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,…
Classic read aloud chapter books for girls
We have loved reading these sweet stories with our daughters. I love providing awesome, heartwarming stories with strong, moral female protagonists! Stories create memories. It’s oh so special to curl up together! Our reading time is not always filled with roses! There are arguments about who gets to sit where and who is closest to…
Classic read aloud chapter books for boys
My husband has loved reading many of these read aloud chapter books with our son! It has created a wonderful bonding time around fun and meaningful stories! Here is our latest list for chapter books that can be read individually or as a read aloud. These books contain male protagonists, but of course girls can…
Living books to teach high moral character for mid-elementary with strong male protagonists
My son always has a literature and history book going. At first, he would orally narrate his books, now he write a one page written narration about what he read! He has enjoyed most of these, though he is a reluctant reader at heart — he’s my tough one! But these awesome living books with…
Living books for elementary readers
Children love living books with enlightening and clever stories! We have loved using this fun list of living books for elementary readers! After we have read the Little Bear and Frog & Toad books, this is what we use next! If you haven’t picked up the Fox books, you are missing out! They are absolutely…
best bibles for kids
We have read the Bible with our children since they were infants. Hiding God’s word in their hearts is the most important work that we can do as parents! There are so many children’s Bibles out there that it is often difficult to sift through which are most theologically sound for children. Here are, currently, my…
living books for emergent readers: I Can Read! American history books
“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…
Middle Grade Reading List for Classical Child promoting good morals and values {free printable!}
How can we find and provide good, quality reading material for our middle grade children? After children have learned to read, we must provide well-written reading material so they continue in their love of reading, while also emphasizing strong moral character and values. We want to promote good morals and values with Classical Choices for…
learning to read with living books
The story of how I learned that living books and teaching my son to read using the methods of Charlotte Mason would help him to excel in reading. Free printable list below of these favorite first living books! My son was hitting a wall with learning to read. And as a former kindergarten teacher I really…
creating a simple unit study
Children are interested in learning about exciting and engaging topics. They simply need the resources to further investigate their interests. Unit studies will help a child grasp seemingly mature topics — even at a very young age. My son is soaking up stories from Greek Myths right now through using the books and hands-on learning ideas that…
Beautiful poetry books for children
Every afternoon, we set a blanket out on the floor (or in the summer, outside) and we read. The children ask for the poetry first. Then we will often move into our Language Lesson, Bible reading, or read-aloud novel. This time is the most joyful in my days. I am so thankful to read beautiful…
read aloud book collection giveaway!
Reading is the most important thing you can do with your children. You build vocabulary, open doors, create imaginations, enter into new worlds, learn valuable narration and memorization skills — there are so many incredible skills that children learn just from reading. Reading is life. The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational…
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