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Charlotte Mason-Inspired Kindergarten Curriculum

Rated 4.93 out of 5 based on 54 customer ratings
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$14.99 – $24.99

With this 76-page Charlotte Mason Kindergarten Curriculum, you will get…

…a book list (which you can read more about here), including both modern and classic living books as well as free read ideas.

…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.

…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!

…term overview schedules with books and activities listed for history, geography, nature study, science, literature, poetry, math, and handicrafts.

…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!

Read more below about what a Charlotte Mason-Inspired Kindergarten day looks like!

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What does a Charlotte Mason Kindergarten day look like?

A typical “school day” for us was only about 45 minutes long, including Morning Time, and generally looked like this:

  • Morning Time ideas, including hymns, folksongs, Bible readings, poetry, and more
  • math time (I’ve laid out the entire MEP Reception Math year for you!)
  • one to two readings chosen from history, geography, literature, science, or nature study
  • one handicraft per week
  • optional time for copywork every day

The beauty of this curriculum is that you can truly make it yours. If you find a book that you’ve either read before and don’t want to read again or just don’t like, feel free to substitute it (and I do offer suggestions for substitutions in a few subjects in the book as well)! If there’s a part of the curriculum that you don’t want in there, leave it out! Use this as a framework from which to build your own, unique kindergarten that fits your family’s (and your state’s, depending on your local homeschool laws for kindergarten) needs.

Finally, if you have any questions at all about the curriculum, feel free to contact me and I’m happy to help however I can!

A little background on the curriculum…

I have always been of the mindset that it was better to wait on “school things” for my son, following a better-late-than-early approach. I hadn’t pushed him to start reading at an early age or tried to force any kind of structured preschool program on him and was quite happy with those decisions. When he 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 of the Charlotte Mason curricula I could find. So, I started to look around for some kind of alternative.

If anyone else reading this has tried searching for a good Charlotte Mason Kindergarten curriculum, you’ll know that it can be pretty frustrating. I’d find a post that someone had put up with a beautiful book list, but no idea how to implement it on a weekly basis. I found posts with very intense curricula that looked like they’d take longer than even a typical Year 1 week would. And I found others that claimed to be Charlotte Mason but had pretty questionable book selections.

For this reason, I decided to make my own Charlotte Mason Kindergarten Curriculum! And because it was so difficult for me to find one that I liked, I’ve decided to share mine with others who might be in the same spot!

Charlotte Mason Kindergarten Curriculum Notes

I want to emphasize that Charlotte Mason did not recommend any type of formal education for children before the age of six.

How much time daily in the open air should the children have? And how is it possible to secure this for them? In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mothers first duty to her children is to secure for them a quiet growing time, a full six years of passive receptive life, the waking part of it spent for the most part out in the fresh air. And this, not for the gain in bodily health alone––body and soul, heart and mind, are nourished with food convenient for them when the children are let alone, let to live without friction and without stimulus amongst happy influences which incline them to be good.
vol 1 pg 43

I wholeheartedly believe that “education” is being forced on children at far too young of ages in modern times, especially as young children should be spending large parts of their days outside. However, for the child approaching their sixth birthday who is showing interest in “school,” I do not necessarily think that these “full six years of passive receptive life” and including a simple and gentle kindergarten have to be mutually exclusive. In Home Education, Ms. Mason wrote specifically about the Kindergarten Method (as Friedrich Froebel had established it), suggesting that the home was an ideal place for a year of kindergarten and a mother the ideal teacher:

If the very essence of the Kindergarten method is personal influence, a sort of spiritual mesmerism, it follows that the mother is naturally the best Kindergartnerin [or kindergarten teacher]; for who so likely as she to have the needful tact, sympathy, common sense, culture?

vol 1 pg 178

Though every mother should be a Kindergartnerin, in the sense in which Froebel would employ the term, it does not follow that every nursery should be a regularly organised Kindergarten. Indeed, the machinery of the Kindergarten is no more than a device to ensure the carrying out of certain educational principles, and some of these it is the mother’s business to get at, and work out according to Froebel’s methods––or her own.

vol 1 pg 179

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.

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Weight0.5625 lbs
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54 reviews for Charlotte Mason-Inspired Kindergarten Curriculum

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Shannon Fidero (verified owner) – 13 August 2018

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    Haley (verified owner) – 23 August 2018

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  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Heather Elder – 26 August 2018

    Amazing and well thought out curriculum. It’s sweet and beautiful and fun! Hands-down, I recommend this product. It’s very easy to customize it to your child’s strengths, hobbies and interest! I’m so grateful for this package!

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  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bethany S. (verified owner) – 4 December 2018

    I was looking for something transitional prior to Ambleside online year 1.
    I like this document. It’s reasonably priced and it helped layout a weekly routine to help a new homeschool mom get a feel for rhythm.
    It’s not a ton of books and all were easy to find used online. It offers a simple and gentle routine that is not overwhelming, especially as a mom of multiple young children. I also appreciate giving some form to ideas like “morning time.”
    The pdf download was delivered in a timely manner and it prints well in black and white.
    Very satisfied.

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  5. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kari Blankenship – 9 December 2018

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  6. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jem Schouten (verified owner) – 5 January 2019

    Great product, very comprehensive overview and reasoning for choices made and allowed for flexibility within the curriculum. Any questions were answered really quickly and resolved via email promptly and politely. Rebecca has been most helpful during the purchasing process and I’m very happy with the layout and book choices.

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  7. Rated 5 out of 5

    Rachelle G. (verified owner) – 24 January 2019

    We are beginning our journey in Charlotte Mason and homeschooling and I absolutely love how Reb has pulled together such a beautiful curriculum. Even if we only get through half of it, it is so rich and full. Such a feast. Thanks, Reb for all of your hard work with this and for passing it on. Well done.

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  8. Rated 5 out of 5

    Vicki (verified owner) – 18 February 2019

    This curriculum looks lovely! I love that it uses good books that are found online for free.

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  9. Rated 5 out of 5

    Christina Hernandez (verified owner) – 16 March 2019

    This year 0.5 curriculum is perfectly put together with helpful tips and a list of supplies, a great resource for prepping your student for year 1.

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  10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lara C. (verified owner) – 1 April 2019

    We are so excited to use this valuable resource for our son next year. It’s full of good resources, excellent advice and solid encouragement. It’s also organized in an easy to understand manner!!

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  11. Rated 5 out of 5

    abeanward – 8 April 2019

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  12. Rated 5 out of 5

    Марина Тарасова (verified owner) – 5 May 2019

    Thank you!!!)

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  13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Graciela Colon (verified owner) – 22 May 2019

    So far I’ve loved the content of this curriculum! Looking forward to read it completely and start planning for the next academic year.

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  14. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lyndsey M. (verified owner) – 3 June 2019

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  15. Rated 5 out of 5

    Christina F. (verified owner) – 13 June 2019

    It was received in a timely manner and with great customer service. Rebecca is quick to answer any questions. The product itself is thoroughly lovely and easy to use without being overwhelming. Its very well thought out and perfect for those with multiple children and a busy household.

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  16. Rated 5 out of 5

    Joanne (verified owner) – 22 June 2019

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  17. Rated 5 out of 5

    Annie (verified owner) – 22 July 2019

    The cover on this is gorgeous and the book was well bound with a plastic spiral. I work in a creative services group and can vouch for this reprographic work. Well done, A Humble Place!

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  18. Rated 4 out of 5

    Christabelle Villanueva (verified owner) – 29 July 2019

    Great help! I like the summary over all. 🙂

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  19. Rated 4 out of 5

    Huibrie P. (verified owner) – 5 August 2019

    Excited to get to start this curriculum in a couple of weeks. I’m still gathering some of the books, but I’m pleased so far with each one I’ve looked through. The curriculum is so nicely worked out which is a great way for us to start out our homeschooling journey. Thankful to have found this as my oldest son is a new 6yo and I want to do actual school with him this year, but felt like AO y1 would have been just a bit too much yet.

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  20. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brittany (verified owner) – 14 August 2019

    Looking at the Ambleside book list gave me anxiety. I had no idea how to make sense of it or make “it” happen. I am SO thankful for this taste of the structure of Ambleside for my very bright kinder. It is thoughtful, informative, and well laid out- whether you’re type B like me or type A.

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  21. Rated 5 out of 5

    andrea simi (verified owner) – 19 August 2019

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  22. Rated 5 out of 5

    David (verified owner) – 24 August 2019

    Thank you for such a well thought out plan. As a first time homeschooling parent, I was overwhelmed by the volume of choices for a Kindergarten curriculum. At first, I thought some of the readings were going to be too “old” and uninteresting to my son, but he has taken to them quite well. I think this curriculum will work quite nicely and leave him excited to start a Charlotte Mason First Year!

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  23. Rated 5 out of 5

    Wyndi (verified owner) – 5 September 2019

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  24. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lindsay Hamby (verified owner) – 23 September 2019

    We are in Week 4 of Rebecca’s kindergarten curriculum and it has been such a gift! My creative, DIY self was terrified of a restrictive curriculum but I work part-time and do not have capacity to start from scratch doing all my own research. This curriculum was exactly what I needed! Thoughtful suggestions, well curated book lists, materials I already keep on hand, handicrafts that dont involve gobs of toxic glue and plastic shiny things that end up in landfills hours after they are made… I feel adequately resourced, but with plenty of wiggle room to add things that are meaningful to my specific family and scratch the things that don’t make sense for us. I have not yet used Rebecca’s art resources, but intend to and I’m so grateful for the wealth of knowledge and time she has generously shared here.

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  25. Rated 5 out of 5

    Anonymous (verified owner) – 4 November 2019

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  26. Rated 5 out of 5

    Joselin Blair (verified owner) – 22 January 2020

    As a new to the CM teaching methods, this curriculum was so informative and perfect for my 4 year old son as I prepare him for K. All the perfect links for the right information! Will be purchasing 2020-2021

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  27. Rated 5 out of 5

    Katie (verified owner) – 7 March 2020

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  28. Rated 4 out of 5

    Amanda S. (verified owner) – 19 March 2020

    I bought this in preparation for my youngest son who will be starting Kindergarten in Fall 2020. With 3 other homeschoolers at home, I am all about having such a detailed plan already done for at least one of them!! And the supply lists are great! I don’t have to look through all the lessons and figure out what I’m going to need and hope I don’t miss anything. I honestly cannot wait to start this with my son in September.

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  29. Rated 5 out of 5

    Anonymous (verified owner) – 11 April 2020

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    Stephanie Stanger (verified owner) – 21 April 2020

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    Jessica Phillips (verified owner) – 24 May 2020

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    Marianne Lunel (verified owner) – 13 June 2020

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  33. Rated 4 out of 5

    Melissa (verified owner) – 2 July 2020

    This was just the motivation I needed to get started with plannning. We have not begun using this just yet, but I have looked everything over and gathered materials. I was able to get most of the books from the library and others free on Kindle. We will be customizing it a bit but it makes it very easy to do so. Thank you for putting this resource together!

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  34. Rated 5 out of 5

    Julia (verified owner) – 31 July 2020

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  35. Rated 5 out of 5

    Christina K. (verified owner) – 13 August 2020

    I absolutely love this kindergarten curriculum and we can’t wait to start! Everything is broken down into weeks and then even further to days. There is a supplies list, book list, morning time explanation and more! Every time I had a question while reading it, it was soon answered in the content! We may be changing some of the reading but overall, I love everything about this curriculum.

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  36. Rated 5 out of 5

    Angelina S. (verified owner) – 13 August 2020

    I’m a first-time homeschooling mom and I’m so glad I got this curriculum for my kindergartener! Everything is so thoughtfully laid out and she goes above and beyond with tips, recommendations, and alternatives to the wonderful books suggested for this curriculum. For me it was a great, budget friendly choice for kindergarten curriculum. I work remotely part-time and also have a toddler and this “open and go” is going to be perfect. The only prep I’ve had to do is put bookmarks in books…and she also sends you bookmarks as a thank you!!

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  37. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nadia (verified owner) – 24 September 2020

    This product is excellent and just what I needed as a gentle start to formal education for both of us. Thank you.

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  38. Rated 5 out of 5

    Toni E. (verified owner) – 6 October 2020

    This curriculum has been such a blessing. We decided to homeschool this year due to the pandemic, and I am loving the time that I get to spend with my kindergartener. He’s learning so much, and I’m so appreciative of the thoughtfulness put into this curriculum. It encompasses everything that we need – art, poetry, nature study, science, reading, literature, and much more. I was lost in the multitude of options out there for homeschooling, and this has been a breath of fresh air.

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  39. Rated 5 out of 5

    Katya (verified owner) – 20 October 2020

    We absolutely love the curriculum! it’s all we are using for my kindergartner. We love everything about it. I’m so thankful for coming across your curriculum. It has changed our world!

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  40. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jennifer Notary (verified owner) – 9 November 2020

    So excited to get this started with my daughter. It’s all laid out for me… No more planning by myself. Thank you!

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  41. Rated 5 out of 5

    Caitlin (verified owner) – 24 December 2020

    Beautifully laid out & arrived quickly! I cannot wait to start!

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  42. Rated 5 out of 5

    Annie Schnackenberg (verified owner) – 9 February 2021

    This gentle guide was exactly what I needed to put a little heart back into our school days. We were stuck in a rut, and this brought some truth, goodness, and beauty back to our days.

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  43. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sonrisa H. (verified owner) – 10 February 2021

    I absolutely love using this curriculum with my 6 year old twin boys, it is just what I was searching for to set us in the right direction.

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  44. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alissa Pousha (verified owner) – 19 March 2021

    The customer service was above and beyond my expectation, thank you!

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  45. Rated 5 out of 5

    JANET SENATORE (verified owner) – 25 March 2021

    This looks to be wonderful! I look forward to using it with Emma in the fall.

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  46. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bec L. (verified owner) – 30 March 2021

    I was hesitant to purchase at first, because although I loved the look of the content, I am from Australia and thought it might be too difficult to implement into our curriculum here. But I found myself in the same boat as a few here, my son wasn’t quite ready for AO 1 after purchasing the book list and I didn’t want him to become frustrated and dislike home school. I went ahead with this purchase and I am very glad I did! It’s simple and straightforward to follow, unlike some other curriculum’s I looked at in the past. I didn’t need more thinking, this was perfect and I have used most of the books suggested too for extra learning this year! It’s actually been very helpful to the start of the year with a new baby and health problems, I’ve just added a few extra things to cover Aussie curriculum. And Bec has been helpful and responsive to emails. Thank you!

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  47. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sesha Farina (verified owner) – 19 April 2021

    This is a beautiful, well organized curriculum and I cannot wait to use it! I wish you had a similar product for the elementary levels. Also, I am missing the resources webpage code. That was not included in the printed copy of my curriculum.

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  48. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kelsie Detweiler (verified owner) – 25 May 2021

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    Hannah (verified owner) – 22 July 2021

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  50. Rated 5 out of 5

    Rebeca (verified owner) – 26 September 2021

    I love this. Thank you for making my homeschool days easier!

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  51. Rated 5 out of 5

    Anonymous (verified owner) – 28 December 2021

    We haven’t started the curriculum yet. My daughter just turned 4. I’ve looked it over and it’s very thorough, thoughtful, and gentle.

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  52. Rated 5 out of 5

    Amy Oz (verified owner) – 27 March 2022

    This curriculum is just so beautiful! We won’t be using it until next fall when my daughter will be going into 1st grade. We moved to Israel in 11/20 and she’s been a bit behind here trying to learn Hebrew. She goes to school, but we will be pulling from this curriculum to help her learn to read English, to keep up with our read alouds, and to incorporate the handicrafts and art (we will be doing a lot of this with my 2nd grader also). I’m so glad I bought this and it’s so full of rich information for such a great price! Cannot wait to start buying the books and getting things ready for the fall!

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  53. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bao Chiah (verified owner) – 29 April 2022

    Love this curriculum!

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  54. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nikki (verified owner) – 14 June 2022

    I’m very pleased with my order! I wanted to incorporate a Charolette Mason style approach into my son’s kindergarten experience. I found this curriculum and it has been a life saver on time. It has been easy to order the books and supplies needed for each week due to the simple check list provided in the curriculum. Thank you A Humble Place for all the work you put into this!

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The sheet and the pillows very bright lemon green. The blanket scarlet red.​​​​​​​​
The window green.​​​​​​​​
The dressing table orange, the basin blue.​​​​​​​​
The doors lilac.​​​​​​​​
And that’s all — nothing in this bedroom, with its shutters closed.​​​​​​​​
The solidity of the furniture should also now express unshakeable repose. Portraits on the wall, and a mirror and a hand-towel and some clothes.​​​​​​​​
The frame — as there’s no white in the painting — will be white.”​​​​​​​​
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After he left Arles and admitted himself to an asylum in 1889, he revisited this room in his imagination and repainted it two more times.​​​​​​​​
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I made a picture study video walking through this piece a few years ago that you can find at the link in my profile. I also have a Vincent van Gogh Picture Study Aid and art prints available there as well!​​​​​​​​
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Sealed into an album somewhere in my house is a ph Sealed into an album somewhere in my house is a photograph of an art gallery wall. In the middle of this gold-toned wall is a tiny rectangle with the barely-discernible image of a woman enclosed in it. She is behind thick glass, and her green-hued features are difficult to see in detail at such a distance. However, the lack of proximity is explained by the sea of people in the bottom part of the photograph. Even at that distance, however, her unmistakable form is easily recognized.
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This was as close as I got when I visited the Louvre 23 years ago to a Leonardo da Vinci original. The oft-professed "most famous painting in the world." La Giaconda. The Mona Lisa.
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I would honestly love to see more of his pieces. The only one in all of the Americas is Ginevra de' Benci's pale face at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. I have read in various places, and believe entirely based on what I've seen with paintings by other artists, that reproductions can not even remotely give his originals justice. There is something about experiencing a piece in person, not only the true colors with my own eyes but seeing the brushstrokes. The fingerprints. The work itself.
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Leonardo himself was the ultimate tortured genius, and this is part of what I truly appreciate about him: the frenetic pace of his mind. He moved from one project to another project, from one medium to another medium, from one study to another study, from one city to another city. He was so consumed by the myriad paths his mind traveled that many of his pieces were unfinished. Aside from the creations we have in his journals, had he been gifted with more regular patrons or even a little more self-discipline, it's incredible to think about the things he may have accomplished.
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Today I'm excited to announce that I am now offering a Leonardo da Vinci Picture Study Aid and art prints! You can find it at the link in my profile!
A month or two ago, I posted about how I've been a A month or two ago, I posted about how I've been adding more recipes from Nourishing Traditions to my meal plan lately. It's a book I've had for over a decade now, but there are still so many recipes I haven't tried.​​​​​​​​
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In that same post, a few of you asked what some of my favorite recipes from that book are and I tried to list them in the comments, but I don't think IG liked how long it was. 🥴 So, I'm replying with pictures of the tried-and-true recipes we've been using from Nourishing Traditions for several years!​​​​​​​​
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Today's is breakfast. Clockwise from the left we have homemade yog(h)urt (p. 85) which is what my kids get with their breakfast. We top it with honey from a local beekeeper for the added seasonal allergy benefits. On the top is milk kefir (p. 86) which is what I have with my breakfast or first thing in the morning if it'll be a while before we have breakfast. For both of these, I use vat-pasteurized milk (Kalona Supernatural Whole Milk) because our raw milk is pretty expensive and the yogurt is being heated anyway. (I do have a recipe for raw milk yogurt on my website if you're interested in that too!)​​​​​​​​
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On the bottom is oatmeal (p. 455). I soak this in water and a little kefir overnight in our microwave which is above our stove and stays nice and warm from the stove surface light. In the morning, I dump it all in a pan, cook it until it's thick, add a pat of butter and 1 tb of ground flax seeds and mix it together until the butter melts. I then scoop it into bowls and add more butter, then everyone can add however much cinnamon or maple syrup they want.​​​​​​​​
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This isn't all we have with breakfast, but these are the specific recipes from Nourishing Traditions that we have nearly every day!​​​​​​​​
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I am a firm believer that the kindergarten year sh I am a firm believer that the kindergarten year should not be complicated. In fact, there is a lot of evidence that suggests taking a "better late than early" approach to beginning more formal lessons with your kids is more beneficial to them than starting too early. (I linked to a post on my website about this last month with the studies I found, but it's back up at the link in my profile if you're interested in reading it!)​​​​​​​​
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You’ve probably heard the saying that childhood is not a race, and this is especially true for kindergarten. Children at this age don’t need worksheets, flashcards, and standardized tests, they need unstructured time (especially outside!), open-ended toys, art supplies, and good books read to them. They need to be allowed to take in the world in their own ways. They need to be allowed to be little kids for a little while longer.​​​​​​​​
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With all this in mind, I feel like we kind of need a kindergarten revolution to break away from the idea that we have to do "all the things" during the kindergarten year. If you're interested in how simple it can be, I have a printable book list available on my website to help you build your own kindergarten year! You can find it at the link in my profile!​​​​​​​​
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(Also, the 2022-2023 Charlotte Mason-Inspired Kindergarten Curriculum is back in stock! Those on the waitlist should've received an email notification. You can also find it at the link in my profile!)​​​​​​​​
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"...we know that the human hand is a wonderful and "...we know that the human hand is a wonderful and exquisite instrument to be used in a hundred movements exacting delicacy, direction and force; every such movement is a cause of joy as it leads to the pleasure of execution and the triumph of success. We begin to understand this and make some efforts to train the young in the deft handling of tools and the practice of handicrafts. Some day, perhaps, we shall see apprenticeship to trades revived, and good and beautiful work enforced. In so far, we are laying ourselves out to secure that each shall 'live his life'; and that, not at his neighbour's expense; because, so wonderful is the economy of the world that when a man really lives his life he benefits his neighbour as well as himself; we all thrive in the well-being of each." Charlotte Mason (Philosophy of Education)​​​​​​​​
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I love, love, love this quote, especially the last part...."not at his neighbor's expense." ❤️​​​​​​​​
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Continuing with the series I started in April going over our favorite resources for Charlotte Mason homeschooling, this week I wrote about art (a subject dear to my heart!) and handicrafts! You can find read all about it at the link in my profile!​​​​​​​​
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