After Ten Years: The Next Chapter of A Gentle Feast

Ten years ago, I put together the first A Gentle Feast curriculum at my kitchen table. I had been homeschooling my own children with Charlotte Mason for years and kept running into the same problem: everything I wanted existed somewhere, but piecing it together felt like a second full-time job. So I made what I wished was already out there.

What happened next is the part I could not have predicted. Thousands of families came to the table. I watched children graduate who had started in Form I. I heard from mothers who said their kids came home from college and professors noticed they wrote with their own voice. I got emails on Monday mornings from women who finally felt like they were giving their children the education they had always envisioned.

For ten years, the A Gentle Feast legacy curriculum held all of that. And I am so proud of what it has been. Now it is entering its final season of being available for purchase. And I want to tell you why this does not feel like an ending to me. It feels like the feast finally coming into its full form.

To current legacy owners: you are taken care of.

If you have purchased A Gentle Feast legacy materials, they stay yours. Nothing is being taken away. Your access on thefeastlife.me is not going anywhere, and my team is still here when you need us.

Printed books are available first come, first serve while stock lasts, and digital versions remain available for purchase through the end of 2026. Starting in 2027, we will be offering the Feast Table Membership, a la carte Morning Time, print-on-demand materials for members, and our current printed Early Childhood products.

Now. Let me tell you about what comes next: The Feast Table Membership and The Homeschool Feast App

Why I built something new

The legacy curriculum was never broken. The philosophy was right. The books were right. Families were building something real with it every single year. But printed books and Google sheets that folks are using at different times cannot be updated. When I found a better edition, or reworked a course, or heard from families in the upper forms that they needed more support, there was no way to get that to them. And I kept hearing the same thing from mothers: I know what I want our homeschool to look like, but I cannot quite pull it together. The pieces are all here and it still feels scattered.

I wanted to build something that could grow with your family. Something I could revise and deepen and add to over time. Something where everything lived in one place and did not require a parent to spend hours being the architect before she could sit down and be the mother at the table.

That is what the Feast Table Membership is. And I am so glad it is finally here in its full form.

What the Feast Table Membership actually looks like

The Feast Table is a complete, parent-guided Charlotte Mason homeschool system for grades 1 through 12, gathered into one place.All four history cycles. Every subject, including Morning Time, Language Arts, history, science, geography, art, music, handicrafts, and nature study. Full high school courses with integrated literature and composition, built to make transcripts straightforward. Narration prompts and discussion questions woven through every form. Art classes, clay modeling, and hands-on handicrafts built into the year. Audiobooks and read-alouds embedded where available. A clear Start Here pathway and teacher training so you are never left guessing.

All of it lives in the Homeschool Feast app, organized by form and ready to open. With over $1,000 worth of printables for the paper and pencil folks.

You are still the teacher at the table. Living books still do the teaching. Charlotte Mason's philosophy runs underneath all of it. What the membership does is hold the architecture so you do not have to carry it.

A few things I want you to know:

This is not a subscription. It is an annual purchase of the cycle you choose, doors open April 1st with access through August 31 of the following school year. 

You purchase the books separately, as you would with any living books education. Many titles are embedded in the app, and audiobooks are included where available. You will find that most of what is already on your shelf is still on the list.

Your children will not be on screens all day. The app organizes the lessons and guides you as the parent. Nearly all of the learning happens away from the device, with books in hand and children talking around a table. Many families print the student pages and lesson plans so the day looks the way a Charlotte Mason homeschool has always looked. The Feast Table simply makes everything easy to find.

What is new in high school

This is one of the things I am most excited for you to see.

Families have been asking for high school plans that are simpler to document and stronger to teach, especially around transcripts, graduation requirements, and college readiness. The new courses integrate history, literature, and composition the way colleges actually expect to see them recorded, so you get coherence across subjects, strong independent work, and transcript planning that no longer requires a spreadsheet and a prayer.

Three full courses for grades 10 through 12:

American History, Literature, and Composition walks students through the American story through living books and purposeful writing, with weekly copywork and geography. One credit each for U.S. History and American Literature and Composition.

British History, Literature, and Composition moves from early legends to the modern era, anchored in classic literature and structured composition. One credit each for World History and British Literature and Composition.

Government, Economics, and World Literature is the capstone course, preparing students for college-level writing and thoughtful citizenship, with analytical and research composition and a global geography and prayer practice. Credits for Government, Economics, and World Literature and Composition.

Come to the Table

Doors for the Feast Table Membership are open now and close August 31 at thehomeschoolfeast.com/table. Come see what the full feast looks like from the inside at our DEMO or in the new Homeschool Feast app.

Have more questions? I put together a full FAQ covering everything from how forms work to how to combine ages to what happens the moment you join. 

Life's a feast, let's savor it.