An authentic Charlotte Mason education
You can trust the method.
An authentic Charlotte Mason education, drawn straight from the source, is simpler than you may think.
Why it feels so complicated
The real trouble is the distance from the source.
Charlotte Mason did not leave us a boxed curriculum. She left a philosophy and a method. Unfortunately most of the advice about it today is secondhand.
Many resources and voices promise a faithful Charlotte Mason education and then disagree with one another. The method gets reinterpreted until it feels far harder than it needs to be. When we drift from what Miss Mason actually said and assigned, the method becomes a guessing game.
Does any of this sound familiar?
You have shelves of resources, but you are not sure any of them are faithful to the method.
You spend hours researching and still feel behind or confused.
You worry you are doing it wrong, or making it harder than it needs to be.
The subjects you find difficult keep getting postponed.
If you have felt any of these, please do not abandon hope. You are doing something hard, and you deserve a clear standard to measure by.
We went back to the source.
We did not want approximations either, so we spent years studying the method from the source. Between the three of us we have also homeschooled fifteen children, so we have firsthand experience, not only studied it.
Charlotte Mason’s six volumes
Read closely and returned to again and again.
Pages of the Parents’ Review
The journal Charlotte Mason edited for the educational movement she founded.
Programmes of work
An actual record of what Charlotte Mason assigned in her schools, and when. Much of this was beyond the reach of the Charlotte Mason community even fifteen years ago.
What we found is reassuring: the method is simpler than it usually seems. If it feels too complicated, you may be misunderstanding her methodology.
One simple path
Explain → Equip → Encourage
Explain
We help you understand the principles and the why behind each subject.
Equip
We give you practical tools to plan and teach, subject by subject and form by form.
Encourage
We walk alongside you in community, so you are not doing this alone.
The heart of it
325+ episodes, organized by topic and by form
The weekly podcast is at the heart of it. Everything else, our teacher tools, the annual conference, our Patreon and monthly newsletter, our cohorts and consultations, exists to support what you hear there and to walk with you more personally when you are ready for a guide.
What changes when you trust the method
01
Peace
The calm of knowing your homeschool is rooted in something tried, true, and complete.
02
Confidence
You stop second-guessing because you understand the why behind every subject.
03
Simplicity
Your days flow with rhythm instead of constant reinvention.
04
Joy of learning
Lessons feel alive again, for you and your children.
05
Harmony at home
The atmosphere shifts toward curiosity, gratitude, and delight.
06
Growth in wisdom
Your children begin making connections across subjects, the fruit of the science of relations.
A community that has been at this a while
Here is what other homeschool families have told us.
Find your starting point.
Wherever you are, there is a next step here.
The Podcast
More than 325 episodes, organized by topic and by form
So you can find exactly the help you need.
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Teacher Tools
Teacher training videos, workshops, and demonstration lessons that show the method in action.
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Teacher Helps
Practical helps for planning, forecasting, and lessons, so you know what to do and when.
Explore Teacher Helps →
Every February · Virtual
ADE at HOME Conference
Our annual virtual conference each February: demonstration lessons, workshops, and live community, with three months of replay access.
A real person in your corner
Cohorts and Consults
Personal guidance and small-group cohorts to prepare a customized curriculum to meet your family where you are.
Cohorts and Consults →
years encouraging families
families in consultation
podcast seasons
Why we do this
“We remember how lonely and uncertain the early years felt, and how much it would have meant to hear a trustworthy voice say, here is how this actually works.”
Our hope is that you would come to understand the method, teach it with joy, and watch your children grow into people who love to learn. Come and find that, as we did, it is worth every bit of the effort.
Meet the team
Emily Kiser, Liz Cottrill, and Nicole Williams have spent more than a decade encouraging homeschool families through the A Delectable Education podcast, now more than 325 episodes across eleven seasons. Emily and Liz, mother and daughter, founded Living Books Library, one of the first private Charlotte Mason lending libraries in the country, and have guided more than 1,500 families through personal consultations, providing tens of thousands of programs of work. Nicole, founder of Sabbath Mood Homeschool, is the author of a beloved living science and nature study curriculum.
Together they share one aim: to educate, equip, and encourage families toward an authentic, and joyful, Charlotte Mason home.
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