The most common and the monstrous defect in the education of the day is that children fail to acquire the habit of… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“Self-education is the only possible education; the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child's nature.” — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Look on education as something between the child's soul and God. Modern Education tends to look on it as something between the… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Education is a life; that life is sustained on ideas; ideas are of spiritual origin, and that we get them chiefly as… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Therefore, teaching, talk and tale, however lucid or fascinating, effect nothing until self-activity be set up; that is, self-education is the only… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing;… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“...my object is to show that the chief function of the child--his business in the world during the first six or seven… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests.… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The people themselves begin to clamour for an education which shall qualify their children for life rather than for earning a living.… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
I think we owe it to children to let them dig their knowledge, of whatever subject, for themselves out of the "fit"… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“The person of winning personality attracts his pupils who will do anything for his sake and are fond and eager in all… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“The child brings with him into the world, not character, but disposition. He has tendencies which may need only to be strengthened,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Education is a matter of the spirit. No wiser word has been said on the subject, and yet we persist in applying… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Let children alone... the education of habit is successful in so far as it enables the mother to let her children alone,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
We do not merely give a religious education because that would seem to imply the possibility of some other education, a secular… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“This idea of all education springing from and resting upon our relation to Almighty God-we do not merely give a religious education… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The problem before the educator is to give the child control over his own nature, to enable him to hold himself in… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Every common miracle which the child sees with his own eyes makes of him for the moment another Newton. — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
We talk of lost ideals, but perhaps they are not lost, only changed; when our ideal for ourselves and for our children becomes limited… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
“If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, we should have happier households. Let… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
Let the parent ask "Why?" and the child produce the answer, if he can. After he has turned the matter over in his mind,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
I think we owe it to children to let them dig their knowledge, of whatever subject, for themselves out of the "fit" book; and… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
Education is a life; that life is sustained on ideas; ideas are of spiritual origin, and that we get them chiefly as we convey… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
Children should Transcribe favourite Passages. A certain sense of possession and delight may be added to this exercise if children are allowed to choose… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind. — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
The children's lessons should provide material for their mental growth, should exercise the several powers of their minds, should furnish them with fruitful ideas,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
“Having found the book which has a message for us, let us not be guilty of the folly of saying we have read it.… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
So much for the right books; the right use of them is another matter. The children must enjoy the book. The ideas it holds… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share
