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Kindergarten

  • Book List
    A Beatrix Potter Treasury, by Beatrix Potter (Frederick Warne Edition)
    A Child’s Book of Poems, by Gyo Fujikawa
    Meet the Orchestra, by Ann Hayes
    Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton Burgess
    Seed Babies, by Margaret Warner Morley
    The Children’s Book of Virtues, by William J. Bennett
    The Jesus Storybook Bible, by Sally Lloyd Jones
    Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne

    General Supplies
    Compass
    Children's Classics CD: Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Britten (on Spotify)
    One Light, One Sun, by Raffi (on Spotify)
    Slugs and Bugs: Sing the Bible, by Randall Goodgame Volume 1 & 2 (on Spotify)

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  • 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 also be introduced to picture study. The picture study paintings are carefully chosen to delight young children. Artists studied include Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, and Wassily Kandinsky.

  • Your child will meet the orchestra! The compositions and hymns are carefully chosen to delight young children.

    Music includes an introduction to Composer Studies of Benjamin Britten and Camille Saint-Saens.

    Children will enjoy learning folk songs and four hymns.

  • 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 your child’s interest in God’s beautiful creation.

  • The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle
    Little Cloud, by Eric Carle
    Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey
    Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
    Lentil, by Robert McCloskey
    One Morning in Maine, by Robert McCloskey
    Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
    Katy and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee Burton
    The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton
    Maybelle, by Virginia Lee Burton
    Pretzel, by Margaret Rey
    The Big Snow, by Berta and Elmer Hader
    The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper
    Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag
    The Little Red Hen, by Paul Cadone
    Roxaboxen, by Alice McLerran
    The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
    Albert, by Donna Jo Napoli
    The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
    Corduroy, by Don Freeman
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett
    The Story about Ping, by Marjorie Flack
    The Mitten, by Jan Brett
    The Little Island, by Margaret Wise Brown
    Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen
    Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss Finders Keepers, by Will and Nicolas

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  • Charlotte Mason’s "Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six"

    Without Doors: Kindergarten is inspired by Charlotte Mason’s writings about the early years and this list:

    1. To recite, beautifully, 6 easy poems and hymns
    2. to recite, perfectly and beautifully, a parable and a psalm
    3. to add and subtract numbers up to 10, with dominoes or counters
    4. to read--what and how much, will depend on what we are told of the child
    5. to copy in print-hand from a book
    6. to know the points of the compass with relation to their own home, where the sun rises and sets, and the way the wind blows
    7. to describe the boundaries of their own home
    8. to describe any lake, river, pond, island etc. within easy reach
    9. to tell quite accurately (however shortly) 3 stories from Bible history, 3 from early English, and 3 from early Roman history (my note here, we may want to substitute early American for early English!)
    10. to be able to describe 3 walks and 3 views
    11. to mount in a scrap book a dozen common wildflowers, with leaves (one every week); to name these, describe them in their own words, and say where they found them.
    12. to do the same with leaves and flowers of 6 forest trees
    13. to know 6 birds by song, colour and shape
    14. to send in certain Kindergarten or other handiwork, as directed
    15. to tell three stories about their own "pets"--rabbit, dog or cat.
    16. to name 20 common objects in French, and say a dozen little sentences
    17. to sing one hymn, one French song, and one English song
    18. to keep a caterpillar and tell the life-story of a butterfly from his own observations.

Bible, Habit, Literature, Poetry, Art, Music, Sensory, and Nature Study

“Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life.” -Charlotte Mason

Charlotte Mason holds children in the highest regard. She recommends waiting until a child is six years old to begin formal lessons. Instead, she encourages parents to dedicate the early years to spending time outdoors, developing good habits, and nurturing curiosity, wonder, and delight.

Without Doors: Kindergarten is an inspiring and simple guide that will help you create an atmosphere of learning in your home. It includes 28 weeks of coordinated lessons in Bible, Habit, Literature, Poetry, Art, Music, Sensory, and Nature Study.

Each lesson is simple and clearly laid out in a weekly plan. The guide combined with the recommended books and supplies will provide a rich Charlotte Mason foundation for your little one.

Without Doors: Kindergarten will bring joy and freedom to both parent and child during the early years!

Without Doors: Kindergarten is inspired by Charlotte Mason’s writings about the early years and her “Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six.”

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