Home Education Series Vol. V: Some Studies in the Formation of Character


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This is the fifth volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled "Some Studies in the Formation of Character," although the author explains in the preface why she considers this to be somewhat of a misnomer. The series is used today by many home-schoolers around the globe and is considered a classic reference by the founder of the homeschooling movement. - Summary by Devorah Allen

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Prefatory Material 18:30 Read by Devorah Allen
Part 1, Chapter 1: The Philosopher at Home 34:04 Read by KHand
Part 1, Chapter 2: Inconstant Kitty 14:09 Read by KHand
Part 1, Chapter 3: Under a Cloud 11:15 Read by KHand
Part 1, Chapter 4: Dorothy Elmore's Achievement 50:59 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 1, Chapter 5: Consequences 18:52 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 1, Chapter 6: Mrs. Sedley's Tale 23:22 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 1, Chapter 7: Ability 16:39 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 1, Chapter 8: Poor Mrs. Jumeau! 20:17 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 1, Chapter 9: "A Happy Christmas to You!" 16:40 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 2, Chapter 1: What a Salvage! 20:09 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 2, Chapter 2: Where shall we go this Year? 8:58 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 2, Chapter 3: The A-B-C-Darians 14:28 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 2, Chapter 4: "Die neue Zeit bedarf der neuen Schule" (A Schoolmaster's Reverie) 27:42 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 2, Chapter 5: A Hundred Years After (At the Cloughs' Dinner-Table, Sept. 10, 1990) 31:46 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 3, Chapter 1: Concerning the Schoolboy and Schoolgirl (part 1) 40:58 Read by Wayne Cooke
Part 3, Chapter 1: Concerning the Schoolboy and Schoolgirl (part 2) 39:33 Read by Paul Parkinson
Part 3, Chapter 1: Concerning the Schoolboy and Schoolgirl (part 3) 34:19 Read by Julie Lee
Part 3, Chapter 2: Concerning the Young Maidens at Home (part 1) 33:49 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 3, Chapter 2: Concerning the Young Maidens at Home (part 2) 33:03 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 1: Two Peasant Boys 52:45 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 2: A Genius at "School" (part 1) 50:18 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 2: A Genius at "School" (part 2) 29:28 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 2: A Genius at "School" (part 3) 46:21 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 3: Pendennis of Boniface 48:02 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 4: "Young Crossjay" 25:54 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 5: Better-than-my-Neighbour 34:56 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Part 4, Chapter 6: A Modern Educator: Thomas Godolphin Rooper 19:40 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Appendix: A Few Books Dealing with Education 49:08 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)