Charlotte Mason said that the outcome of her curriculum was character. We breathe a sigh of relief, because we sure know our children’s character needs work. I think she was chuckling within herself when she wrote this because she knew what I suspect she also meant. For me, it is teaching with her method and… Read More How Long, O Lord…?
I am not going to beat about the bush. I just deleted a long, long introduction, which I decided was just hemming and hawing. Your time is valuable, so I will begin simply by saying that I am a recovering perfectionist, but what I want to encourage you with is not the cure for perfectionism.… Read More The Hindrance to Spreading the Feast, or, On Not Being Good At Everything
Learning never ends. Is this exciting or discouraging for you? Have you noticed that lessons in life repeat, get learned again and again? One of those, for me, is that I live not by bread alone (and I truly do adore bread—all kinds!), but live by every word that comes from the mouth of God.… Read More What Do You Have?
Over the next several months, I want to focus on some of the common questions and concerns I hear during consults or receive via e-mail. I’m usually too busy to keep a running tally and add all the questions up. Still, without any record, certain worries rise to the surface quite frequently. Probably the top… Read More He is For You
Time has limitations. Those limitations mean we have to decide between many good things because there isn’t time to do all we wish. Perhaps because I’m getting older, I now consider time quite precious and want to make the most of it. I am not as careless of time as I used to be. I… Read More Against the Clock
At one of our ADE at Home conferences, I gave a brief meditation on sowing and reaping. Just as “the feast” is a great analogy for the Charlotte Mason curriculum, gardening is also apt, especially as relates to the teacher. Remember Miss Mason’s reference to Ecclesiastes, “In the morning sow your seed, and in the… Read More Reading: Compost for Composition, or, Sow a Book, Reap a Composition
The First Book of Electricity by Sam & Beryl Epstein, is another science book in the First Book of series that Living Library Press is bringing back into print. Although first published in the 1950’s the information contained in the volume is timeless. The book conveys a basic understanding of the principles of electricity and it… Read More New Living Library Press Release
We wanted to let our visitors know that we are out of the office for two weeks–August 7-21. If you are needing a book that we publish before we get back to work on August 22nd, we recommend you purchase it on Amazon.com to avoid the delay. We hope you are all having a wonderful… Read More Vacation Leave
The Year Round is the newest offering from Living Library Press. This paperback reprint of a 1932 nature guide, written and illustrated by Clarence Hylander, is an excellent adjunct to a student’s nature studies. Mr. Hylander states that his purpose in writing the book is to assist not only the student, but the parent or… Read More Introducing: The Year Round
Living Library Press is pleased to announce the release of our newest reprint: Cardboard Modelling by William Heaton. This Hardcover book is twice the length of the introductory Paper Modelling at 176 pages. Cardboard Modelling is the second book that Charlotte Mason used in her schools to teach the art of Sloyd, the Swedish handicraft… Read More Cardboard Modelling is Available!