Simply Charlotte Mason Enrichment Studies Volume 1 book list

Buy, borrow, or download

SCM-sold: Enrichment Studies, Volume 1, the three picture study portfolios, the three music kits, Laying Down the Rails, Laying Down the Rails for Children, Shakespeare in Three Steps, hymns, scripture pack 1, nature journals, Book of Centuries, handicraft videos, and the language pack.

Library: Trumpet of the Swan, Winnie-the-Pooh, All-of-a-Kind Family, Sarah Plain and Tall, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Kite Fighters, My Side of the Mountain, Tolkien, Where the Red Fern Grows.

Public domain: Pollyanna, Pinocchio, Five Little Peppers, Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, Swiss Family Robinson, Pilgrim's Progress, Bambi, Treasure Island, Jane Eyre.

Pick one read-aloud group

Young, middle, or older — one. A wide age span can listen to the younger group and assign the older group independently. Buying every title in every group is how the cart doubles without adding a subject.

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What the $20 guide does not include

It does not include the prints, the composer kits, or the handicraft videos. Those are separate SKUs. Families who already own a Rembrandt set skip that line.

It does not include math. Individual Studies names math. This list is the family hour.

It does not require Creating a Masterpiece pastels. That video line is optional art technique, not picture study. Picture study is looking.

If you are on a second cycle of Volume 1, keep the habit books and hymn book. Buy new scripture cards only if Pack 1 is worn out. Nature journals fill up; budget new ones per person.

The list

Volume 1 is the $20 guide that pulls a $300 cart: three artists, three composers, one Shakespeare play, habit training, hymns, scripture cards, nature journals, handicrafts, and a family read-aloud set.

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