I Goofed...(Home Education-Pillar IV)

I posted Pillar V for my Home Education before I posted Pillar IV...sorry...
My Pillar IV is Great Books!!!

Steve and I have always done what we could to save our money so that each year we could add to our  library of wonderful and “living” books.  After 18 years now, we have gathered some of the best books for our children and I have always been so very grateful.  I so often find my new readers looking on the selves to see what might interest them.  


Charlotte Mason said,
Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education.

This quote, for me, sums up why I feel real literature is worth the money and time.  

In other Home Education posts I have mentioned some of my favorite places to get ideas for books....

Sonlight, My Father’s World, Greenleaf Press, Simply Charlotte Mason, Beautiful Feet Books Inc., Lifetime Books and Gifts, Lamplighter Publishers (We love Lamplighter!!!). 

I have said this before, and I will say it again...just as I want to feed my children nutritious, healthy food I also want to serve their minds with nutritious mind food.  I want to inspire their precious minds and to stimulate their imaginations with the best literary food that is available.  And there is much available!!
So look around, rent from the library if you have to and ask for great books for birthdays and other holidays and start building your home library and teach those precious little minds to love a good book.