• On The New Mason Jar Podcast today, Cindy and Dawn are joined by Dr. Joseph Loconte, author, Tolkien and Lewis scholar, historian, and filmmaker, to talk about his newest project, a documentary on Benjamin Rush.
• How Dr. Loconte became interested in history
• Who was Dr. Benjamin Rush, and why did Dr. Loconte decide to pursue his story for a documentary?
• What did Benjamin Rush have to do with Thomas Payne and the writing of Common Sense?
• Why Dr. Loconte decided to utilize the video essay format.
• What can we say to young people who are conflicted about their feelings about the United States right now?
• What drew Dr. Loconte to researching and writing about Lewis and Tolkien?

To view the full show notes with all the books, links, and quotes featured in this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/137.

• On The New Mason Jar Podcast today, Cindy and Dawn chat about homeschooling through hard times with Stacy Halley, homeschooling mother of four and wife of a pastor and Air Force Reserve chaplain
• How Stacy first heard about homeschooling and Charlotte Mason's philosophy
• The circumstances in which Stacy's family found themselves due to hurricane damage and flooding
• How Stacy dealt with homeschooling in the immediate aftermath and throughout the renovation process
• The assurances we have in God's providence that Stacy relies on in times of difficulty
• How trials can help shape and sanctify our children

For the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/136.

• This week on The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn have Nate and Jess Roberts on to talk about singing together as a family
• How Jess and Nate first learned about Charlotte Mason's philosophy
• What is Nate's role in teaching other families and students about folk music and musical discipleship?
• Why should we sing?
• What is the importance of folk songs and hymns in musical education?
• Why should the whole family be involved in singing?
• A little about Solfa or Solfege
• What are canons and why are they so valuable to sing?

To view the full show notes for this episode, including quotes and links to the resources mentioned, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/135.

• On today's episode of The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn welcome Emily Raible back to the podcast, this time to share her own self-education journey as part of our Morning Time for Moms series
• How Emily first found out about Charlotte Mason and her principles
• Emily's education as a child and books she remembers loving once she found her way to enjoy reading
• When did Emily realize the importance of continuing her own education, even after her formal schooling had come to an end?
• What sorts of gifts and talents does Emily seek to cultivate?
• What is the value of reading slowly?
• What are Emily's possible future plans for her education?

Be sure to check out all the show notes for this episode on our website at https://thenewmasonjar.com/134.

• Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are back with their friend Erin Kunkle for another episode in our America250 series, focusing on presidential biographies and libraries
• How Erin became interested in US history in general and in the presidential libraries specifically
• How a membership to the presidential libraries works
• How Erin deals with things she disagrees with from various presidents' lives and work
• Notable presidential biographies Erin has read

For the full show notes on this episode, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/133.

• 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.

• Welcome back to The New Mason Jar podcast with Cindy Rollins and Dawn Duran! Today's guest is theologian and author of Tending the Heart of Virtue, Dr. Vigen Guroian.
• What is the "moral imagination"?
• Why are imaginative stories so important in developing virtue in a child?
• Why shouldn't parents be afraid to introduce fairy tales to their children?
• What is the new fairy tale project on which Dr. Guroian is currently working?
• What does it mean to bowdlerize a story?
• What fairy tales would Dr. Guroian have enjoyed most as a child?
• What parts of Dr. Guroian's own education does he look back on as the things which mattered most?

For the full show notes for this episode, please visit our website at https://thenewmasonjar.com/131.

• 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.

• On the first episode of Season 10 of The New Mason Jar, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Lani Siciliano, veteran homeschool mom and a member of the AmblesideOnline Auxiliary
• How Lani first learned about homeschooling and Charlotte Mason
• What is the difference between the AO Advisory and the Auxiliary?
• How did you prepare transcripts for your students to get into the military and college?
• Did Lani feel like she had to change a lot of things when she started homeschooling high school?
• How the practice of narration prepared Lani's students for higher education
• Did Lani encounter any hiccups along the way or have any regrets?
• How Lani applies a Charlotte Mason education to her own life as she has graduated most of her children
• A few more words of wisdom from moms farther down the road

• On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Sheila Carroll, founder of Living Books Press
• How Sheila first heard about Charlotte Mason's philosophy
• How Sheila started developing the curriculum and resources that became Living Books Press
• What is narration, and what makes it such a powerful practice?
• How do we keep the idea of a child's personhood from steering us toward a child-centered education?
• Sheila's advice for beginning narration and dealing with pushback from your child
• How to prepare young children who are not yet school age for narrating later
• Why is nature study so important for today's children?
• How do nature study and living books work together for a full education?
• How is composition taught in the Charlotte Mason paradigm?

To view the full show notes for this episode, including resources mentioned, please visit our website at https://thenewmasonjar.com/128.