Living Books

Wilmore, KY

2024 Charlotte Mason Institute Gathering

Join us at our 2024 annual gathering from July 25-27, 2024, in Wilmore, Kentucky! This conference will be a time of exploration and growth as we unpack Charlotte Mason’s ideas on handwork, life skills, and the joy of making. We’ll study the impact of creative work and discuss how artistry connects to many areas of the feast, sometimes in surprising ways. Our sessions will honor the old and embrace the new, and of course, we’ll live out what we teach as makers of beautiful and useful things! We hope to see you there! For those who are unable to join us in person, there will be a virtual option - more details coming soon!

Grand Bay, AL

Fort Lake Acres Lending Library

$10/month
*Small but growing library of wholesome, living books
*Curriculum that you can preview before deciding to buy.
*30 day checkouts with NO late fees.
*Homeschooling, Curriculum, Planning, and Education Advice/Consulting at no additional charge.

Maryville, TN

Maryville CM Group

We are a new CM group in Maryville, TN. We are looking to start a CM book reading meeting, playdates, and possibly a co-op. We would love for others who are interested in CM education or who are already involved in CM living to join us as we get to know each other and grow a community of like minded families.

Weaverville, NC

Charlotte Mason Book Discussion, In Vital Harmony

Connect with likeminded mom's as we discuss the book, In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass. We will meet Tuesday, May 23rd & June 6th at 6:30 p.m. in Weaverville, N.C. The goal of the discussion will be to gain a deeper understanding of the philosophy of a Charlotte Mason education for our children and ourselves. She described her approach to education as, “Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life.” Members will purchase the book to read and are encouraged to take notes or jot down questions to bring to the discussion. During the meeting, we will take turns sharing our thoughts about the book, what we learned, and how we related to the material.

“It is no arbitrary reward which is attached to the assembling of two or three together; we warm ourselves at each others’ fires, and glow with the heat we get. Let but the heads of two or three families meet together to talk over the bringing up of their children, and the best and wisest parents will go home with new insight, renewed purpose, and warmer zeal. ‘We shall learn by degrees that education is, like religion, a social principle as well as an individual duty; and, meeting on this higher ground, we shall find out the best of one another as we never should in the common intercourse of business or society.'”
Charlotte Mason, editorial note, Parents’ Review, March 1890

Omaha, NE

Charlotte Mason Chats

An open house, come and go as needed, informal time for conversation about a Living Education and Living Life with family.
Bring yourself just as you are, bring your questions, bring your comments, bring your kids, browse the library, and chat CM.
Meets at the Omaha Homeschool Library. Second Thursdays 11-4.
Contact Lisa for more info lisagardener@abbnebraska.com.

Elkton, OH

AO/CM co-op

Small AmblesideOnline CM Co-op meeting bi-weekly. We will cover Shakespeare, Plutarch, geography map drills, handicrafts, folksongs, artist and composer study, and possibly nature study too. All ages welcome!

Martinsburg, WV

Covenant Family Library

Covenant Family Library has over 9000 books ready to share with the local homeschool community.

Murfreesboro, TN

Charlotte Mason Nature Study Days

Please join us for Charlotte Mason Nature Study Days!

We meet at nature places and parks each Friday at 10 am. Each week we focus on a specific nature study topic.

We begin with a nature read aloud that is chosen to "reveal the sort of thing to be seen with curious eyes" and fill us with the desire to make new discoveries. Then, we take a nature walk or hike, nature journal, and work on a handicraft together.

Anchorage, AK

Tempered Steel Co-op

We are a new-ish co-op that uses the Ambleside Online curriculum in our homeschools. 2022/2023 will be our second year meeting together. We meet together as a group weekly during the school year for Shakespeare, Nature Journal and Art study to name a few activities. During the summer we get together as friends to let the kids play and parents chat.

OR

Strawberry Mountain Living Books

A library of living books for homeschool families in Grant County, Oregon. We focus on curating books that can’t be found at the public library, so our shelves are full of out-of-print, AO, and SCM books. Borrow by appointment.