Personal Development is all about character training and learning valuable life lessons from older godly men and women. Laying Down the Rails will help your whole family focus on cultivating good habits one at a time. In addition, books of timely topics are listed for older students to read and discuss with the parents.
Family
Laying Down the Rails: A Charlotte Mason Habits Handbook by Sonya Shafer
Laying Down the Rails for Children: A Habit-Training Companion by Lanaya Gore
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Grades 5–8
(Each year choose one title to read & discuss with any children in this age bracket.)
The Young Peacemaker by Corlette Sande
Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah, Stephen, and Grace Mally
(girls) Beautiful Girlhood edited by Karen Andreola OR Before You Meet Prince Charming by Sarah Mally
(boys) Boyhood and Beyond by Bob Schultz
(girls) Raising Maidens of Virtue by Stacy MacDonald
(boys) Thoughts for Young Men by J. C. Ryle
Grades 9–12
(Each year choose one title to assign as independent reading for any children in this age bracket.)
(girls) A Young Woman After God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George
(boys) A Young Man After God’s Own Heart by Jim George
Ourselves, Book 1, by Charlotte Mason
Ourselves Book 2, by Charlotte Mason
Of Knights and Fair Maidens by Jeff and Danielle Myers