My Homeschool

The curriculum provides extensive parent education through articles explaining Charlotte Mason methodology and free resources like 'How to Homeschool 101.' Additional support is available through an online community for members.

Provides 'extensive explanation' under 'Introduction to Homeschooling & Charlotte Mason,' offers 'How to Homeschool 101' as a free basic course, and maintains 'an online My Homeschool community for support'

The curriculum demonstrates strong cross-curricular integration through Charlotte Mason methodology, with resources and books deliberately chosen to teach multiple topics simultaneously. Integration occurs naturally through shared reading time, family discussions, and thematic connections between subjects.

The review states 'We reduced the time needed for formal academics by crafting our curriculum so our resources and books often teach multiple topics' and describes family time covering reading, history, music, and art together

The curriculum relies heavily on Charlotte Mason's narration method rather than direct instruction, requiring significant parent involvement especially for younger students. Weekly lesson plans provide structure but lack detailed instructional guidance.

Parents need to be involved 'especially with younger students' and must 'be somewhat familiar with what children are learning in order to carry on conversations and evaluate oral or written narrations'

Subject rigor varies significantly, with math requiring separate curriculum purchase after grade 2 and reading instruction being light on phonics. Upper grades include more rigorous content with contemporary resources and video supplements.

Complete math lessons only through grade 2, reading 'primarily teaches high-frequency words learned by sight, although it does cover phonics lightly,' but upper levels use 'more contemporary resources, including many videos'

The curriculum incorporates Charlotte Mason-style quarterly exams for grades 5 and above, and regular narration provides some retrieval practice. However, systematic spaced review and retrieval practice are not emphasized as core instructional methods.

Offers 'Charlotte-Mason-style quarterly exams for parents to administer' for fifth grade and above, and narration activities require students to recall and articulate learning

The curriculum builds coherent knowledge through Charlotte Mason's living books approach, connecting literature, history, and geography in meaningful ways. However, the Australian focus may create gaps in knowledge coherence for students in other countries.

Uses resources like 'A Child's History of the World' and connects picture books to countries being studied, but 'those living in countries other than Australia will need to add coverage of their own country's history'