Wayfarers: My Pick for a Charlotte Mason Homeschool Curriculum

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Wayfarers by Barefoot Ragamuffin: Our Charlotte Mason Homeschool Curriculum

Language Arts: English Lessons through Literature
Math: RightStart + Prodigy
History: Wayfarers: Revolution History
Geography: Wayfarers: Revolution History
Science: Simply Charlotte Mason’s Nature Studies + MysteryScience
Bible: Telling God’s Truth by Peter Enns (maybe)
Literature: Wayfarers: Revolution History
Jump ahead to our 2017/2018 Curriculum Picks

A Sample Day: Week 1, Day 3 (Grammar Stage)

Bible

Job Ch 5-6

Each day begins with a Bible selection to read with the family. Last year we skipped this in favour of reading a story from our children’s Bible, given that my kids are so young.

Language Arts

English Lessons through Literature, Lesson 2
Reading Lessons Through Literature, phonogram review

Rod and staff English, Lesson 2
Copywork/Commonplace Book

You own grammar program

There are a few suggestions for the language arts, including Barefoot Publishing’s own English Lessons through Literature. We LOVE ELTL, which I’ve already written about on my blog. A typical ELTL lesson includes:

  • a chapter or two from classic literature
  • a short grammar lesson that uses a passage from the day’s reading to illustrate the grammar principal
  • a fable that I have River narrate back to me, or a picture that I have River study and then describe to me from memory
  • a short poem that River reads out loud
  • a written exercise based on the grammar lesson of the day
  • copywork, which is always a sentence or two from the day’s reading, and sometimes a line or two from a poem or a maxim

I purchased the additional workbook PDF that accompanies ELTL and it makes my life just that little bit easier. The workbook has the day’s grammar exercise and the copywork already written out in my choice of fonts so that I don’t have to write out the passage neatly myself while simultaneously holding a fussy one-year-old, dressing a stubborn five-year-old, and baking muffins because I need carbs if I’m going to survive the day.

Literature, grammar, poetry, picture study, copywork. Done, before my mid-morning tea. It’s just that easy.

Math is next!

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Comments

5 responses to “Wayfarers: My Pick for a Charlotte Mason Homeschool Curriculum”

  1. Beauty full Slow Avatar
    Beauty full Slow

    First off, LOVE your tag line! I’ve never heard of Wayfarers…something to look into 🙂 You’ve made some wonderful choices. Hopping over from the “Back-to-School” Blog Hop.

    Happy Homeschooling!

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  2. Ashlea Avatar
    Ashlea

    I’m quite pleased to find a review of Wayfarers and you are very thorough. My kids are older. I have one 7th grader and one 3rd grader, as well as a 3 year old. Have you looked at the curriculum with thoughts about what it will be like in the upper grammar and dialectic stages? I ask because it looks as though there is a lot of reading scheduled for one day and I’m a little concerned it would overwhelm my kids. Your blog is beautiful!

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  3. Tamara Avatar
    Tamara

    I haven’t looked through the upper levels much, given that we aren’t there yet. That being said, there is a LOT of reading in the first stage and at first we were overwhelmed. And my child is a bookworm too! I can’t imagine plugging through it all with a child who doesn’t love to read. Like my second. Oh man, that’s going to be fun LOL.

    However, the author stresses at the beginning that she has included so much because she wants parents to be able to pick and choose as they go — and I’ve really taken that to heart. We don’t use her science books because the chapters are LONG and my daughter prefers hands-on combined with online learning. We use audiobooks regularly, often in the car – particularly for history. I LOVE the Story of the World audiobooks. I get the suggested history picture books from the library, but I don’t require my daughter to read them — I just kind of leave them around ha ha.

    For the life of me, I can’t find my book right now. :\ Once I do, I’ll take a peek at the older levels and let you know what I think. Also, if you’re on Facebook and haven’t done so, check out the Barefoot Ragamuffins group for more thoughts and opinions! https://www.facebook.com/groups/barefootragamuffinhomeschoolers/

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  4. Ashlea Avatar
    Ashlea

    Thanks! I found that group this morning. 🙂

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  5. Allison Avatar
    Allison

    So glad to have found your blog. With Laying Down the Rails… I see they have “for children” and also a myriad of other options… which LDR product were you referencing? Are all needed as shown in the bundle on Simply Charlotte Mason? Thanks a bunch in advance for any advice on this selection. I’m working on curriculum and choices for next year currently!

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