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Train up a Child Publishing is here to help you bring your kids’ homeschool education to life and have a happy, thriving home.   With our literature-based, Charlotte Mason-inspired curriculum, helpful blog, and experienced mentoring, you can learn how to teach using science-research-based teaching methods, train your children to have good habits (and polish up some of yours in the process), and make simple changes to keep your household running smoothly.

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Literature-based Learning

The Magic and Mystery of Trees

Did you know trees can talk to each other? đźŚł Not with words, of course—but through an underground network that lets them share water, nutrients, even warnings about hungry insects. Some trees will pass food to their struggling neighbors. Others send…

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15 Creative Language Arts Lessons Using Living Books
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15 Creative Language Arts Lessons Using Living Books

If you homeschool using Charlotte Mason methods, you’ve often heard that narration is the activity to do after reading books. Oral narration is an excellent teaching strategy, but did you know that there are many other ways to make creative…

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What are “Charlotte Mason” Living Books?
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What are “Charlotte Mason” Living Books?

  What are “Charlotte Mason” Living Books and how do you teach with them? Are you wondering what all the buzz is about Charlotte Mason’s living books?  If you’ve heard the term and not quite understood what it meant, keep…

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Literature-based Learning

Why Literature is essential to Learning

Did you read  Old Yeller as a child? Remember your heart pounding when the enraged momma bear charges little Arliss? And then your profound relief when the “yeller dog” attacks the bear to save Arliss’ life? I bet you do!…

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Six Strategies to Make Your Summer Break Work for You
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Six Strategies to Make Your Summer Break Work for You

Just before the light appeared above the horizon, she got out of bed, tossed a cup of oatmeal in the pan of boiling water, and while it bubbled away, thought through her day. She worked at staying ahead on the…

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5 Steps to starting your homeschool with a bang!

It’s back to homeschool time! Whether you’re starting homeschooling for the first time, are an experienced homeschool mom, or just need a midyear homeschool reboot, try these 5 steps to starting your homeschool with a bang! 5 steps to starting…

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60 Assignment Ideas (K-HS) Using Real Books

How to bring life to your kids’ education by teaching history, science, and language arts using excellent literature instead of dry textbooks!

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