Charlotte Mason curriculum
Without Doors
Bible, History, Geography, Literature, Enrichment, Nature Study
“Never be within doors when you can rightly be without.” Charlotte Mason
Without Doors is a unique Charlotte Mason curriculum that is inspired by Four Square Community. It is simple to implement, yet rich in content. It is designed to streamline the homeschool experience by coordinating all ages around quality living books for family-style learning. It is a great option for new and experienced homeschool families interested in a Charlotte Mason education.
Each path includes the overall framework to successfully implement 28 weeks of lessons for students in 1st-8th grade. The lessons are simple and clearly laid out in a weekly plan.
One printed book per family includes everything you need for the path, except for the items noted on the supply list. Conveniently included in the printed book are artist study paintings, poetry, links to hymns, copywork, a weekly plan, and MORE!
The content in each path is coordinated around a time and place, such as Early America, Modern America, Ancient World, etc., creating a rich, immersive experience and a harmony of lessons.
Without Doors facilitates good habits in narration, nature journaling, map-drawing, keeping a Book of Centuries, copywork, dictation, hymn study, composer study, artist study, poetry and recitation.
A Charlotte Mason education is a rich experience for students and families. Ms. Mason inspires parents to spread a generous educational feast before their children.
Without Doors provides step-by-step guidance and valuable resources as you embrace Charlotte Mason principles in your home. This effortless curriculum will bring joy and freedom to your family!
"The aim in education is to give a full life."
Charlotte Mason
28
Weeks
8
Subjects
1
Timeline Song
Reviews
Preschool Guide
(Recommended) Printed Book $29
Digital Download $19
Sample Weekly Plan
Bible includes a weekly scripture passage and a coordinating song to help implant God’s Word into your child’s heart.
The literature selections will ignite imagination and inspire a foundation of oral narration. The selections include: Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarik, Frog and Toad, by Arnold Lobel, and Grasshopper on the Road, by Arnold Lobel.
Charlotte Mason encourages parents to focus on training children in a single habit for 6-8 weeks before adding a new habit. Without Doors includes inspiration to develop the habits of Attention, Obedience, Truthfulness, and Observation.
Introduce the alphabet to your child with our unique Charlotte Mason-inspired lessons.
Download the free printable resource to supplement your weekly lessons at www.withoutdoorscurriculum.com/preschool.
Introduce your child to numbers and counting with sensory activities and object-based lessons.
The weekly art project is designed for parent and child to create together using common household items. Each art lesson corresponds with the letter of the week.
Introduce your child to poetry using a weekly selection from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
The weekly sensory activity is designed for parent and child to experience together using common household items and coordinates with the nursery rhyme.
Enjoy spending time out-of-doors with your child. The weekly nature prompt will inspire a love for God’s creation.
Bible
Steve Green Hide ‘Em In Your Heart, Two For One (Volume 1 & 2)
Mother Goose Treasury: A Beautiful Collection of Favorite Nursery Rhymes for Children
Frog and Toad: A Complete Reading Collection, by Arnold Lobel
Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarik
Grasshopper on the Road, by Arnold Lobel
Personal Chalk Board
Plastic Magnet Alphabet Letters and Numbers
Metal Cookie Sheet with edge
Play Sand
Dice
Deck of Playing Cards
Marbles or Small Rocks
Buttons
Plastic Craft Beads
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The Apple Pie Tree, by Zoe Hall
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
Little Cloud, by Eric Carle
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
On Eagle Cove, by Jane Yolen
The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister
A Giraffe and a Half, by Shel Silverstein
The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton
Should I Share my Ice Cream?, by Mo Willems
Mela and the Elephant, by Dow Phumiruk
Curious George Flies a Kite, by Margaret Rey
The Lion and The Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
Bird Builds a Nest, by Martin Jenkins
Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen Waiting, by Kevin Henkes
The Quilt, by Ann Jonas
Planting a Rainbow, by Lois Ehlert
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, by Blair Lent
The Foolish Tortoise, by Eric Carle
Singing in the Rain, by Tim Hopgood
Who Broke the Vase, by Jeffrey Turner
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, by Kadir Nelson
Xavier Ox’s Xylophone Experiment, by Barbara DeRubertis
Extra Yarn, by Mac Barnett
Habu and the Lost Zebra, by Beth Solomon
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Kindergarten Guide
(Recommended) Printed Book $39
Digital Download $29
Sample Weekly Plan
Bible includes a weekly Scripture passage and a coordinating song to help implant God’s Word into your child’s heart. Your child will also read through a beautiful narrative of the Bible called The Storybook Bible.
Charlotte Mason encourages parents to focus on training children in a single habit for several weeks before adding a new habit. Without Doors: Kindergarten includes inspiration for your child to develop 7 important habits.
The literature selections will ignite your child’s imagination. The selections include: The Tales of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter, Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, The Children’s Book of Virtues, by William J. Bennett, and a lovely selection of living picture books.
Your child will be introduced to poems written for children by a variety of revered poets. Students will recite short poems and enjoy poetry tea time!
Your child will create a variety of handicrafts and will be introduced to picture study. The picture study paintings are carefully chosen to delight young children.
Your child will meet the orchestra! The compositions and hymns are carefully chosen to delight young children. Music includes an introduction to Composer Study and Hymn Study.
Weekly sensory activities are designed for parent and child to experience together. Sensory activities include outdoor games, geography concepts, an introduction to Swedish Drill and more!
Enjoy spending time out-of-doors with your child. The weekly nature lore and nature study lesson will inspire an interest in God’s creation.
Books
The Jesus Storybook Bible, by Sally Lloyd Jones
A Child’s Book of Poems, by Gyo Fujikawa
A Beatrix Potter Treasury, by Beatrix Potter (Frederick Warne Edition)
Winnie-the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
The Children’s Book of Virtues, by William J. Bennett
Seed Babies, by Margaret Warner Morley
Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton Burgess
Meet the Orchestra, by Ann Hayes
General Supplies
Compass
Children’s Classics CD: Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Britten
Slugs and Bugs: Sing the Bible, by Randall Goodgame (Volume 1)
Slugs and Bugs: Sing the Bible, by Randall Goodgame (Volume 2)
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Early America
(Recommended) Professional Quality Printed Book $49
Digital Download $29
Sample Timeline Song
Sample Weekly Plan
Bible includes a study of the parables of Jesus and scripture memory that coordinates with the parable. In addition to narration, older students are encouraged to transcribe the parables into their Book of Commonplace.
Without Doors: Early America includes history lessons through 1860. The living history spine is engaging for families as they navigate through early American history together. Our original American History Timeline Song will reinforce the timeline of the United States. Older students add suggested dates to their Book of Centuries.
Without Doors: Early America includes lessons and map-drawing assignments highlighting the Thirteen Colonies, the Mississippi River, and the Oregon Trail.
Students will read four living books that coordinate with early America. Without Doors: Early America also includes one coordinating early American poet study per term. Copywork selections coordinate with weekly lessons, building a strong foundation in spelling and grammar.
Students develop the habit of narration by responding to literature with oral and written narration. The weekly narration prompt rotates between history, geography, literature, nature study, and enrichment. Students will respond to the narration prompt in their Narration Notebook, a notebook with lines for writing and a blank space for drawing. Narration expectations (amount of words and/or paragraphs) should be different for younger vs. older students.
The nature lore readings delight families while grounding students in scientific knowledge of insects and birds. Out-of-door nature walks and nature journaling prompts inspire an interest in God’s beautiful creation.
Each week, the students will focus on a rotating enrichment activities including: Composer Study, Artist Study, Hymn Study, and Handicrafts. The two composers, four artists, four hymns, and four handicrafts are all carefully chosen to coordinate with Early America.
Student Supplies
Watercolor Paper 9X12
Thin Sharpie
Travel Watercolor Set
Nature Journal
Narration Notebook
Book of Centuries (ages 10+)
Commonplace Book (ages 10+)
Family Book List
Bible
Then Sings My Soul, by Robert J. Morgan
A Child’s First Book of American History, by Earl Schenck Miers
Minn of the Mississippi, by Holling C. Holling
The Light and the Glory for Young Readers, by Marshall and Manuel
The Oregon Trail, by Karen Bush Gibson
Nature Anatomy, by Julia Rothman
Eyes and No Eyes “Birds of the Air,” by Arabella Buckley
Eyes and No Eyes “Insect Life,” by Arabella Buckley
Elementary Book List
Squanto, Friend of Pilgrims, by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dagliesh
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson
The Cabin Faced West, by Jean Fritz
Copywork Notebook
Middle Book List
The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, by Kathryn Lasky
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
Streams to the River, River to the Sea, by Scott O’Dell
By the Great Horn Spoon, by Sid Fleischman
Copywork Notebook
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Is there not some need for ‘mother culture’? But how is the state of things to be altered? So many mothers say, ‘I simply have not time for myself!’ ‘I never read a book!’ Or else, ‘I don’t think it is right to think of myself!’ They not only starve their minds, but they do it deliberately, and with a sense of self-sacrifice which seems to supply ample justification. -Charlotte Mason
The United States Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Founders’ Bible (NASB), by David Barton
1776, by David McCullough
The Summer of 1787, by David O. Stewart
How to Read the Constitution & the Declaration of Independence, by Paul B. Skousen
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Modern America
(Recommended) Professional Quality Printed Book $49
Digital Download $29
Sample Timeline Song
Sample Weekly Plan
Bible includes a study of the teachings of Jesus and scripture memory that coordinates with the teaching. In addition to narration, older students are encouraged to transcribe the parables into their Book of Commonplace.
Modern America includes history lessons from the Civil War through September 11, 2001. The living history spine is engaging for families as they navigate through modern American history together. Our original American History Timeline Song will reinforce the timeline of the United States. Older students also add suggested dates to their Book of Centuries.
Without Doors: Modern America includes lessons and map-drawing assignments highlighting the 50 States & Capitals, State Birds & Flowers, and the United States National Parks.
Students will read four living books that coordinate with modern America. Without Doors: Modern America also includes one modern American poet study per term. Copywork selections coordinate with weekly lessons, building a strong foundation in spelling and grammar. Older students will add passages to their Commonplace Book.
Students develop the habit of narration by responding to literature with oral and written narration. The weekly narration prompt rotates between history, geography, literature, nature study, and enrichment. Students will respond to the narration prompt in their Narration Notebook, a notebook with lines for writing and a blank space for drawing. Narration expectations (amount of words and/or paragraphs) should be different for younger vs. older students.
The nature lore readings delight families while grounding students in scientific knowledge of tide pools and deserts. Out-of-door nature walks and nature journaling prompts inspire an interest in God’s beautiful creation. Students will look closely at how farm life is important in America.
Without Doors: Modern America includes rotating enrichment activities including: Composer Study, Artist Study, Hymn Study, Handicrafts. The two composers, four artists, four hymns, and four handicrafts are all carefully chosen and coordinate with modern America.
Ancient World
(COMING 2023)
Middle Ages
(Coming 2024)
Modern World
(Coming 2024)
Canada
(Coming Soon)
Great Britain
(Coming Soon)
Life of Jesus
(Recommended) Printed Book $25
Digital Download $15
Sample Study Plan
Without Doors: Life of Jesus gives an overview of the life of Jesus from the perspective of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It includes a weekly Bible reading and corresponding narration prompt.
The Study Plan for each topic includes specific prophecies fulfilled by Jesus in that area of His life.
Without Doors: Life of Jesus includes Names of God that correspond with each topic in the life of Jesus.
The copywork verses highlight each topic in the life of Jesus. To include young children in the study, download the copywork resource found on www.withoutdoorscurriculum.com/bible-study.
Without Doors: Life of Jesus includes a full page color picture representing each topic in the life of Jesus.
Without Doors: Life of Jesus includes a full page map of the Holy Land during the time of Jesus. The Study Plan includes map directions and questions corresponding to each topic in the life of Jesus.
Be blessed by the musical selections that coordinate with each topic in the life of Jesus.
Without Doors: Life of Jesus includes a practical application for each topic in the life of Jesus.