By Blossom and Root·Language Arts · Literature · Science · Nature Study · Art · Math (integrated) · Geography · History
8 video reviews: 7 positive · 1 mixed
Blossom and Root comes up again and again in secular homeschool roundups, and the reviewers here are overwhelmingly warm toward it. They describe a gentle, Charlotte Mason-inspired, literature- and nature-based program that families use from the preschool Early Years levels through level six novel studies. Several reviewers use only a slice of it — the literature spine, a science unit like Wonders of Earth and Sky or the plant and fungi kingdoms, or the nature study — and praise how flexible it is: weeks can be rearranged, activities rotated, and nothing has to be checked off. One family who tried other options regretted bouncing around and went "all in" the next year because their daughter loved it. Cost gets consistent praise: the guides themselves are inexpensive (one reviewer cites $30-$40, another $60 for multiple years), with books pulled from the library.
The honest caveat, raised by multiple reviewers, is the work it puts on the parent. It is not open-and-go: one mom who used it said the upfront prep was more than she wanted, and another passed on it entirely because sourcing all the books felt unlikely to happen in her house. A preschool reviewer loved the loosey-goosey framework but found it wasn't enough on its own and had to supplement. One reviewer also noted the program doesn't go past level six, ruling it out for her seventh grader. Families who enjoy planning, printing, and library trips tend to thrive with it; box-checkers and buy-it-in-a-box families are the ones who bounce.
Synthesized from 8 independent video reviews — every claim sourced from what real homeschool parents said on camera.
Secular, Charlotte Mason-leaning families with kids from preschool through about sixth grade who enjoy library trips, printing and prepping materials, and a flexible pick-and-choose structure.
Parents who want an open-and-go, all-in-one boxed curriculum, anyone unwilling to source books themselves, and families with students past level six.
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“We have actually aged out of blossom and root in our house, but we loved I think all five years that we did and it is a really great resource that is relatively lowcost and fully secular.”
“we bounced around a little bit and I wish we would have just stuck with Blossom and Root cuz my daughter loved it, we loved it”
“It's just a lot of upfront work that I necessarily did not want to do. It's very Charlotte Masonesque and it's so gentle. It goes great with early years.”
“it's put together where you can do it together with your student or you can have them work independently when it comes to their vocabulary, their grammar, things like that”
“It's very loosey goosey which I really really like. However, there wasn't really enough in it just to do this. So, I had to find something else.”
“more of like a choose your own adventure style science program where you don't have to do everything that's listed in there”
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Yes. Reviewers consistently name it as one of the few fully secular options, especially for science and literature. Several secular homeschool moms list it as a top pick precisely because they don't have to screen it for religious content.
Reviewers use it from the Early Years volume (ages 2-4) through elementary levels and into level six novel studies for middle school. One reviewer noted it does not go past level six, so it won't carry a seventh grader or beyond.
No. Multiple reviewers describe real upfront work: printing and binding guides and student notebooks, prepping activities, and sourcing the book list from the library or purchases. Families who enjoy that planning love it; one mom who used it said the prep was more than she wanted, and another skipped it entirely for that reason.
The guides themselves are inexpensive — one reviewer cites $30-$40 for the curriculum, another paid about $60 for two to three years' worth. The trade-off is that the literature is purchased or borrowed separately, with most reviewers leaning on their local library.
Yes, and many reviewers do. One family uses only the literature, narration, and copywork portion; others use a single science unit like Wonders of Earth and Sky or the plants and fungi study, or dip into the nature study and book seeds as interest strikes. Reviewers praise being able to rearrange weeks and rotate activities.
Reviewers describe it as gentle, Charlotte Mason-inspired, and literature- and nature-based, with artist and composer study woven in. They also highlight its diverse, globally minded book selections — one mom praised that it isn't just old European artists and includes female and modern figures.