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🗓️ 31 October 2025
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Living Books. These two words are almost synonymous with a Charlotte Mason education. In today's episode we begin our discussion of Literature in a Charlotte Mason curriculum and try to get to the heart of how she used living books in literature lessons.

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| 0:00.0 | Living books. These two words are almost synonymous with a Charlotte Mason education. Today we |
| 0:07.2 | began our discussion of literature in a Charlotte Mason curriculum and try to get to the heart |
| 0:12.4 | of how she used living books in literature lessons. Want to make science feel doable and delightful? |
| 0:19.7 | I'm Nicole Williams from Sabbath Mood Home School. I created |
| 0:22.7 | science and nature curriculum rooted in Charlotte Mason's method. Grab a free resource at Sabbath |
| 0:28.7 | mood homeschool.com slash ADE. Welcome to a delectable education, the podcast that spreads the feast |
| 0:34.2 | of the Charlotte Mason Method. I'm Emily Kaiser and I'm here with. Liz Katrille and Nicole Williams. |
| 0:39.5 | And today we are turning our attention to the subject of literature |
| 0:42.7 | as we work our way through volume 6, chapter 10, |
| 0:46.6 | and discuss a Charlotte Mason curriculum this season. |
| 0:49.8 | We have prepared a season 11 reading schedule for you. |
| 0:53.6 | You can find linked in our show notes |
| 0:55.2 | if you'd like to read along with us and stay up to date with the podcast we invite you |
| 1:03.4 | to do that because it is so important to read Charlotte Mason's words for for yourself so |
| 1:10.4 | today we are talking about literature. |
| 1:13.0 | And when I think of what a Charlotte Mason education is, I usually first think of living |
| 1:18.9 | books. |
| 1:19.1 | I think that's the case for many, many people. |
| 1:21.6 | It was a common refrain that we used to see, what are we, what's the answer? |
| 1:25.4 | Living books. |
| 1:26.4 | Yes. |
| 1:26.9 | Oh, yes. |
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