Some Charlotte Mason-Friendly Sites:
Ambleside On-lineArt Gallery--WorldwideCharlotte Mason’s books online (free)Charlotte Mason Discussion Group Charlotte Mason Made Easy (Walmsley)Charlotte Mason Research & Supply CM Catholic CurriculumC-Mason Web SiteCrooked Pines PublishingGentle HearthGift of Family WritingHandbook of Nature Study Blog
harmonyartmom.blogspot.comHomeschool Central HomeSchoolDads.comThe Homeschool MomKatie’s Homeschool CottageK12 On-line HomeschoolLiving Books CurriculumMake a Nature JournalThe Nature Blog (Richard Adams) Nature DetectivesNature Journal: Ideas and Tips Nature Study: Outdoor Hour blogNot on the Test, Tom Chapin
Queen Homeschool SupplyRace for HeavenRainbow Resource Center, Inc Secular CM websiteSecular CM discussion groupSimply Charlotte Mason Special Needs Children using CM Tammy Glaser’s CM PageTanglewood EducationThe Thinking MotherWatercolor PaintingWhat Tree Is It?
Check out my talented husband’s house plans.
More CM ReadingCharlotte Mason’s series Charlotte Mason Study Guide A Charlotte Mason EducationMore Charlotte Mason EducationCharlotte Mason CompanionWhen Children Love to LearnFor the Children’s SakeFor the Family’s SakeLiterature Alive!Our Home Wild Days: Creating Discovery Journals
Home Education Titles and Curriculum Choices:Educating the Wholehearted ChildHomeschooling HandbookEasy Homeschooling TechniquesNebel’s Elementary Education: The Three R’sPlayful Learning: Alternate to Preschool You Can Teach Your Child Successfully Homeschooling the Teen YearsAt Last! Reading Method for Every Child Teach Your Child to Read 100 Lessons:Reading ReflexWords Their Way: Phonics, Vocab, SpellSpelling PowerThe ABC’s and All Their TricksItalics, Beautiful Handwriting for ChildrenGames for WritingFrom Reader to Writer: Teaching Writing through Classic Children’s Books Any Child Can Write Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s LiteratureBuilding a Writing CommunityBird by Bird: Instructions on Writing/Life Nitty Gritty GrammarSimply GrammarFree Grammar websiteEnglish for the Thoughtful ChildRecipes for WritingEnglish from the Roots UpWords on the Vine (vocab/root words)Games for MathFamily Math for Young ChildrenFamily MathMath-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving (uses famous art)Mastering Essential Math Skills (3-4) Mastering Essential Math Skills (5-8) Problem Solving in Mathematics Hands-On AlgebraFibonacci FunString, Straightedge, & ShadowMathematics: A Human EndeavorVideoText AlgebraElementary AlgebraGeometry: Seeing, Doing, Understand Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: K-2The Elements: A Visual ExplorationMath Book, Milestones in History of Math How Science WorksPhysics: The Easy WayThinking PhysicsMad About Physics: Braintwisters, Paradoxes, and CuriositiesBasic Machines and How They Work Instant Physics: From Aristotle to Einstein Creepy Crawlies: Scientific Method Wild Days: Creating Discovery JournalsMy Book of the Centuries (History)A Little History of the WorldDeconstructing PenguinsHow to Read a BookThe Harp and Laurel Wreath A Thomas Jefferson EducationThe Educated ChildWhat Your 1st Grader Needs to KnowWhat Your 2nd Grader Needs to KnowWhat Your 3rd Grader Needs to KnowWhat Your 4th Grader Needs to KnowWhat Your 5th Grader Needs to KnowWhat Your 6th Grader Needs to KnowHomeschoolers College Admissions tDebt-Proof Your KidsThe Power of Full Engagement (not about homeschool but may be helpful for personal development; apply to working with children)Square Foot Gardening Fine Arts:Poems to Read to the Very YoungA Child’s Garden of VersesA Brighter Garden: PoetryFavorite Poems, Old and NewThe Book of 1,000 PoemsAnd It Was So: Words from the Scripture A Time to Keep: Tasha Tudor HolidaysBeowulf (Heaney)Bard of Avon: Story of W. Shakespeare Under the Greenwood Tree: Shakespeare Tales from ShakespeareBeautiful Stories from ShakespeareGrass Sandals: Basho
A Boy Named GiottoThe Genius of LeonardoLeonardo da Vinci for KidsMichelangeloGetting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists series Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benj. WestHokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain Linnea in Monet’s GardenMarie in Fourth Position: DegasDegas and the Little DancerPicasso and the Girl with a Ponytail Cezanne from A to ZCamille and the Sunflowers: Van Gogh First Starry Night: Van GoghA Weekend with Winslow HomerMy Name is GeorgiaSister Wendy’s Story of PaintingDrawing on the Right Side of the BrainDiscovering Great ArtistsDrawing with Children
Nine-Note Recorder BooksAulos Soprano Recorder Quick Notes (music reading cards)Random House Book of Opera StoriesBarefoot Book of Stories from the OperaSpiritual Lives of the Great Composers Raising Musical KidsThe Mozart EffectBernstein: Children’s ClassicsClassics for KidsBach for BreakfastBaroque at BathtimeBrahms at BedtimeBeethoven at BedtimeMozart in the MorningMozart at MidnightChopin and ChampagneTchaikovsky at Tea TimeVivaldi for ValentinesBach’s Big AdventureBeethoven Lives Upstairs/Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery/Hallalujah HandelMozart’s Magic Fantasy/Tchaikovsky Discovers America/Bach Comes to CallTwo Scarlet Songbirds: Anton Dvorak
Some Mind-Building Fun and Games:Pentago Marble Game RumisLoot, Plundering Pirate Card Game BlokusLegend of Landlock SetRainbow Pentominoes and book Presto Change-ORat-a-Tat Cat QuoridorApples to Apples Jr. Quarto
Books of Reading Lists: Books with lists of good books to read.The Read-Aloud HandbookHow to Get Your Child to Love ReadingChildren’s Literature Lover’s Book of Lists A Literary EducationBooks That Build CharacterBooks Children LoveHoney for a Child’s HeartLet the Authors SpeakGreat Books in the Christian Tradition Invitation to the ClassicsLiving Book Reviews A Few Good Books: (more on the history page) Below I’ve listed some good books that are in print. Many classics are not on this list due to space limitations. For younger children: The Aesop for Children Basho and the Fox A Grain of RiceThe First Strawberries: Cherokee TaleOld Father Story TellerThe Girl Who Spun GoldNight of the MoonMama’s SariMonsoonFinders Keepers?Indian Children’s Favourite Stories My Name Is YoonDear JunoFirekeeper’s SonGrandfather CountsAll the Colors of the EarthWhiteblack the Penguin Sees the World Book of VirtuesThe Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales of Winnie the PoohMy Father’s DragonCurious GeorgeLittle House in the Big WoodsNate the GreatBilly and BlazeThe Bears on Hemlock MountainThe Paintbrush KidPhoebe the SpySarah Whitcher’s StoryCarolina’s CourageMountain BornJust So StoriesThe Hundred DressesThe Sword in the TreePaddle-to-the-Sea; PagooMinn of the Mississippi; SeabirdCharlotte’s WebStuart LittlePoppyBandit’s MoonWheel on the SchoolHouse of Sixty FathersHank the CowdogHalf MagicKnight’s CastleSwallows and AmazonsThe Mouse of Amherst (Emily Dickenson)NEW: Birchbark HouseThe Game of Silence
For older children:Phantom TollboothBlack Jack; John Diamond; Smith; Strange Affair of Adelaide HarrisThe Complete Book of Dragons (Nesbit)The CayAll of a Kind FamilyThe Silver PencilThe YearlingThe Door in the WallJohnny TremainCalico BushThe Trumpeter of KrakowIndian CaptiveThe GiverWalk Two MoonsSnow TreasureNorth to Freedom (I am David)Carry On, Mr. BowditchThe Golden GobletThe Good MasterThe Singing TreeThe White StagThe DefenderCalico CaptiveThe Witch of Blackbird PondEagle of the NinthLantern BearersBanner in the SkyDetectives in TogasShipwrecked! Adventures Japanese Boy LaddieFrecklesGirl of the LimberlostThe Hiding PlaceWith Pipe, Paddle & Song: The Story of French-Canadian VoyageursAmos Fortune, Free ManHittite WarriorCat of BubastesA Wrinkle in TimeA Wind in the DoorA Swiftly Tilting PlanetChronicles of Prydian: Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, The High King. The Hobbit and Lord of the RingsThe Chronicles of NarniaJane EyreScrewtape Letters
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Financial and career assistance for home schooled students
Parenting Books:Parenting Without Stress Positive DisciplineMission of MotherhoodHeartfelt DisciplineHints on Child Training
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