Although the Charlotte Mason Society Center no longer meets,

their files and archives will continue to be available for your use.

Who is Charlotte Mason?

Charlotte Mason (1892-1923), founder of the Charlotte Mason College of Education in England developed an educational philosophy that stressed bringing broad and stimulating education to a child in a noncompetitive, biblically based way. Her timeless, practical insights and her stress on the responsibility of the home have made her a founding influence in the home-schooling movement. Our approach to education can be expressed by the the following core values and methods (as adapted by W.E.R.):

•  Children are persons
•  Children love to learn
•  A supportive atmosphere is needed for learning
•  Living ideas are the natural food for the mind
•  Active involvement is vital to learning
•  The formation of effective habits leads to a productive life

Educational Manifesto

“Studies serve for Delight, for Ornament, and for Ability.”

Every child has a right of entry to several fields of knowledge.

Every normal child has an appetite for such knowledge.

This appetite of desire for knowledge is a sufficient stimulus for all school work, if the knowledge be fitly given.

Children can be most fitly educated on Things and Books.

The value of this education by Things is receiving wide recognition, but intellectual education to be derived from Books is still for the most part to seek.

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