphor, poetry as science, and much more. 

This episode is brought to you by: 

Arete Scholars

Arete Scholars exists to help economically disadvantaged children reach their highest potential through educational opportunity. Through private contributions from corporate and philanthropic partners, Arete awards need-based K-12 scholarships and empowers parents to place their children in schools that best suit their unique gifts and learning needs.

Welcome to Quiddity, the original podcast from the CiRCE Institute, featuring interviews and ideas that are important to Christian classical education. 

Here in episode 52, John Hodges, director of the Center for Western Studies and an experienced conductor and composer, explains why he thinks we take music too seriously, how to cultivate good listeners of music (it begins, he claims, with cultivating humble listeners), and what he would listen to if he could only listen to one piece of music (forever). 

The Mason Jar is a new podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

Here in Episode 2, Cindy interviews blogger (and homeschooling veteran) Kim Neve about homeschooling Charlotte Mason-style during the high school years. She also introduces Mason's ideas of "narration" and "the science of relations". 

To send in a question for a future episode please email David  or Cindy. 

To learn more about Charlotte Mason's biography please visit amblesideonline.org.