Living Books for Lil' Ones

Charlotte Mason used the term living books to describe books that are useful in teaching other than the traditional textbooks. These books can actually help children to form a relationship with the subject or area of interest that is being read about.

I like to draw or trace a picture from the book and have the kids color it in. One year we made a memory book by photo copying a the cover of each living book they read.

My older children like to read to the younger ones. These are some of the titles they read this week:

• In the Nest  by Anna Milbourne & Laurenence Cleyet-Merle
• Jo macDonald had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum illus. by Laura J. Bryant
• St. Francis and the Crow by Bernadette Watts
• Biscuit In the Garden by Alyssa Capucilli illus. by Pat Schories