Creating a rich and engaging literacy environment for our children is so important to our homeschool! At the heart of a Charlotte Mason education lies the concept of “living books” – books that come alive and engage the reader on a profound level. Living books help our children to remain engaged and excited about their learning! …
Teaching history and the stories of past lives is such a rich way to share heritage with children. Living books tell stories that are not dumbed down, but that are interesting and valuable to the reader. Children deserve the best books! Here are a few of our favorites for Chinese History Living Books. “One more…
What a joy it is to compile living book lists for children and adults alike! Homeschool has allowed us to dig into topics that my kids have had an interest in or has let me intentionally put out books about certain time periods or parts/countries around the world! Here is our list of Living Books…
I love compiling lists of books my children can read when we are studying a certain part of the world or time period. What’s amazing about homeschooling, is they can be inspired by something in Greek History, and I can take out some living books and they are all set! They love to read, study,…
Over the next couple of months, I will share some Living Books Lists based on topic. To start, I’m sharing some spine ideas for Ancient History, this includes Plutarch and the Seven Wonders of the World. I will have other Living Books History lists for specific topics of Mesopotamia, Greek, Roman, the Eastern countries like…
Every child needs the right time and books available to them so they can achieve and thrive on their own time. I have talked about my son a lot here. He made me a mom! He is my light and my joy! But how could I have a child who didn’t enjoy, or take to,…
“Children benefit from working steadily through well-chosen books,” Susan Schaeffer Macaulay writes in her book, For the Children’s Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School, a summary of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education. And how true this is! When we give children the opportunity to read life-giving books, and ask them to share their…
Here we have The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum in chronological order for you to decide which Year you may want to use for your family! I have had many requests for the order of the four years form The Good and the Beautiful! Particularly for those who want to do their work chronologically…
I love teaching history, and I love having amazing & abundant resources for history! The Good & The Beautiful History includes living texts, picture book and map & primary images, audio recordings to bring history to life, and worksheets to color or study geography or quotes. It’s a wonderful program that we fit into the…