The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

On this week's episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are joined by author and artist Jennifer Trafton to talk about her new book, If Only We Could See: Reimagining Creativity, Compassion, and Calling Through the Extraordinary Life of Lilias Trotter How Jennifer came to learn about Lilias Trotter How did the Keswick Movement impact Lilias? How did Lilias develop as an artist, and what was her connection with John Ruskin? How Lilias' way of seeing the world and people gave her a wider ministry What was George MacDonald's influence on Lilias? What Lilias' descriptive writing was like and how it encouraged others to see as she did To view the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/152.

On this episode of The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn are joined by Cassie Detwiler, homeschooling mother of 5 and Communications Director for the CMEC to talk about managing a homeschool with young children in the mix How Cassie first discovered Charlotte Mason's philosophy How Cassie makes the most of the time she has Ways Cassie implements a Charlotte Mason education in the early years Some favorite occupations of Cassie's younger children during older children's lesson times Ways to keep your perspective when facing challenges For the full show notes on this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/150.

This episode of The New Mason Jar features a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Erin Daly, homeschool mom of two daughters, director of a local CM school program, and owner of Riverbend Press Erin outlines the importance of Mason's principles and the consideration of how we spend our time The value of different types of planning for time management How to implement a block schedule in the Charlotte Mason paradigm What is a logbook, and how is it used? How this planning method works in Erin's own homeschool When should parents begin introducing some of these planning tools to their children? To get the full show notes for this episode, complete with quote and links to resources mentioned, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/148.

On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Sarah Stonestreet of the Colson Center all about homeschooling girls What is Sarah's family like, and how has she started to see differences between her girls and her boy? A little about Sarah's special read-aloud times with her daughters How to help girls navigate puberty and the plethora of choices they must make in the current culture How Sarah helps her children understand their purpose and place in this particular time through relationships at home and out in the community How can we raise strong, confident girls who have good relationships with their moms? Learning to let go as daughters grow up Embracing the "interruptions" of life as blessings

On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, Cindy and Dawn chat with Angel Revie, homeschooling mom of three, about doing handicraft fairs with children How Angel first learned about Charlotte Mason What is a handicraft fair, and who participates? What are some examples of items students bring to handicraft fairs? How Angel got the idea for starting a handicraft fair for her local homeschool community What are some of the benefits for students participating in handicraft fairs? How Angel organizes these fairs annually Don't forget to visit our website for the full show notes for this episode at https://thenewmasonjar.com/132.

This week on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn welcome Summer Smith back to the podcast with a fun discussion about her USA's 250th Birthday Book List What Cindy remembers about the celebrations surrounding America's bicentennial when she was young How Summer first came up with the idea for creating this book list Why Summer tried to include a greater number of positive books than those that highlighted negative parts of America's history Some examples of the types of books that made it onto the list How Dawn is adding American patriotism resources across Cindy's Patreon and on her own Substack For the full show notes of this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/130.