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Teaching Children: A Curriculum Guide to What Children Need to Know at Each Level Through Grade Six

1 review
Diane Lopez

Crossway Books, 1989

A somewhat useful book with a misleading title
Out of the three Child-Light education books, this is the only one I own, but I'd recommend For the Children's Sake and Books Children Love over this one. Of the three, this is the least readable (it's mostly scope and sequence) and the least homeschool friendly (classroom teachers might find it more useful). It lists poems and books to read (mostly in the literature and history/geography ...

For the Children's Sake
Susan Schaeffer MacAulay

Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., 2007

Based upon a Christian understanding of what it means to be human, this book can help parents and teachers awaken young minds and give them a new richness, stability, and joy for living.

When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today

2 reviews

Crossway Books, 2004

Theory Meets Practice
This is a great book for those who are at least somewhat familiar with the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason and want to see how it looks in the home or school classroom. For those not familiar with Mason, I recommend For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay (also a contributing author in this book.)

For the Children's Sake

17 reviews
Susan Schaeffer MacAulay

Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., 2007

Common Sense Education
For those who are disenchanted with the high pressure standardized-testing mentality prevalent in classrooms today, this book explains the educational philosphy of Charlotte Mason. It is God-focused (Susan is the daughter of Christian apologtic Francis Shaeffer), natural, and relaxed. It is a must-read for any classroom teacher, homeschool parent, or school administrator.

For the Family's Sake: The Value of Home in Everyone's Life

3 reviews
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Crossway Books, 1999

An "earthy-biblical-spiritual" model for family life
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, daughter of L'Abri founders Francis & Edith Schaeffer, has given us a wonderful guide to family life in the postmodern world. She writes out of a desire to help young families -- or those beginning to think in that direction -- "nurture their family's heart." Susan presents a clear blueprint for "constructing a home that survives the variety of situations that you ...

How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig, And Other Ways You've Been Brainwashed

2 reviews
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Chariot/Victor Publishing, 1982

Funny but serious
Suzanne Shcaeffer is the daugter of the late great Christian thinker, Francis. She takes the ideas of his work and puts them in down to earth, humourous but compelling language. Even better, the cartoons are excellent. This book is intensely human, serious and will take you behind the scenes of what you believe, while splitting your sides with laughter.

Books Children Love: A Guide to the Best Children's Literature

7 reviews
Elizabeth Laraway Wilson

Crossway Books, 2002

Book list and summaries of many book topics
This book was written as a listing of books for children, of many topics. I want to make it clear that this is not just a book list of children's fiction. There are different books on the market that list only works of fiction. This book includes lists of books for these subjects: animals, art and architecture, bible/spiritual teaching, biography, crafts, hobbies, domestic arts, dance, drama, ...

How to be Your Own Selfish Pig: And Other Ways You've Been Brainwashed

1 review
Susan Schaeffer, Susan Macaulay Susan Schaeffer-Macaulay

Summit Press, 2003

Delves into the "why" behind the rules
In How to be Your Own Selfish Pig, Susan Schaeffer Macauley, the daughter of Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer, takes many of the ideas in her father's works and places them in simpler language geared to teenagers, kind of "easy apologetics" if you will. While the comparisons to her father's books are inevitable, I was also reminded of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity as I read this. ...