“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” Proverbs 9:10
Teach a child to read the Bible and you open God to him. Teach a child to read books and you open the world to him. Both are necessary. A child needs to know God and he needs to learn what is true, what is beautiful, and what is good. This is what classical Christian education attempts to teach children primarily through reading good books.
As I have told you, the Rafiki Classical Academy (RCA) is opening its doors to kindergarten through grade 3 in September 2023 on Rafiki property in Eustis, Florida, and it will need books. The RCA has several lists of books (I have selected this list by The Gospel Coalition*) that are to be read by the teacher to the young students or read by the older students themselves. The number of books is daunting, but children should read as many of these books as possible in order to receive a classical education.
I have attached the list for you and suggest that you use it in the ways that I have.
Your children
My children and grandchildren are past school age, but I have 18 great-grandchildren and I (still!) give them a Christmas present and a birthday present. Because I can’t imagine what to give them, I have been giving them money. But no more! I’ll be giving all of them something much better because only a few of them are in classical schools.
From now on I will be giving them books from “the list.” I have sent this list to their mothers and asked them which books I should give their children. I order the books on Amazon and have them wrap and deliver the books to my great-grandchildren. It’s wonderful! Good gifts and so easy!
RCA children
I will be personally ordering books on “the list” for our Rafiki Classical Academy in Eustis too. I have made it a practice not to ask for donations of anything but if you would like to join me in getting a good library of books for the RCA children, I would really appreciate it. Don’t worry about book duplicates. We can use as many copies as we can get. Click here for the Amazon RCA Library Wish List. The RCA mailing address is:
Rafiki Classical Academy
23315 County Road 44A
Eustis, FL 32736
I am really excited about getting good books into the hands of children (and me too!). Thank you for your help through the years and for your love.
*If you cannot open The Gospel Coalition book list, let me know which grade you are interested in, and I will send you that particular list. The whole list is 18 pages long!
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