resources

Curated resources for Southern California homeschool families.

Community

BOOK CLUBS FOR MOMS

  • Saturday Morning Charlotte Mason Book Club
    Meets at Jones Coffee in South Pasadena

    • Contact Beth | (213) 618-1379

  • Live Oak Educators

COMMUNITIES

  • San Gabriel area Charlotte Mason Community

    • Meets at Vincent Lugo Park

    • Contact Elizabeth | (818) 478-0360

  • SoCalCM is a local community of families and educators in Southern California who seek to implement Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy in their homes and schools.

HOMESCHOOL CO-OPS

  • San Gabriel Valley Charlotte Mason Co-op

    • Contact Jen Taing

Nature Spots

  • Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia

  • JPL in Altadena - creek play

  • Chantry Flats

  • Dalton Wilderness Park

  • White Point Tidepools

  • Wildlands Conservancy

  • Madrona Marsh

  • Monrovia Canyon Park

  • Whittier Narrows

Local Homeschool Resources

Books for Mother-Teachers

  • For the Children's Sake by ⁠Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

  • When Children Love to Learn

  • Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola

  • Awaking Wonder by Sally Clarkson

  • Mother Culture by Karen Andreola

Books for Southern California Families

  • Pagoo by Holling C. Holling

  • Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin

  • Wild L.A. by Natural History Museum

  • Grunion: Fish Out of Water by Ann Stepp

Field Trips

  • Excellence in Education

    • Monthly field trips

  • Getty Villa

  • LA Hive

  • Point Vicente Interpretive Center

  • Cabrillo Aquarium

  • Bolsa Chica wetland (Amigos de Bolsa Chica guides)

  • Vasquez Rocks (interpretive center is there)

  • Huntington Beach Central Park West

  • Wildlands Conservancy in Oak Glen (apple orchard)

  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena (advance reservation required)

  • Poverty Encounter | An immersive experience that brings stories of people living in poverty to life.

Charlotte Mason Curriculum Options