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Reading good books is like meeting new people. You can travel through time and space and make the most interesting acquaintances curled up in your armchair.

Parents that are new to homeschooling are often overwhelmed with all the products that are now available to homeschoolers. Homeschooling has become a big industry. Open a homeschooling catalog full of curriculum and supplies and someone can easily get the impression that homeschooling is going to cost thousands of dollars a year.

Our 7 and 9 year old boys were memorized every minute as I read Robinson Crusoe, they actually balked when I stopped reading (the reading took three nights). Classics: Should You Read the Originals or Adaptations?

One of the greatest desires of homeschool parents is to encourage a reading habit in their children. When our children are just babies we start reading to them. We bring our schedules under control so that we will have time to stop our routines and sit down to read. I know this isn’t easy, it isn’t easy for me either. Somehow the tyranny of the urgent can keep us from getting done all the important things we want to do.

When you think of Charlotte Mason, you think of using living books as the foundation of your studies. So, how are you supposed to use living books that you read to help your child understand and learn mathematical concepts?

If you are looking for a way to homeschool a number of children of various age ranges, enjoy reading books with them, want to enhance their writing skills, delve into stories of historical figures and events, and minimize the use of textbooks, using Charlotte Mason’s methods may be just the right path for you to follow.