Breaking down why we use the Charlotte Mason method with A Gentle Feast curriculum for our homeschool and how we adapt it to fit our needs. I share what materials and rhythms we have for our homeschool.
Books we use together every day:
A Gentle Feast as our core curriculum – her Teacher’s Manual explains ALL of the Charlotte Mason Method! It is beautiful!
Our current Bible is the Golden Children’s Bible
We go through about one question a week: Westminster Shorter Catechism
Nature Lore: Among the Forest People series OR we also love Eyes No Eyes series
Our Spanish Work includes: Speaking Spanish with Miss Mason, Play & Learn Spanish (highly recommend!), De Colores and other Latin American Songs, Usborne First 100 Words in Spanish
A Gentle Feast Morning Time work per term printed out for the kids (Bible recitation, poetry, hymns) and also the Teacher Plans (poet, artist, composer, schedules for all
Fables: Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans and Hero Tales
History: America First by Lawton Evans, Over the Hills to Nugget
Geography: Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling (All of his books are incredible, check out the coordinating maps from Beautiful Feet books)
Literature: At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Third grade:
Adding in Geography from A Gentle Feast Curriculum and A Gentle Feast’s Literature Book
First grade:
100 Gentle Lessons in Sight & Sound
A Gentle Feast Cursive Lessons
(We also worked through My Father’s World First Grade, Pathway Readers Curriculum, The Good and the Beautiful Boxed Readers A and B, and the Usborne First Reading Library)
We love the pace of our Charlotte Mason homeschool days. We don’t follow her tenets perfectly but I love the environment we’ve created and the feast of beauty and knowledge we partake together every day!
More posts on Charlotte Mason homeschool
Charlotte Mason Homeschool Schedule
A Day in the Life of our Charlotte Mason Homeschool
Charlotte Mason Schedule Year One
Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons
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