Find a Charlotte Mason school near your family
Living books, narration, short lessons, and time outdoors. You will find them in full-time schools, hybrids, co-ops, and cottage programs across the country. We assemble listings from association directories and public school pages. We are still confirming details against each school's own materials.
170 schools across 38 states so far. Run one of these schools? Claim your listing.
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Living books indexed
Find a Charlotte Mason School Near You
Let's break it down. Full-time schools, hybrids, co-ops, tutorials, and cottage programs all use the method. The model still changes your transcripts, your at-home teaching load, and what funding you qualify for. Search by state or browse the map.
Pay for It: ESAs and Tax Credits by State
An ESA and a tax credit are not the same thing. Eligibility rules change from state to state. Here is why that split matters: check what is live where you live before you assume either one applies to you.
Education savings accounts
State ESA portals, vendor registration, and how a small program gets paid when a family uses an account.
Tax credits
Scholarship tax-credit programs and related aid, listed state by state so you can check the rules where you live.
Guides for Parents
Getting started, choosing a model, building a schedule, writing transcripts. You will find the practical side of a Charlotte Mason education here, whether your child is in a school or you are teaching at home.
Guides for Students
Narration practice, nature journaling, handicraft projects, study habits. We write these for the student doing the work, not only the adult planning it.
Charlotte Mason Terms, Explained
Living books. Narration. Short lessons. Nature study. Habit training. The vocabulary trips up new families fast. Next steps: open a term and see how it shows up on a school day.
- NarrationAfter a single careful reading, the child tells back what was read in their own words. No worksheet. No multiple choice. The telling is the work.
- Habit trainingHabit training is how a Charlotte Mason school treats character as part of the day's work. Attention, obedience, truthfulness, and neatness are practiced in short lessons and outdoor time, not saved for a talk at assembly.
- Living educationLiving education is Mason's claim that education is a life. The mind feeds on ideas, not on information dumps. Living books, nature study, and real handwork are the usual fare.
Browse the Living Books Library
Booklists organized by era and age, built for read-alouds and independent reading. You get the books themselves, not textbook summaries.
Run a Charlotte Mason School?
You already handle admissions, narration records, and a small staff. Make sure families can actually find you, and keep your listing accurate as things change.
Know a School, Guide, or Living Book We're Missing?
Most of what is here started as a tip from a parent or a head of school. Send us what we are missing. We review everything before it goes live.