School Education: Developing A Curriculum
10 best books like School Education: Developing A Curriculum (Charlotte M. Mason): Caddie Woodlawn, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, A Child's Garden of Verses, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids, An Experiment in Criticism, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life, The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks With Charlotte Mason
| Author | Carol Ryrie Brink |
| ISBN | 1416940286 |
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most of the neighbors -- neighbors who, like her mother and sisters, don't understand her at all. Caddie is brave,...
By the Shores of Silver Lake
| Author | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| ISBN | 0060885416 |
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura takes her first...
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
| Author | G.K. Chesterton |
| ISBN | 0375757910 |
G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately,...
A Child's Garden of Verses
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| ISBN | 0689823827 |
Up into the cherry tree
Who should climb but little me?
I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad on foreign lands.
Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson...
| Author | Susan Wise Bauer |
| ISBN | 0393059278 |
This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school. Two veteran home educators outline the classical pattern of education—the trivium—which organizes learning around the maturing capacity...
In the book of Philippians we are told to be anxious over nothing, and yet we are anxious over everything. We worry that our students will be "behind," that they won't score well on the SAT, get into a good college, or read enough of the Great Books. Our souls are restless, anxiously wondering if something...
The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
| Author | Sarah Mackenzie |
| ISBN | 0310350328 |
Connecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading aloud offers us a chance to be fully present with our children. It also increases our kids’ academic success, inspires compassion, and fortifies them with the inner strength they need to face life’s...
An Experiment in Criticism
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0521422817 |
Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C.S. Lewis's classic analysis springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. Crucial to his notion of judging literature is a commitment to laying aside expectations...
The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
| Author | Julie Bogart |
| ISBN | 0143133225 |
A joyful and accessible approach to homeschooling that harnesses children's natural curiosity and makes learning a part of everyday life, whether they're in elementary or high school
Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids....
| Author | Laurie Bestvater |
| ISBN | 0615834108 |
"We all have need to be trained to see, and to have our eyes opened before we can take in the joy that is meant for us in this beautiful life." Charlotte Mason ~~~~~~~ "Composition books and blank journals are readily available at every big box and corner store, available so inexpensively as to be common...
Homeschool Bravely: How to Squash Doubt, Trust God, and Teach Your Child with Confidence
| Author | Jamie Erickson |
| ISBN | 0802418872 |
Quiet the voices of "not good enough" and step courageously into guilt-free homeschooling
Many homeschool parents have a long-term relationship with self-doubt. "Did I make the right decision?" "Could someone else do this better?" "Am I robbing my kids of something by not sending them to...
Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace
Ideal for the mom new to homeschooling as well as the veteran who wants a fresh look at the way she’s operating, Plan Your Year guides the reader through the process of creating a vision, considering options, and organizing the school day in a simple and streamlined way.
Homeschooling is far...
On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books
| Author | Karen Swallow Prior |
| ISBN | 1587433966 |
Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue. Great literature increases knowledge of and desire for the good life by showing readers what virtue looks like and where vice leads. It is not just what one reads but how one reads that cultivates virtue. Reading good literature well requires...
You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal With It
| Author | Rachel Jankovic |
| ISBN | 1947644475 |
If "Who am I?" is the question you're asking, Rachel Jankovic doesn't want you to "find yourself" or "follow your heart." Those lies are nothing to the confidence, freedom, and clarity of course that come with knowing what is actually essential about you. And the answer to that question is at once less...
| Author | Elizabeth George Speare |
It's the time of the American Revolution and new Americans like Matt and his family are heading out to colonize areas of virgin territory.
Matt and his father head to Maine territory to stake their claim, which involves declaring their land, building a home and planting crops. Once they've...
