Welcome, ESA Family!
For over ten years, A Gentle Feast has walked alongside thousands of homeschool families who want something different. A homeschool that honors the whole child. A homeschool built on living books, beautiful ideas, and the unhurried rhythm of a Charlotte Mason education.
If your state has approved an Education Savings Account, Education Freedom Account, or scholarship program, that funding can now help bring this kind of education home to your family. We are honored to be an approved vendor in a growing number of states, and we have made the process as simple as we possibly can.
What is an ESA?
An Education Savings Account (sometimes called an ESA, EFA, or scholarship program) is a state-funded account that families can use for approved educational expenses, including curriculum, books, and instructional materials. Programs vary by state, but many offer between $4,000 and $10,000 per eligible student per year. Each state sets its own eligibility rules, approved expenses, and timelines, so we encourage you to follow the link for your state below to learn more.
Class Wallet Approved States
A Gentle Feast is currently an approved ESA Class Wallet vendor in the following states. To make an order through Class Wallet, take a screenshot of your full cart on either agentlefeast.com or thehomeschoolfeast.com. Submit it to your state for approval. Once we receive notice that your purchase is approved, we will fulfill your order. See this video for more information on how to submit.
Alabama
To use your CHOOSE Act funds with A Gentle Feast, add the curriculum or membership you'd like to purchase to your cart at gentlefeast.com or homeschoolfeast.com. Take a screenshot of your full cart and submit it to your state for approval. Once we receive notice that your purchase is approved, we will fulfill your order.
Arizona
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
To use your ESA funds with A Gentle Feast, add the curriculum or membership you'd like to purchase to your cart at gentlefeast.com or homeschoolfeast.com. Take a screenshot of your full cart and submit it to your state for approval. Once we receive notice that your purchase is approved, we will fulfill your order.
Arkansas
Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program
To use your EFA funds with A Gentle Feast, add the curriculum or membership you'd like to purchase to your cart at gentlefeast.com or homeschoolfeast.com. Take a screenshot of your full cart and submit it to your state for approval. Once we receive notice that your purchase is approved, we will fulfill your order.
South Carolina
South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund
To use your ESTF funds with A Gentle Feast, add the curriculum or membership you'd like to purchase to your cart at gentlefeast.com or homeschoolfeast.com. Take a screenshot of your full cart and submit it to your state for approval. Once we receive notice that your purchase is approved, we will fulfill your order.
Other Approved States
Georgia
The Georgia Promise Scholarship Act
Georgia families can purchase A Gentle Feast products through the Odyssey Marketplace using their Promise Scholarship funds.
California
While California does not offer an ESA program, families can purchase materials using charter funds. Once your charter school has purchased, please have them email us at [email protected] to switch the email associated with your purchase.
West Virginia
Purchases can be made directly with Hope Scholarship. They will email us to switch the email associated with the account.
Pending Approval
We have applied and are waiting to hear back from:
Florida
Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options
Florida families can purchase A Gentle Feast products with their own funds and submit for reimbursement through their FES-EO account. We have also applied to be included in MyScholarShop via Step Up For Students, and we will update this page once we are approved. Please email [email protected] for an invoice to submit for reimbursement.
Not Accepting
We are currently unable to accept funds from: Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Utah, Louisiana, and Texas
Two Ways to Use Your Funds
Whether you prefer the legacy curriculum or an online membership at your fingertips, your ESA funds can support either path.
The Feast Table Membership
thehomeschoolfeast.com
The Feast Table Membership, our online portal with everything you need for a living, gentle homeschool year. Add the membership to your cart, screenshot, and submit to Class Wallet.
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The Legacy Curriculum gentlefeast.com For customers who wish to continue using our legacy products. For most states you can add your selections to your cart, screenshot, and submit to Class Wallet. |
Still Have Questions?
We are happy to walk you through the process, confirm vendor status in your state, or help you decide which option fits your family best. Reach out any time. Contact our team at [email protected].
I created the resources I wish I had when I first started homeschooling-
a simple, straightforward way to apply Charlotte Mason’s methods to modern life.
Her philosophies were what I wanted: using living books, embracing the outdoors as part of learning, and engaging with my kids about what we were reading rather than setting them up with worksheets and tests.
But I needed it to be user friendly and family centered.
I had three kids under the age of three while trying to homeschool two elementary children, and it was all too much. Even with a professional education background, I ended up quickly burning out. So I went back to the basics and dug into Miss Mason’s hefty volumes of philosophy (so you don’t have to).
And The Homeschool Feast was born.
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We were using another curriculum, which was Charlotte Mason “inspired.” It didn’t allow my kids to think for themselves. It is gorgeous to the eye, but it was too scripted. It felt like we were getting a single “kabob” rather than an entire feast.
AGF has been like a breath of fresh air. We get an “appetizer,” “salad,” “entree,” and “dessert!” I love variety!!
KATHERINE-MOM OF THREE
I was initially drawn to how beautiful AGF was. I loved the combining of grades, the extensive booklist which included picture books & more modern titles & the morning time.
The training AGF gives on CM & the podcast were the icing on the cake. I learned so much, it gave me confidence moving forward. My friends using other CM curriculum didn’t have options to learn from the creator of the curriculum. I found myself explaining principles etc to them!
HELEN-MOM OF TWO
We absolutely love a gentle feast! Truly it has been a breath of fresh air. My kids are actually enjoying learning. They are engaging in the stories in a way I haven’t seen them do with other curriculum.
This truly feels like a lifestyle as opposed to a curriculum. We gather together and learn in a beautiful way.
JOCEYLN- MOM OF TWO
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