In this episode of Joyful Noises, we’re curling up with a cup of coffee, soaking in the first hint of fall in Southeast Texas, and diving into Charlotte Mason’s Principles 6, 7, and 8 - the ones that remind us that education is far more than checklists, curriculum, or curated spaces.

This week’s episode is different. My heart has been heavy as I’ve watched the headlines and the conversations unfold. In a world where believers are mocked, marginalized, and sometimes killed for their faith, how do we, as mothers, raise our children to be bold? How do we support our husbands as they lead, and how do we hold fast to the beauty of wifehood and motherhood when culture calls it small?

In this episode of Joyful Noises, we continue our journey through Charlotte Mason's 20 principles and pause at principle 05.

Instead of rewards or bribes, Mason insists that we are limited to three true tools of education: the atmosphere of environment, the discipline of habit, and the presentation of living ideas.

Together, let's unpack what these mean and how they can be applied to real life. How atmosphere is more than aesthetic, why the slow work of habit training brings lasting freedom, and how living books and ideas nourish the mind far more than dry facts.