Welcome to Old Fashioned Education's FREE online K-12 curriculum. 
​Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement.
I hope you will be blessed by our Charlotte Mason-Inspired family together curriculum ordered around 2 cycles of history with the Bible as the foundation. Each program includes a booklist (what to teach), schedule (when to teach it), and teacher guide (how to teach it), plus a free homeschool planner for staying organized or diy lesson planning. I also share about motherhood and how we homeschool on the blog. ​​                                                            Warmly,
​Programs of Study
Subjects
​Suggested Time
Prep Level
​Covers ​all subjects
​for PreK to K
30-60 minutes
​mornings
Program 1:
​Christian Study
Family together
Bible, History, Geography, Biography for grades 1-12
30-60 minutes
​9:00 am
Program 2:
Enrichment Study
​Family together
Art, Music, Literature+
for grades 1-12
60 minutes
​​10:00 am
Program 3:
Individual Study
Grade-level
Math, Science, Language Arts+
​for grades 1-12
60+ minutes
​11:00 am
Full Curriculum
Charlotte Mason Study*
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Full Curriculum by Grade
Covers all subjects
Work on each form for 2+ years 
3 hours
​9:00 - noon
*original time-table and booklists by Charlotte Mason

A Mother's Way is Beautiful

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s mothers, we have a beautiful way we can educate our children at home: with the liberal arts, living books, and a peaceful schedule, all to inspire a love of learning. We utilize free old-fashioned living books and textbooks from the 1800-1900's because they are beautifully illustrated, not dumbed down, do not contain political propaganda, and are in the free domain.
A Liberal Education for All
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Charlotte Mason believed all children should have access to a liberal education - meaning broad and plentiful. Our booklists use mostly free old-fashioned books, as we found expensive doesn't mean better. It makes a liberal arts education, not just affordable for all, but free! 
Living Books
You don't need a degree to be a great teacher. Just read great books! I never heard my children complain about listening to a good story! Yet, they learn so much. If you are struggling with homeschool burnout, drop the boring textbooks and endless worksheets, and try living books - a good story by a single author. My first two children are now adults and still love great books - the classics. 
Peaceful Schedule
You don't need a lot of time to teach many grades. We have a peaceful morning schedule in 3 lessons per day - that's one lesson per program per day. For prep-level, it's just one lesson. By keeping short lessons, the children enjoy a broad feast of studies. ​We share our program of study here as a free service to other homeschooling parents.
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​Needing a little mom time? I hope you will find this to be a cozy little corner to be blessed and be a blessing to other homeschool mothers as we share ideas on the blog, community, and ​parent's review - free ongoing training in home education. 

This Month on the Blog

F.A.Q.

Have an additional question?  See online forum or contact us.
Do I need to enroll?
No enrollment is necessary! Our online syllabi, schedules, printables, and articles presented here are FREE for use under the terms of our license agreement. Here is our guide for getting started.  ​
What lesson plans do You offer? 
​Our teacher guides include day-by-day lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and answer key and are made affordable through commercial printing. If you prefer to make their own lesson plans, we've provide a FREE Student Weekly Assignment Booklet.

​When will lesson plan handbooks be available? OFE.org is a free service to homeschool parents, coops, cottage, private, and public schools. As God grants our family time, more lesson handbooks will be made available. 

​Our expected publication dates are as follows:​
  • 2022 - Volume I (Christian Study, Enrichment Study), Individual Study 1
  • 2023 - Volume II (Christian Study, Enrichment Study), Individual Study 2
  • 2024 - Volume III (Christian Study, Enrichment Study), Individual Study 3
  • 2025 - Volume IV (Christian Study, Enrichment Study), Individual Study 4
  • 2026 - Volume V (Christian Study, Enrichment Study), Individual Study 5
  • 2027 - Individual Study 6-8
  • 2028 - Individual Study 9-12​​
Do You offer Record Keeping?
​No. Parents are responsible for their own record keeping, however a space for record keeping is provided in each Teaching Guide. 
How much Parental Involvement is needed?
Our program provides a peaceful morning schedule from 9:00 to 12:00. If you are using our day-by-day lesson plans, no additional prep time is required. Parents are involved and enjoy reading living books and listening to narrations with their children in Programs 1 and 2, plus guide or assign independent work in Program 3 (as determined by you and your child's growth). ​ ​Involvement is easy and enjoyable!​
What teaching Method is used?
We believe method is best determined by you and according to the needs of your child. Generally, our lesson plans can be described Charlotte Mason-Inspired. We encourage the use of a Recitation Notebook for repetition which aids in memory work. We incorporate many Charlotte Mason and Old-Fashioned methods into our lesson handbooks.  You can learn about our method here.
How Do You Teach 3 Lessons per day?
First, we group several subjects into each program of study. You will not study every subject every day, but instead the subjects are spread throughout the week. Next, we made programs 1 and 2 family together with grade-level assignments. Do 3 lessons per day (1 per program) for a complete curriculum. See how it works.
How do you choose books?
Old Fashioned Education utilizes many wonderful living books and textbooks from the 1800-1900's which have the great advantage of not being dumbed down, not containing political propaganda, and are in the FREE domain. We selected many books from Miss Maggie's original source (plus lots of others through extensive research) to create a family together program of study to share as a free resource from my family to yours.

All Booklists are carefully selected to meet the following criteria:
  1. A balance of Biblical textbooks and living books.
  2. A beautiful and high-quality book in both text and illustrations.
  3. An affordable book that is priced on actual value of printing (price per page) to meet consumer need, not producer want for profit.
  4. A re-sellable book, with a limit of 10% or less in consumable books per booklist.
  5. A book that is available in two formats - printed and free online. *

*Please note!  Our teacher guides are printed commercially which is more affordable than home printing. We receive a small commission which helps to off-set costs to run this website.  A few book selections are available in only one format.