About Charlotte Mason

Charlotte Mason was a late 19th/early 20th century educator who was ahead of her time. She understood the unique nature of children and trusted their abilities beyond what the stiff educational culture in England at that time dictated. She was a deep reader and thinker, drawing from a wide range of timeless sources. She tested, applied, and refined her methods over decades with thousands of children producing remarkable results which she documented in her six volumes, now known as The Original Homeschooling Series. Her ideas took hold in the US in the 1980s when Susan Schaeffer Macaulay published her book, For the Children’s Sake, which continues to inspire parents to her methods today.

While culture has changed immensely since Charlotte Mason’s time, we are still grappling with failures in education. Year after year we find an inefficient, over-priced system churning out self-absorbed, apathetic minds lacking initiative and responsibility. Thoughtful parents aren’t fooled. They know they can find a better way; something more meaningful and true. Charlotte Mason’s timeless truths are filling that vacancy and parents are embracing her ideas and methods creating a new revival of learning.