The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins

Today on The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn are joined by Grace Russo, homeschool alum and homeschooling mother of 4 to talk about her new endeavor, Pennyworth Publishing
How did Grace hear about Charlotte Mason?
How Grace began illustrating books and started Pennyworth
What kinds of books does Pennyworth publish?
A little about Grace's background with poetry
What is the value of oral storytelling?
How can books be used to preserve the oral tradition?
What is Grace's vision for the future of Pennyworth?
To see the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/147.

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 this episode of The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn are once again joined by their friend Heather Martin to talk about the unique considerations to take into account when homeschooling boys.
How Heather and her husband started thinking about their priorities in rearing their boys to be protectors, providers, and leaders
Some examples of things they expected of their boys and did with them to encourage the character qualities they valued
The importance of boys spending time alone with Dad away from Mom
The unique way in which the Martin family celebrating each son's graduation
Some encouragement for the mom who is worried and troubled about many things
To view the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/145.

Today on The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn chat with returning guest Denise Gaskins, veteran homeschool mother of 5, math coach, and author about her new book Charlotte Mason's Living Math
Why did Denise finally write this book?
How Denise applied Charlotte's principles to teaching mathematics
Why this book includes paintings, puzzles and discussion prompts
What kind of accuracy is the most important in a deep understanding of mathematics?
How can we discern if a child is understanding concepts versus just parroting back information?
Does Denise recommend a specific math curriculum that works with this living approach?
What is an example of what a living math lesson might sound like?
How can we use art in teaching math?
What does Denise think is the key idea of a Charlotte Mason math education?
For the full show notes on this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/144.

In this episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn chat with AmblesideOnline moms Cheri Hall and Naomi Goegan about their children's experience with a long-lasting online community.
How Cheri first discovered the philosophy of Charlotte Mason
Why and how Naomi first started one of these AO student discussion groups
What are some of the memorable moments that these students have had in this group?
What is some advice Naomi has for parents wanting to organize a group like this for their students?
Were there concerns about the online nature of the group when starting out?
What is the biggest benefit you see coming out of these groups?
At the end of the episode, Josiah and Ezra Hall share their personal thoughts on why being in an AO group has been such a blessing.
Don't forget to check our website for the full show notes on this episode at https://thenewmasonjar.com/143.