In Common House
Courses
Your continued mother’s education in the school of Lady Wisdom: video courses on Charlotte Mason, habits, virtue and the classical tradition, all included in Common House.
Jean-Siméon Chardin, The Young Schoolmistress, c. 1736
I · The courses
Nine courses to grow alongside your children
Take them at your own pace, a lesson at a time, and bring your questions to the monthly live Q+A.
Start here
Where most mothers begin: the philosophy, its principles and the habits that carry it.
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10 lessons
Foundations of Classical Charlotte Mason Education
Where it all begins: is Charlotte Mason classical, memory, habit, the moral imagination and twaddle.
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17 lessons
Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles
All twenty principles of Mason’s philosophy, one or two at a time.
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13 lessons
Habits 101
How habits form, starting with mom’s own, then attention, obedience and truthfulness, and the habits of body, mind and soul.
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27 lessons
Annotated Read: Home Education
A slow, chapter-by-chapter read of Charlotte Mason’s first volume, from the out-of-doors life to first lessons.
The classical tradition
Virtue, story and the great books behind a classical education.
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15 lessons
Through the Wardrobe: The Classical World
The classical tradition from Plato to Chesterton: virtue, story and the sacramental imagination.
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14 lessons + 2 bonus
Classical Virtues & Vices
Happiness as man’s chief good, Augustine’s ordo amoris, Aristotle’s golden mean, and cultivating virtue at home.
Conversations and community
Conversations with friends of The Commonplace, and gathering other families around you.
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12 lessons + 2 bonus
Storied Souls
Conversations on literature and formation with Andrew Kern, Joshua Gibbs, Jason Baxter, Tsh Oxenreider and more.
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5 interviews
At the Table: The Commonplace Interviews
Making the philosophy practical, with Karen Glass, Leslie Bustard, Bethany Douglass and others.
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7 lessons + 4 bonus
How to Start a Classical Charlotte Mason Co-op
Your role, the basics, sharing the work and a curriculum guide, with yearly updates from our own co-op.
Also in Common House
A slow reading group, with a course guide.
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Slow reading group
The Abolition of Man
A slow reading of C.S. Lewis’s short, essential book, with a course guide.
II · How to join
Every course, one membership
The courses live in Common House, alongside the monthly live Q+A, minisodes, guides and the company of other mothers. Join once and every course is yours, including the ones still to come.
Common House is a Charlotte Mason Online University. Autumn is a student of Charlotte Mason and is gifted with breaking down her method into a simple way of understanding it.
Member since February 2022