Episode 30:
Charlotte Mason Mamas Around the Globe
With Alberta Stevens in the UK

Welcome Friend!

Today we get to interview a very dear friend of ours all the way from the UK!

Originally from Sierra Leone, Alberta Stevens is a proud boy mom (or mum, as she would say it) who beautifully implements the Charlotte Mason philosophy in her multicultural home in London. She’s passionate about spreading a life-giving and culturally diverse feast to all families through the wonderful resources she creates as well through her podcast.

She is a kindred spirit who inspires us with her work for the Lord. We are honored to have her share with us today.

Quotes & Notes

“In my home, there’s 3 cultures, really.  It’s British, it’s Sierra Leonean, but it’s predominantly Christian.  That is the biggest part of my identity and Charlotte Mason gives me the space, the tools, the words and, also, the ‘how to’ to make those things come together and make a life out of it.” -Alberta Stevens
 
PRINCIPLES 

1. Children are born persons.

17. The way of the will: Children should be taught, (a) to distinguish between ‘I want’ and ‘I will.’
 
PNEU Motto:  I am, I can, I ought, I will.
 
SCRIPTURES:
“For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.” Romans 7:15
 
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
 
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39
 
 

Where to find Alberta

Website: Homegrown Sonshine 

Podcast: Homegrown Sonshine with Alberta Stevens

Instagram: @homegrown.sonshine 

 

Resources mentioned

Leah Boden’s Modern Miss Mason

Ambleside Online

“Well Trained Mind” by  Susan Wise Bauer

“Teaching from Rest” by Sarah McKenzie

Alberta’s blog posts: “DIVERSITY” and “Incorporating Cultural Diversity at Home“

 

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