Living books

With living books, I find that thinking of people and places we've studied is like remembering an old friend or a family vacation.

(This post contains affiliate links to Amazon please see our disclosure for more details) What is a "Living Book"? This question, I'm asked all the time has become much easier for me to explain and understand than it was 8 years ago. At first, I didn't fully grasp what a living book really was. It

One of the main differences of a Charlotte Mason education is the use of living books instead of textbooks to provide information and ideas. But what are living books? How can you spot them? In this post you'll learn how to better tell if a book is living or not, and you'll find incredible living

A comprehensive guide to beautiful, living and vintage books that aren't as well known to make your homeschool library complete.

These living books for preschool are the best books to read aloud to your early learners. Use this living books list to plan your homeschool!

These wonderful living books for elementary grades are wonderful for young children to read on their own or for you to read to them!

Karen Smith shares some of her favorite living science books for grades 1–3 that will give your child a gentle introduction to the wonders of God's Creation.

Share Wildflower Ramblings!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...

Inside you’ll find: my boys favorite chapter books we read this year. Most of them I’d say fit the category of living books! 2017 was the year we really started diving into chapter books. I’ve been dreaming about this stage in life since before I was married! Sharing fantastic stories and adventures within the pages [...]

Share Wildflower Ramblings!“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...