“I think we owe it to children to let them dig their knowledge, of whatever subject, for themselves out of the "fit" book; and this for two reasons: What a child digs for is his own possession; what is poured into his ear, like the idle song of a pleasant singer, floats out as lightly as it came in, and is rarely assimilated. I do not mean to say that the lecture and the oral lesson are without their uses; but these uses are, to give impulse and to order knowledge; and not to convey knowledge.” ThinkingGivingMeanChildrenTwoBookReasonUseSongOrderSubjectsFitLessonsEarsPossessionSingersImpulsePleasantIdleFloatsLectures Author:Charlotte Mason
“Every walk should offer some knotty problem for the children to think out-"Why does that leaf float on the water, and this pebble sink?" and so on.” ThinkingShouldChildrenDoeProblemWaterWalksOffersLeafsFloatsPebbles Book:The Original Home School Series Source: The Original Home School Series
“Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should be all living, and not merely a tedious passing of time; not all doing or all feeling or all thinking - the strain would be too great - but, all living; that is to say, we should be in touch wherever we go, whatever we hear, whatever we see, with some manner of vital interest.” ThinkingGivingShouldFeelingsWould BeInterestNumbersLearningAimPassingPassingsImmenseStrainTediousInitiateHomeschoolingFull Life Book:School Education Source: School Education
“Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education.” ThinkingMindWellsChildrenEndsBodySpiritualGrowthMoralGrowingBearsIntellectualFamiliarSole Author:Charlotte Mason
