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Charlotte Mason
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The K-3 history and geography landscape: chronological-narrative, literature-based, and worldview-explicit programs, and the question each one answers
Nine elementary history programs across three families that disagree about what early history is. Story of the World and Mystery of History run the chronological narrative. BookShark, Build Your Library, Beautiful Feet, and Torchlight teach it through literature. Notgrass and My Father's World state a Christian worldview openly, with the secular-to-Christian range running through all three. Plus where K-3 geography actually lives, the Texas ESA July disbursement, and the dispatch.
Issue 08 covered the K-3 science landscape and made the point that the programs are not interchangeable because they answer different questions. History in the K-3 band has the same structure and one extra wrinkle, because in our assessment history is where worldview is least hidden. The programs s…
Curriculum Review·History Curriculum·Geography·Story Of The World·Mystery Of History·Bookshark - Curriculum ReviewJun 15, 2026
The K-3 science landscape: kit-driven, literature-based, and worldview-explicit programs, and the question each one answers
Eight elementary science programs across three families that take three different positions on what early science is. Mystery Science and Generation Genius on video, BookShark and Sassafras through literature, Apologia and Berean Builders from an explicit Christian frame, with REAL Science Odyssey and the Charlotte Mason nature-study tradition between them. Plus the Texas launch timeline, the Tennessee award amount, and the dispatch.
Issue 07 covered the K-3 art and music landscape and made the point that art programs are not interchangeable because they answer different questions. Science in the K-3 band has the same structure. The programs split into three families. The kit-driven and video courses, including Mystery Science…
Curriculum Review·Science Curriculum·Mystery Science·Generation Genius·Apologia·Bookshark - Curriculum ReviewJun 8, 2026
The K-3 art and music landscape: Meet the Masters, Atelier, Charlotte Mason picture study, and Hoffman Academy for piano
Three art programs graded on the same rubric, plus the one piano program that anchors the music side. What an art-history-plus-project program, a video-based studio course, and a free narration tradition each do well, and where Hoffman Academy fits for families adding music. Plus the Texas final ESA rules, the Tennessee universal scholarship program, and the dispatch.
Issue 06 covered Math-U-See versus Saxon Math K-3, two math programs for the elementary years. Issue 07 turns to art and music. The art conversation runs through three programs that take three different positions on what elementary art instruction is for. Meet the Masters treats it as an art-histor…
Curriculum Review·Art Curriculum·Music Curriculum·Meet The Masters·Atelier·Charlotte Mason - ESA UpdateApr 27, 2026
The $8,474 gap Texas just wrote into law
Plus West Virginia Hope goes universal, a plan for weekly curriculum reviews, and a Charlotte Mason primer for families who have never heard the name.
Texas TEFA set its 2026-27 awards at $10,474 for private-school students and $2,000 for homeschool students. West Virginia Hope went universal. Every Homeschool plans a weekly curriculum review. A quick primer on Charlotte Mason.
ESA·Texas·TEFA·West Virginia·Hope Scholarship·Charlotte Mason