As the air grows chilly and snow blankets the ground, celebrate the changing seasons with this Winter homeschool curriculum!
Embrace Winter with Charlotte Mason: A Cozy Curriculum for Your Homeschool
As the world outside settles into its winter slumber, it’s the perfect time to embrace the beauty of the season in your homeschool. Our 4-week Winter Morning Time Session is designed to help your family slow down, savor the season, and discover the wonders of winter together.
This curriculum beautifully aligns with Charlotte Mason’s gentle, nature-focused approach to education. Your children will explore winter through artist and picture studies with a natural focus, copywork, handicrafts, nature studies, and the quiet beauty of seasonal poetry. With rich living books, nature walks bundled in warm scarves, and art projects inspired by snowy landscapes, your children will cultivate a deep appreciation for this unique time of year.
The Winter Morning Time Session invites your family to gather, connect, and learn in a way that feels both peaceful and productive. Through these rich activities, your children will cultivate a sense of wonder and develop a lasting appreciation for the quiet beauty of winter. With this gentle, seasonal approach to learning, you can transform chilly days into warm and memorable moments together. Winter is a time to cherish the slower moments, and our Charlotte Mason-inspired curriculum helps you make the most of them. Let’s explore winter’s unique lessons together!
A Winter Homeschool Tea Time Spread
One of the many activities we have included in this curriculum is an easy, kid-friendly recipe section to make frosty treats for a Winter Tea Time! Whether you choose to make just a few of your favorites, or you create one each week to go with your Tea Time reading selection, these snowy desserts are sure to be a hit!
- Snow Cookies
- Snowflake Pretzels
- Snowflake Scones
- Snowballs
Here is a close-up view of the stunningly simple recipes we have in store for you! Create some, or all, together with your family for a festive and delightful tea time spread, and memories that will last a lifetime!
Add a Winter Poem to Your Tea Time:
We have included several winter poetry selections within this curriculum that evoke the crisp, bright beauty of winter’s chill, including selections from Robert Frost, Christina Rossetti, and more, as well as copywork selections for ages ranging from primary through high school! Here is a sample of one of our favorite pieces:
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Delight in Winter’s Beauty with the 140-page “Winter Morning Time Session”!
Get ready for a winter adventure with our beautifully crafted “Winter Morning Time Session!” This 140-page guide has everything you need to immerse your family in the beauties and wonders of winter through creative, hands-on learning activities.
Inside, you’ll find:
- 4-week Calendar with each subject scheduled on it
- Prayer and scripture memorization
- Copywork selections from Isaiah 55:6-11, Winter: My Secret, Who Can See the Wind?,and Winter Rain, by Christina Rossetti in primary, elementary, cursive, and a notebook sheet for high school students (and moms)
- Memory Work: Prayer, scripture memory, and poetry memorization
- Living Books recommended reading list
- Artist & Picture Study: Childe Hassam with four printable art pieces
- Composer Study: Frederic Chopin with four classical pieces (+ listening links)
- Poet Study: Christina Rossetti with four poetry selections
- Hymn Study: ‘Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow, with sheet music and listening links
- Folk Song Study: The Snow It Melts the Soonest, with sheet music and listening links
- 4 Snowy Teatime Recipes: Snowballs, Snowflake Scones, Snow Cookies, and Snowflake Pretzels
- 5 Wintry Teatime Reading: Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost, London Snow, by Robert Bridges, The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, Sherlock Holmes: The Beryl Coronet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Geography: Home Geography, by C.C. Long
- Handicraft: Snowflake embroidery
- Art Lesson: The White Veil Snow Scene in acrylics
- Nature study: Gemstones
- Shakespeare play: The Winter’s Tale with links to a live-recorded performance
- And more!
Ready for an enchanting winter wonderland? Get your guide today and let the fun begin!
Have a Winter Homeschool Paint Party!
In this session, we have included an art lesson for you and your family recreating the gorgeous winter scenery of Metcalf’s painting, The White Veil. So grab your art supplies, get cozy with a cup of tea or hot chocolate, and start creating!
The White Veil, recreated by Alisha Gratehouse.
Enjoying your paint party too much to stop? Grab these lessons from the Masterpiece Society to keep the fun going!
Living Books to Explore the Season For Your Winter Homeschool
Do you have these books in your library? Add some winter wonder to your life with these titles!
Picture Books
The Snowy Day
The MittenSnowflake BentleyKaty and the Big SnowOwl MoonThe SnowmanStopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningThe Big SnowWhite Snow, Bright SnowLittle Bear (An I Can Read Book)Winter EyesWinter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold (Junior Library Guild Selection)Snow, SnowIt’s Snowing! It’s Snowing!: Winter Poems (I Can Read Level 3)SnowSnow (I Can Read It All By Myself)Snow MusicSnowmen at Night
Elementary, Middle, & Upper Grades
Snow TreasureMiracles on Maple HillHans Brinker Or The Silver SkatesMr. Popper’s PenguinsThe Long WinterFarmer Boy (Little House, 2)The Magician’s Nephew (Book 1) (Narnia)Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Celebration of the First Edition (Chronicles of Narnia, 2)Stone FoxWinter of the Ice Wizard (Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions Book 4)Skating ShoesThe Mystery at the Crystal Palace (Nancy Drew, No.133)The Magic School Science Reader: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Snow (The Magic School Bus Science Reader)Julie and the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, 1)My Side of the MountainCaddie WoodlawnMurder on the Orient Express(Chinese and English) (English and Chinese Edition)Walden: or, Life in the WoodsWuthering Heights (Macmillan Collector’s Library)Great Expectations-Treasury of Illustrated Classics Storybook CollectionThe Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection (Wordsworth Box Sets)
We wish you a bright and beautiful winter season!
Winter is a season of beauty and reflection, and our Winter-themed Charlotte Mason Curriculum helps you embrace it fully. From cozy mornings with poetry to nature walks in the crisp air, these moments will nurture your children’s minds and hearts.
Bundle up, grab your favorite warm drink, and let’s make this winter a season to remember in your homeschool. Embrace the wonder, the learning, and the joy that only this time of year can bring! And remember:
“It may be that the souls of all children are waiting for the call of knowledge to awaken them to delightful living.”
-Charlotte Mason
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