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Secular Charlotte Mason homeschool curricula, compared

3 programs, listed alphabetically, each with its grades, method, format and cost a year as the publisher’s own site showed them on October 31, 2026. Open a card for the strengths, the watch-outs and who it fits.

What this list holds

We label a program secular when the publisher's own pages call it secular, or describe the program and the publisher without any faith terms.

Charlotte Mason programs use living books, short lessons, narration (the child tells back what was read), copywork and nature study.

Not sure this approach suits your family? The homeschool style quiz asks ten questions about your goals and time and gives a starter week for the closest match.

At a glance

  • All 3 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from free to $162, and 1 is free.
  • How the child works: 3 books and workbooks.
  • 1 of the 3 has a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
  • Grades: 2 reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and 2 reach high school.

Grades each program covers

Blossom and Root
  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
Build Your Library
  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
Wildwood Curriculum
  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
Alphabetical, as the table below. Each row lights the grades the publisher states.
Which grades are you shopping for?

2 of the 3 reach pre-K or kindergarten:

All 3 reach the elementary grades:

All 3 reach middle school:

2 of the 3 reach high school:

Alphabetical. We never rank programs, and none pays to appear.
ProgramSubjectsGradesMethodFormatCost a yearFaith label
Blossom and RootBlossom and RootLanguage arts, SciencePre-K–6Charlotte Mason, WaldorfBooks and workbooks$162Secular
Build Your LibraryBuild Your LibraryAll subjectsK–12Literature-based, Charlotte MasonBooks and workbooks$39.95Secular
Wildwood CurriculumWildwood Curriculum (volunteer homeschooling parents)All subjects1–9Charlotte MasonBooks and workbooksFreeSecular

Each program in a line

  • Blossom and Root: A family that wants a gentle, hands-on year built around nature, books and art, and is happy to choose its own math.
  • Build Your Library: A family that wants a book-centered year planned for them at low cost, with time to read aloud together.
  • Wildwood Curriculum: A family drawn to Charlotte Mason who wants book choices made for them and is happy to pick its own math and phonics.

Before you buy

That label is the only thing these pages say about religion. If it matters to you, read the publisher's own pages.

Look at how much the parent reads aloud and whether the program schedules the books or only lists them. Many leave math to a separate program.

Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.

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How we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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