Summer Reading

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ~Francis Bacon

Every summer I like to revisit some of my old friends - Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte or Elizabeth Gaskell. This year it is Jane Austen. I just love her wit. I've recently read Emma and now I'm beginning Persuasion.

I'm also revisting some homeschooling books to stoke the fires again. Real Learning is my favorite. It is so practical and chock full of ideas from moms who have been there and done that. There is also a wonderful picture book list too.

I love books about books. Two new homeschooling books that I've read through earlier in the year, Maureen Witmann's For the Love of Literature and Cay Gibson's A Picture Perfect Childhood deserve another read through. This time, I'll be taking notes.

I'll be reading through some of Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series as well as The Advanced Montessori Method and Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years. These last three will be the ones that I have to "chew" and "digest" as I try to see how to implement these ideas in our home.

I've also have gotten involved with a Charlotte Mason Summer Study of three books: Education Is..., Laying Down the Rails and Hours in the Out-of-Doors: A Charlotte Mason Nature Study Handbook. I think these books will fill my need for learning.