LBC Grade Five Teaching Guide and CD

by Living Books Curriculum

Categories:  Parents, How-To's, Lesson Plans

Suggested Grades: Grade 5, Parents

Product Description:

Living Books Curriculum Teaching Guide is used in conjunction with an assortment of other books - living books. Books such as historical fiction, non-fiction, biography, etc are used to give the student a great Charlotte Mason education. Some textbooks are used but not many.

A companion CD-ROM comes with each teaching guide as well. These CD’s usually have pictures for picture study, maps for geography, notebook/journal pages, helpful articles, science support pages, additional reading material, ebooks, and much more. Not every grade comes with all of these resources but each CD is relevant to the grade.


During grade 5 your student will cover many subjects. In their Christian studies, your child will study scripture, Pilgrim’s Progress, and Heroes of the Faith studies. Their language arts study will cover copywork, grammar, dictation, storytelling (narration), folk literature and a study of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Geography is combined with their studies in history. In world history your student will study the Renaissance and the Reformation (1550-1750 AD) eras. In American history, the 19th century post-civil war period. Science will cover studies of inventions and hands-on projects with microscopes. Picture study, composer study, and nature study are added to the other subjects to complete a wonderful Charlotte Mason style curriculum.

Price for this Item
$82.00 (print copy)
$62.00 (digital copy)

Kindergarten - God's Creation from A to Z

by My Fathers World

Categories: Parents, Kindergarten, Lesson Plans

Suggested Grades: Kindergarten, Parents


Product Description:

My Father's World has put together a wonderful collection of studies that focus on God's creation. The first two weeks focus on the creation story from Genesis, followed by 26-hands on topical studies in God's creation. Your children will be explore things such as butterflies, elephants, rocks, the moon, the sun, and so many more. Along with these wonderful creations, My Father's World has recommended a list of over 400 children literature books on these topics. You can choose books from their list (to get at your local library) to accompany your study on these topics or you can simply purchase My Father's Words' Kindergarten Literature Collection.

Along with their studies of God's creation, math is woven into the lessons. Children will learn basic kindergarten skills while doing their lessons. Skills like measuring whales and dinosaur tales and sorting leaves from biggest to smallest. These math skills and much more are a gentle part of the kindergartens lessons that are laid out for the teacher, in step-by-step instructions that My Father's World has placed together for you.

My Father's World highly successful multi-sensory phonics approach makes learning to read fun and easy. Children will learn letter names and sounds (consonants and short vowels), blending sounds, and writing letters correctly. My Father's World goal for kindergarteners in reading is that by mid-year your child will be able to read very simple stories with short vowel words.

Other subjects are woven into this amazing study of God's creation: Bible, Science, Creative Thinking, Children's Literature, Art, and Character Development. So you may be thinking..."How are we going to fit all that in one day?" Well, My Father's World has provided that answer for you with their step-by-step daily lessons plans for each week you will be able to give your child(ren) a wonderful concept of God's creation in about 60-90 minutes a day.


There are two packages that you can purchase for this curriculum, Basic Package and Deluxe Package. Please note that the Literature Package is not included in the packages. It must be purchased separately.



 Price for this Product
$129.00 (Basic Package)
$216.00 (Deluxe Package)
$122.00 (Literature Package)

These products are sold separately on the bottom of this page.

A Child's Garden of Verses

by  Robert Louis Stevenson; Myrtle Sheldon, illus.

Published by Living Books Curriculum

Categories: Grade 1, Living Books, Poem Study

Suggested Grades: Grade 1, Parents

Product Description:


Living Books Press has brought you an unabridged edition of the original work published in 1916 by M.A. Donohue and Company, A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrations by Myrtle Sheldon. This book was first published in 1885 and has since then been in print.

Myrtle Sheldon's beautiful illustrations are the perfect backdrop to Stevenson's wonder-filled poems. Poems that truly will make a child's imagination come alive.

This product is offered with Living Books Curriculum:

LBC Grade One Teaching Guide and CD

Price for this Item
$14.95 (print copy)

The Changing Year

by  Bobbie Dailey, editor

Published by Living Books Curriculum

Categories: Kindergarten, Living Books, Nature Study, Poem Study

Suggested Grades: Kindergarten, Parents

Product Description:


Living Books Press has brought back to life the 1884 publication of The Changing Year by Bobbie Dailey. This book is a wonderful addition to poem study with your child(ren). In this book there are one-hundred thirty-five poems that cover a year of seasons - spring, summer, fall, winter. These beautifully illustrated poems of nature are sure to be a great addition to your studies.


This product is offered with Living Books Curriculum:

LBC Foundation Year Teaching Guide

Price for this Item
$14.95 (print copy)

Aesop's Fables with Scripture References

by Living Books Curriculum

Categories: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Living Books, Poem Study

Suggested Grades: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Parents

Product Description:




 Living Books Press has created a reproduction of the 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables. What is different from the original? Living Books Press has added to the over 270 fables, scripture passages to highlight each moral taught in the fables; a 110-word glossary of unfamilar words; an alphabetical index of the morals; and a study guide for parents, students and teachers.

Living Books Press edition is translated by  V.S. Vernon Jones, illustrated by artist Arthur Rackham, and introduction by G.K. Chesterton.

This product is offered with Living Books Curriculum:

LBC Foundation Year Teaching Guide  and LBC Grade One Teaching Guide and CD

Price for this Item
$22.00 (print/hard copy)
$12.00 (soft copy)
$12.00 (digital copy)

LBC ABC Test

by Living Books Curriculum

Categories: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Parents, How-To's,

Suggested Grades: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Parents

Product Description:




If you, the parent/teacher, are looking for a gentle way to measure your childs readiness for kindergarten or first grade please take a look at Living Books Curriculum's (LBC) Assessment of Basic Concepts Test.

This test is presented in a gentle way for the the child/student. It measures basic skills and concepts that are necessary for kindergarten or first grade.  This test gives you the parent/teacher a gentle way to measure the progress and readiness of your child/student. The test takes about 20 minutes to administer.

Dr. James Carroll, co-founder of LBC, is the author. Dr. Carroll is a specialist in learning assessment. Products that come with this are the Assessment of Basic Concepts Test Guide, Score Sheet, and test materials.

This product is offered with Living Books Curriculum:

LBC Foundation Year Teaching Guide  and LBC Grade One Teaching Guide and CD

Price for this Item
$18.00 (print copy)
$12.00 (digital copy)

LBC Grade 4 Teaching Guide

by Living Books Curriculum

Categories: How-Tos, Parents, Lesson Plans

Suggested Grades: Grade 4, Parents

Product Description:

Living Books Curriculum Teaching Guide is used in conjunction with an assortment of other books - living books. Books such as historical fiction, non-fiction, biography, etc are used to give the student a great Charlotte Mason education. Some textbooks are used but not many.

A companion CD-ROM comes with each teaching guide as well. These CD’s usually have pictures for picture study, maps for geography, notebook/journal pages, helpful articles, science support pages, additional reading material, ebooks, and much more. Not every grade comes with all of these resources but each CD is relevant to the grade.

Listed on LBC's website is a book list for grade four (you can find this on the tab marked Booklist next to Product Description).  This year Living Books Curriculum's (LBC) language arts program will consist of story telling, penmanship, grammar, poetry, dictation, recitation and a reading of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

In American History for grade four the student will cover the Civil War era with emphasis on men and women of the north and south, both black and white. In World History the students will study the Middle Ages from the Dark Ages and High Middle Ages to the birth of the Nation State.  Geography will cover the map of Europe to go along with the World History study and a map of the United States to go along with American History.

As for science, the student will have a year long study on astronomy, using Exploring Creation with Astronomy and biographies of great minds of the Middle Ages.

Other studies that grade three will cover are composer study, picture study, and nature study.

On the resource CD is: maps, documents, templates, helpful articles, and printable texts.

Price for this Item 

$82.00 (print copy)
$62.00 (digital copy)