

Pre-Reading: Is This Necessary?
What is pre-reading? In a Charlotte Mason education, each student’s academic year leans heavily on reading and narrating living books. To...


Thoughts on "The Art of Book Reading"
“The Art of Book Reading” is a two part article written by Mrs. A Coumont in the Parents’ Review. Mrs. Coumont discusses the importance...


Beauty and Diversity
Striking a balance between using children’s books written a long time ago and books written today can be frustrating and difficult. It...


The Language of Literature
From my own personal experience, one of the most important elements of a Charlotte Mason education-the one that is revealed most often as...


Quality Narrations Come from Living Books
We often read from various books and articles that the main premise of a Charlotte Mason education is the idea that children will read...


Not Just Scope But Sequence Too
I created the table which follows based on notes that I’ve actually been taking and keeping for a number of years now. My interest in...


A Study of Charlotte Mason's Books
What does the study of an educator's book list reveal to us? What can be learned about her teaching methods from these choices? Through...


History With Dorothy Mills
Now imagination does not descend, full grown, to take possession of an empty house; like every other power of the mind, it is the merest...

Living Books for Preparatory
What should we look for in a book for young children? What makes one book a living book over another? What is a living book? Read this...


Living Books: What Are They and Why Are They Important?
What Are Living Books? Charlotte Mason refers to living books often and gives us ideas of what she means by this label. A living book is...