Finally Twaddle Free!

It is with great pride and pleasure that I can finally say that we are now "Twaddle Free".  If you are reading this and wondering "what on earth is twaddle?", it is dumbed down literature; absence of meaning.  I'm not talking about books that are simple so children can understand them or are learning to read.  I mean books that have no meat, no merit that are empty words strung on pages.  I also gave away some disney stories.  Pumpkin prefers the REAL stories as supposed to the re-told disney versions.

I would never buy twaddle books, however i was given a bunch of books and my kids got into them before I could go through and edit.  Sadly there were a few that they really liked, but they had to go.

Our shelves are now stocked with "Living Books" - books that are well-written and engaging–they absorb the reader–the narrative and characters “come alive”; living books are the opposite of cold, dry textbooks.  I actually had to edit our toy collection to make room for more books.  About half the toys we own I would have ditched long ago, but because I run a home day care, I need toys that will entertain the wide age range I take care of.  My kids aren't really into Little People anymore - they like to play with REAL animals - but the 11 month old I watch loves them!

In my extensive homeschool research I chose the Charlotte Mason philosophy.  I saw this link for twaddle-free books listed by grade that was a great resource.