For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School (Child-Life Book) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Our first child was growing up in London, and as school age approached we began the search for education..." (more)
Key Phrases: Charlotte Mason, Holy Spirit, Pilgrim's Progress (more...)

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Product Description

For the Children's Sake is a book about what education can be--for your child, in your home, and in your school. It is based first on a Christian understanding of what it means to be human and on the Christian meaning of life.

About the Author

SUSAN SCHAEFFER MACAULAY grew up in Switzerland at L'Abri Fellowship, which was founded by her parents Francis and Edith Schaeffer. She and her husband Ranald Macaulay established and led the L'Abri branch in England for several years. She is also the author of For the Family's Sake and contributed to Books Children Love and When Children Love to Learn.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (September 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089107290X
• ISBN-13: 978-0891072904
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #183,162 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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94 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ! :-), April 11, 1999

By A Customer

This book set the vision in my mind for the type of education I'd like to provide for my children -- warm, intelligent, full of life. A living education full of living books, living ideas, living people! For the past eight years, I've tried to re-read this book at least once a year to keep my vision fresh and my mind focused. This is the one book I always recommend -- or give as a gift -- to anyone as they first consider the idea home education. A real treasure!

73 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book that changed my life., January 16, 1999

By	Lynn B. Hocraffer (rural Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I began homeschooling our children in 1985 using a workbook program. I read a review of this book in Mary Pride's Big Book, and borrowed it through InterLibrary Loan. Now I have my own copy! This book is a short introduction to home education philosophy as well as practice. Charlotte Mason included in the Preface of each of her 6 volume set called "Home Education", 18 Principles as a synopsis. If you are following these 18, you may be said to be a Charlotte Mason person. All 18 are explained in this book, in a short and easy to read format. I recommend this book to anyone considering homeschooling, or who is tired of the way they are learning and living now. CM is a Christian literature-based educational philosophy. It is a Discipline, an Atmosphere, a Life - and this book can show you how to get there.

90 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the best first step in examining homeschooling, July 9, 1999

By A Customer

Mrs. MacAulay interprets the principles of Charlotte Mason, an English school teacher with ideas similar to Maria Montessori (but grounded in Scripture). Miss Mason lived from 1842-1923 and her writing is a bit flowery for today's readers. This book gets to the essentials of her philosophy outlined in this mottto "I am, I can, I ought, I will". What that means is basically that teachers need to help children understand their deep value to God, expose them to many activities so they can discover their gifts, teach the unchanging morals of Scripture and guide children in making moral choices for themselves.