Looking for a simple and gentle Charlotte Mason-Style Kindergarten Curriculum?
If you’re looking for a gentle and living Charlotte Mason homeschool kindergarten year that bridges the gap between the passive receptive years of early childhood and the beginning of your child’s academic life, you’re in the right place!
Welcome to a Charlotte Mason Kindergarten Year
Designed to ignite a love for learning in your little ones, this curriculum embraces the principles and methods of Charlotte Mason, providing a holistic and engaging educational experience. With rich literature, nature study, hands-on activities, and meaningful outdoor exploration, the Charlotte Mason-Inspired Kindergarten Curriculum nurtures curiosity and fosters a lifelong love for learning.
Ready to have your whole kindergarten year laid out for you?
Does the idea of homeschooling for the kindergarten year feel overwhelming?
Here are common struggles:
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You find a beautiful book list for the kindergarten year, but have no idea how to implement it on a weekly basis.
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You find a kindergarten curriculum that looks great on paper but ends up being more intense than even a typical first grade week would, or has so many books that there’s no way it would fit in your budget.
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You find a kindergarten curriculum that claims to be Charlotte Mason but has some pretty questionable book selections.
The most perfect K curriculum I’ve ever found.
I recommend it to everyone I know.
Chelsea
This curriculum is exactly what I needed/wanted.
It allows me a lot of flexibility with what works best for my situation.
Janna
You know what?
I’ve been in your shoes!
I have always been of the mindset that it was better to wait on “school things” for my kids, following a better-late-than-early approach. When my oldest turned six in August of 2016, I wanted to do something more “official” with him that fall, but I didn’t think he was quite ready for any Charlotte Mason Year 1 curricula I could find. So, I put together my own plan for our kindergarten year.
Introducing
The Charlotte Mason-Inspired Kindergarten Curriculum
My original impetus for creating this curriculum was the fact that my son’s birthday falls in August and as we prepared for his sixth birthday, I didn’t think he was quite ready for first grade. However, I did feel that he was ready for something a little more structured than what we had been doing ﹣ though nothing too rigorous as is the case with most kindergarten classes these days ﹣ which is why I began to determine how to work out my own “educational principles.” And that is how this curriculum was born.
That year, we spent our days being exposed to beautiful ideas by reading books together, playing simple math games (as well as counting and coloring together), developing relationships with the natural world through observation, and making handicrafts together. All of this while also allowing plenty of time for him to spend outside every day. Nothing was rigorous or demanding for either one of us and we were able to ease ourselves gently not only into the world of “school” for him, but also into the world of homeschooling for both of us.
Here is what you get…
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A book list including both modern and classic living books as well as free read ideas.
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Morning Time tips, with information about why Morning Time can be helpful, a sample of what we did during our own Morning Time, and ideas for how to implement it.
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Supply lists, including everything you’ll need for the science projects, math activities, and handicrafts over the course of the year as well as broken down each week. I included this because it is one thing that always keeps me from being more efficient in my homeschooling. I find that if I have all of the supplies I need before a term, or even before a week starts, I’m much more likely to do them rather than scrambling around at the last second to get everything together!
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Term overview schedules with books and activities listed for history, geography, nature study, science, literature, poetry, math, and handicrafts.
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Weekly schedules. I have gone through the term overview schedules and broken them down day-by-day for each week, so you have 36 weeks of 4-day schedules (with a nature study hike scheduled for Fridays) already laid out for you! The only thing you need to do is pre-read and you’re set!
