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  The McGuffey Eclectic Readers are a series of graded readers, that were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.  While researching available resources, we came across the McGuffey Readers and were pleasantly surprised to see how many supplementary resources were available that align with Charlotte Mason principles, incorporating copywork, dictation and narration. The Readers also cover all years from the first year your child learns to read all the way to your child's last year of schooling, a complete curriculum!  Between the Lines have...

Charlotte Mason would often refer to her curriculum as a "feast". She would say that a child's mind should "feed on ideas". All of this conjures up images of serving your child a massive appetising banquet of a variety of many different and delicious foods and allowing your child to taste, test and try any or all of them.  When we apply this to a home education or school curriculum, the aim is to not limit what your child is exposed to. Expose them to a wide variety of subjects. Learning is not just about the three R's: Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic. Children are fascinated by...