"... rooted and built up in him and established in the faith,
just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." - Colossians 2:7
The Grove is a Christian homeschool fellowship rooted in shared life and learning for the glory of God. We are a community of families who partner together in the education of our children through thoughtful study, meaningful experiences, and rich relationships.
Grounded in biblical truth and shaped by the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason, we seek to nurture students in wisdom, character, and understanding. Through this faithful formation, students grow in discernment, delight in learning, and cultivate a love for what is true, good, and beautiful, taking these loves with them into lives of virtue beyond The Grove.
The Grove Is
The Grove is a Christian homeschool fellowship that uses a Charlotte Mason approach to guide shared learning, teaching practices, and community rhythms. We honor families as the primary educators of their children and partner with them to cultivate wisdom, character, and a love of learning.
In practice, The Grove is:
A Charlotte Mason–inspired learning community respecting the whole child
A place where ideas, discussion, narration, and thoughtful work are central
A shared partnership between families, students, and volunteer teachers
A structured environment with clear expectations
A community valuing depth, formation, and steady growth
The Grove Is Not
The Grove is not a substitute for the teaching and guidance families provide at home. Our program is designed to support and enrich each family's homeschool through shared learning, discussion, and community life.
In practice, The Grove is not:
A drop-off program or replacement for home instruction
A place where teachers are responsible for students’ work outside class
A program focused on speed, grades, or comparison rather than thoughtful growth
A space that removes the need for parental involvement
Who the Grove is For
The Grove is best suited for Christian families who value shared learning, thoughtful discussion, and a steady, formative approach to education.
Families who thrive at The Grove generally:
Embrace homeschooling as a parent-led responsibility and view the co-op as a meaningful partnership
Appreciate a Charlotte Mason–inspired approach that prioritizes ideas, narration, discussion, and depth
Are comfortable with clear expectations, consistent routines, and a structured learning environment
Value character formation, and the cultivation of wisdom alongside academic growth
Support their children’s learning at home through reading, discussion, and follow-through
Desire meaningful community with families who share similar values and educational convictions
Anchored in a love of God and guided by Charlotte Mason principles, The Grove partners with families to provide a warm, rich community and meaningful learning experiences that help students grow in heart, mind, and a love for what is true, good, and beautiful.
We envision a fellowship of learners who know God, love learning, and live virtuously. At The Grove, students grow in heart and mind, embracing truth, goodness, and beauty, while mothers feel seen, encouraged, and welcomed. Our co-op is more than a co-op: it is a convivial community where love of God and love of each other guide us, high-quality learning unfolds, and children and families cannot wait to be. We strive for days of sun-drenched learning on grass, pages turning in lively literature discussions, voices raised in song, hands crafting and exploring, and hearts forming lives of faithful impact that begin at The Grove and extend far beyond. Graduates leave inspired to live true to God, sharing their love of the Lord, their gifts, and virtues with the world.
At The Grove, our educational philosophy is shaped by a deep love of God and guided by the principles of Charlotte Mason. We believe education is the formation of the whole person, not merely the transmission of information. Its true aim is to cultivate wisdom and virtue by nurturing the souls of students in truth, goodness, and beauty, that they may better know, glorify, and enjoy God.
We honor the home as the primary place of education and seek to come alongside families by offering learning experiences that are best pursued in community. Through rich literature, thoughtful discussion, hands-on scientific investigation and laboratory exploration, nature study, and meaningful creative expression woven throughout our classes, students are invited into subjects and skills that expand their understanding, spark curiosity, and foster delight. These shared experiences often allow students to explore areas of study, tools, and modes of learning that are difficult to replicate at home. Optional electives further invite deeper engagement beyond the shared core of our program.
We believe children are born persons, capable of wonder, reason, and relationship. By offering living ideas, meaningful work, and shared experiences, we aim to form habits of attention, imagination, and love for what is good and true. Our hope is that students leave The Grove not only better informed, but more fully formed, ready to live faithfully, love learning, and pursue lives of thoughtful service in the world God has made.
God is not an add-on to our program, but its source and end. All learning at The Grove is rooted in the conviction that truth is knowable because God is real, good, and present. We seek to order our studies, relationships, and daily rhythms toward Him, so that students and families learn to love what is true, choose what is good, and delight in what is beautiful, all for the glory of God.
We believe learning should be full of living ideas, challenging, and deeply engaging. At The Grove, students learn through rich books, thoughtful discussion, laboratory exploration, hands-on discovery, and meaningful creative expression. Curiosity is encouraged, questions are welcomed, and delight is taken seriously. We aim to form learners who do not merely complete assignments, but who love to learn.
Education is not only the shaping of the mind, but the formation of the whole person. Through habits, relationships, and the steady practice of virtue, students grow in wisdom, courage, humility, diligence, kindness, and more. We attend to who students are becoming, trusting that faithful formation over time bears lasting fruit.
Students at The Grove regularly encounter what is true, good, and beautiful through ideas worth knowing, work worth doing, and an atmosphere that honors order, wonder, and care. Beauty is woven into our classrooms and curriculum through language, nature, artful work, and well-crafted lessons. Optional electives allow students to pursue deeper study in particular disciplines and creative pursuits, extending beyond the shared core of our program.
The Grove is a shared work of families learning side by side. Students form real friendships, parents support one another, and joy is found in being known and belonging. Moms converse, children laugh, and learning unfolds within a culture of warmth, hospitality, and mutual encouragement. We believe education flourishes best in community, not isolation.
Our hope is that students leave The Grove equipped to live faithfully and thoughtfully in the world God has made. Graduates carry with them a love of learning, a well-formed conscience, and the confidence to use their gifts in service to others. Education, rightly ordered, prepares students not just for the next academic step, but for lives of faithful presence and influence.
We are a Christian homeschooling community, for the purpose of encouraging our children toward wisdom and virtue for the glory of God. Read our Statement of Faith.
We blend Charlotte Mason’s vision of respectful, person-centered education with hands-on, community-based experiences that bring learning to life.
In other words, our classes are places of thoughtful discussion and lovely books, but also experiments, projects, and opportunities to practice skills like public speaking. Our core classes are academically strong, and our electives are meaningful and enriching—not filler or fluff. Our teachers hold thoughtful standards that encourage growth and real effort, while still honoring each child’s unique pace, gifts, and personality.
We partner with families, never replacing parents as the central voice in home education. Fellowship is not an add-on for us but the heart of our community. We are not a drop-off program, but a place where families belong, contribute, and grow together.
Charlotte Mason (1842–1923) was a British educator whose philosophy continues to shape thoughtful Christian education today. Her work is not a method to be implemented mechanically, but a vision of learning grounded in a Christian understanding of the person. At the heart of her philosophy is the conviction that children are born persons, which means they are created in the image of God and capable of attention, reason, imagination, relationship, and moral growth. Education, therefore, is not merely the transfer of information, but the steady formation of the whole person.
Mason understood education as taking place through atmosphere, discipline, and life. Learning is shaped not only by lessons, but by habits, environment, relationships, and shared practices over time. This view resists both shallow efficiency and rigid formalism, calling instead for faithfulness, patience, and care. Central to her philosophy is the use of living ideas, most often encountered through living books and great literature. Students are expected to listen attentively, read carefully, and engage ideas thoughtfully. They are not trained to memorize and repeat without understanding, but to think, remember meaningfully, and articulate ideas clearly.
A Charlotte Mason education is rigorous, though its rigor differs from modern models focused on volume, speed, or constant assessment. Mason believed small, faithful practices shape character more effectively than external pressure, and habits like attention, truthfulness, kindness, and self-control are cultivated through steady guidance.
Beauty plays an essential role, as students encounter it through nature study, art, music, poetry, and well-crafted work, training attention, awakening wonder, and shaping the affections toward what is good and true.
While the home remains the primary place of education, Mason recognized the value of learning in community, where shared study and discussion deepen understanding and foster responsibility.
The aim of education, in the Charlotte Mason tradition, is not simply academic achievement, but the formation of persons who know God, love learning, and live wisely in the world He has made.