"This long-awaited book on Charlotte Mason's philosophy by well-known speaker and columnist Karen Andreola provides a wealth of insight, practical advice, and narratives illustrating how the ideas of the famed turn-of-the-century educator actually works in "real life". With warmnth and humor, Karen weaves together her own stories of the joys and struggles of the educational life and Charlotte's high idels and firmly-held principles. Her eyes of homeschooling "the Charlotte Mason way" are clear and compelling evidence that this method works! As you explore in these pages what Karen calls "the gentle art of learning."