S9E128: Life-long Learning Through Narration with Sheila Carroll

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 .

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S9E128: Life-long Learning Through Narration with Sheila Carroll is an episode from The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins by Cindy Rollins.

This episode is 01:02:48 long.

This episode was published on Dec 25, 2025.

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