Living Pages Curriculum

Living Pages Curriculum builds custom Charlotte Mason literature studies around the classic books your children already love. You pick a title, a grade level, and a duration, and Living Pages sends back a complete guide - reading schedule, narration prompts, vocabulary, crafts, kitchen recipes, discussion questions, and assessments - so the family can spend less time planning and more time reading together.

Living Pages was built by a homeschool family for homeschool families. It fits especially well as a supplement for Charlotte Mason and living-books homeschoolers, but any family that reads real literature aloud can use it. For a wider look at this method, see our Charlotte Mason homeschool curriculum guide and the full curriculum directory.

Quick Facts

What Living Pages Actually Is

At its core, Living Pages is a guide-per-book service. You choose a classic title - anything from Charlotte's Web to The Hobbit to Little House on the Prairie - tell Living Pages the child's grade and how long you want the study to run, and they build a full unit around it.

Each guide typically includes:

• A day-by-day reading schedule with realistic chapter chunks
• Narration prompts for each reading (the heart of Charlotte Mason)
• Vocabulary and copywork pulled straight from the text
• Discussion questions that push understanding without turning reading into a test
• Hands-on crafts that tie to the book's setting or characters
• Kitchen recipes the family can cook together and connect to the story
• Nature-study or science tie-ins when the book invites it
• End-of-unit assessments that fit the Charlotte Mason spirit rather than fill-in-the-blank worksheets

Because each guide is custom, families end up with a literature study that actually matches the child in front of them, not a generic workbook.

The Standalone Learning Guides

Beyond the custom book studies, Living Pages also publishes ready-to-use learning guides for the subjects Charlotte Mason families most often want to strengthen:

• Math guides - hands-on, story-linked practice for the elementary years
• Reading guides - phonics-to-fluency support for early readers
• Nature-study guides - seasonal outdoor lessons in the Anna Botsford Comstock tradition

These are all homeschool approved and work well alongside a spine curriculum like Ambleside Online, Simply Charlotte Mason, or The Good and the Beautiful.

Who Living Pages Is Best For

Living Pages fits especially well when:

• You already read living books aloud and want more from each one
• You use a Charlotte Mason or living-books method but do not want to write your own unit studies
• You have multiple children who love the same book and can share a family read-aloud
• You want a gentle, book-first day with real crafts and cooking instead of screens
• You want a supplement that pairs with your main curriculum, not another full program to run

Who Should Consider Something Else

Living Pages may not be the right fit if:

• You want a textbook-and-test traditional school experience - look at Abeka or BJU Press
• You need a fully open-and-go, all-subject curriculum out of the box - The Good and the Beautiful, Sonlight, or My Father's World cover more ground
• Your homeschool is video-led and screen-based - Living Pages leans handbook, real books, and hands-on
• You want a classical Latin-and-logic core - Memoria Press or Classical Academic Press fit better

How a Living Pages Week Might Look

A family running a Little House in the Big Woods study over eight weeks might have days that look like this:

• Morning read-aloud - one to two chapters from the guide's schedule (30 minutes)
• Narration - the child retells the chapter in their own words using the prompt (10 minutes)
• Vocabulary and copywork - one or two words and a sentence from the book (10 minutes)
• Hands-on tie-in - churning butter, drawing a maple-syrup diagram, or baking cornbread from the recipe card once or twice a week
• Nature notebook - a short observation outside that connects to the book's season

Total focused time is usually one to two hours, plus family reading and outdoor time.

Pricing

Living Pages guides are priced per title. Because each study is custom-built for the child's grade and pace, prices vary based on length and depth. Standalone math, reading, and nature-study guides are sold as separate ready-made products on the publisher site.

Check livingpagescurriculum.com for current pricing on custom guides and bundles.

Arizona ESA Eligibility

Living Pages is conditionally ESA-eligible under Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Here is how most Arizona families handle it:

• Custom literature guides for classic secular titles (Charlotte's Web, The Wind in the Willows, Little House on the Prairie, etc.) - typically reimbursable as language arts curriculum. The academic skills of reading, narration, vocabulary, and composition are the spine.
• Standalone math, reading, and nature-study guides - routinely reimbursable as core-subject academic materials.
• Guides built around explicitly Christian titles or scripture-based studies - religious instruction is restricted under Arizona Department of Education ESA policy. Buy those with parent funds or submit a detailed reimbursement request and accept that some line items may be denied.

Living Pages is not currently a registered ClassWallet Marketplace vendor for direct purchase, so families typically buy from livingpagescurriculum.com and submit receipts through the ClassWallet reimbursement flow. Always confirm eligibility in your ClassWallet portal before you buy.

For a full walkthrough of what Arizona ESA does and does not cover for homeschool curriculum, read our Arizona ESA homeschool guide.

How It Compares

• vs. Ambleside Online - Ambleside is a free, structured book list with schedules; Living Pages is a paid custom guide per book with narration prompts, crafts, and recipes already prepared. Many families use both.
• vs. Simply Charlotte Mason - SCM sells full curriculum lines and Bible-integrated guides; Living Pages sells lighter, à-la-carte literature studies around whichever books your family already reads.
• vs. Five in a Row - FIAR uses picture books on a rotating five-day plan; Living Pages goes deeper on a single classic (usually a chapter book) and runs longer.
• vs. Deep Roots & Blooming Shoots - Both are Charlotte Mason inspired. Deep Roots is theology-forward and unit-based; Living Pages is book-first and lets you pick titles.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Living Pages Curriculum? Living Pages Curriculum is a homeschool publisher that builds custom Charlotte Mason literature studies around any classic book you choose. You pick a title, grade level, and duration, and receive a complete PDF guide with reading schedule, narration prompts, vocabulary, crafts, recipes, discussion questions, and assessments. They also sell standalone math, reading, and nature-study guides.

Is Living Pages a full curriculum? No, and it is not designed to be. Living Pages is a literature-study and skill-guide supplement built to pair with a main curriculum or a living-books plan like Ambleside Online. Many families use Living Pages for their read-alouds and language arts, then bring in a separate math and science program.

Is Living Pages ESA approved in Arizona? Conditionally. Custom literature guides for classic academic titles and the standalone math, reading, and nature-study guides are typically reimbursable as core-subject curriculum. Guides built around explicitly Christian titles or scripture studies usually require parent funds or reimbursement review under the state's religious-instruction policy. Confirm with your ClassWallet portal before purchase.

What grade levels does Living Pages cover? Living Pages is best suited to elementary and middle-school-aged children. Because each guide is custom-built to the child's grade level and reading ability, the same title can be scaled up or down for different learners.

How much prep does Living Pages require? Very little. The whole point of the service is to hand parents a ready-to-teach guide so they can open the book and read. You will want to look ahead a day or two for craft supplies and recipe ingredients, but there is no lesson planning to do.

Is Living Pages Charlotte Mason? Yes. The guides are built around Charlotte Mason principles - short lessons, living books, narration, copywork, nature study, and hands-on making - rather than textbooks and tests.

Arizona Programs Using Living Pages Curriculum

The directory below lists Arizona Christian co-ops, microschools, and tutorials that use Living Pages Curriculum. Tap any program for hours, location, and contact info.