Bear Good Fruits - Season of Dawn
Bear Good Fruits - Season of Dawn
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A Catholic Liturgical Homeschool Curriculum for the Whole Family
Season of Dawn begins the week of Ash Wednesday and ends on Pentecost. (14 weeks of lessons)
Every single week is rooted directly in the Sunday Mass readings along with the solemnities and feast days of the Church. You are never left wondering what to teach or how to connect it all. Everything flows from the life of the Church and leads your whole family deeper into the rhythm of the liturgical year.
Whether you have toddlers, big kids, teens, or all of the above, Bear Good Fruits™ works for all ages! (It is primarily geared towards K-9th.)
This is liturgical living and liturgical learning made simple, doable, and deeply meaningful. [Click here to learn more.]
*Discount codes apply to digital download only in order to keep printed copies priced as close to actual production cost as possible.
**The price of Volume 2 has increased by $4 to reflect the addition of all 14 weeks of fully written lesson plans.
***Absolutely NO returns or refunds for any reason.
What's Inside
What's Inside
Each week includes:
• An open and go lesson rooted in the Sunday Mass readings
• Family prayer or poem tied to the liturgical theme of the week
• A hands on craft or recipe using simple supplies
• Deep and thoughtful copywork in print and cursive
• Saint Spotlights™ featuring saints recognized by the USCCB
• A full color art print of each saint
• Coordinating coloring pages to go with each lesson
• Comprehension questions to conclude each lesson
• Sacred Art Study
• Book recommendations for all ages with QR code quick links
• Extra resources, videos, music, and more via QR codes
All beautifully designed, grounded in Scripture, and purposely designed to help you raise Saints!
Subjects Covered
Subjects Covered
Many of the essential school subjects your children need are covered in the Bear Good Fruits curriculum, but organized so gently that it becomes part of your family rhythm rather than a pile of separate workbooks. This structure gives you more breathing room and more time together.
• Scripture and Religion
• Liturgical Living and Catechesis
• Language Arts
• Church & Salvation History
• Practical Life Skills
• Hands-on Learning
• Art & Music
• Nature Connections
• Weekly Read Alouds
• Family Culture
*We do recommend getting a separate curriculum for Science, Math, and US or World History.
Files Included
Files Included
- Quick Start Guide - 9 pages
- Teacher’s Manual – 105 pages
- Family Worksheets – 172 pages
- Saint Spotlights™ – 51 pages
- Solemnity Art Prints - 15 pages
- Domestic Church Seasonal Family Craft – 15 pages
- Stations of the Cross - 38 pages
- Lesson Plans for all 14 weeks - 32 pages
Digital Download Details
Digital Download Details
This curriculum is a digital download and will be available to download immediately after checkout as well as sent to the email address you use to checkout. The curriculum is a compressed .zip file that contains all 8 files.
Physical Copy Details
Physical Copy Details
The Teacher’s Manual is professionally printed on 80 lb paper and gold wire coil bound, with laminated front and back covers. (It’s truly beautiful.)
Family Worksheets are single sided, coil bound, and perforated for easy use.
When purchasing the full printed bundle, the Teacher’s Manual, Family Worksheets, Saints Spotlights, and Weekly Lesson Plans are all coil bound. Additional materials are professionally printed and neatly presented in a folder.
All physical orders ship within 6 business days.
Digital files are delivered immediately after purchase.
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The First Catholic Liturgical Homeschool Curriculum for the Whole Family.
You love the idea of liturgical living, but what if you could have liturgical learning too?
What if your homeschool could follow the true heartbeat of the Church instead of relying on scattered feast-day printables that feel cute for a moment but never help your children grow in understanding?
Bear Good Fruits™ is the first and only Catholic liturgical homeschool curriculum created for the whole family - Ages 3-16+. It is open and go, low prep, flexible, and gently Charlotte Mason inspired. It was designed to strengthen your domestic church in a way that feels natural for real families with children of all ages, without adding stress or busywork to your week.
Welcome to Bear Good Fruits™!
Features
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Truly Liturgical
Follows the Sunday Mass readings and the Church’s liturgical calendar so your homeschooling actually flows with the Church year, not a secular school year.
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Family Style Learning
One lesson per week for the whole family. No juggling multiple grade levels, no sorting through worksheets and printables, you get just what you need with low prep.
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Open-and-Go
Hands-on design with crafts, recipes, booklists, copywork, Saint Spotlights™, and more, all connected to the weekly readings and the liturgical season.
Why Bear Good Fruits™ Is Different
This isn’t another stack of feast-day crafts and disposable worksheets.
This is real faith formation.
It teaches your children:
• The liturgical seasons
• Why certain readings are chosen
• How Scripture connects to their actual lives
• How the Church year shapes our holiness
• How to build a Catholic home that stays rooted in God
and so much more.
And because the curriculum naturally weaves together religion, Scripture, language arts, art, nature, narration, and practical life skills, you won’t need a separate curriculum for every subject or every grade level. Everything connects through one meaningful weekly focus that works for all ages, which means less curriculum clutter, fewer moving parts, and far more time actually spent with your family each day.
This is true liturgical living and liturgical learning made easy for Catholic families.
Made For Whole Family Learning
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Little Seedlings
Primary (approx. 3–6)
Coloring pages, opportunities for writing, sacred art and nature exposure, hands-on crafts, songs and stories, helping in the kitchen, and gentle participation through play and imitation. They are absorbing more than we realize, and they are never excluded. -
Growing Saplings
Intermediate (approx. 7–11)
Scripture reading, guided narration, copywork, sacred art study, nature study, saint connections, and deeper engagement with the living books. Education is woven into daily life through habit, attention, and meaningful work, not reduced to worksheets or disposable printables. -
Budding Branches
Middle/High School (12+)
Leading lessons or family discussions, extended Scripture reading, chapter books, written reflections, meaningful conversations, and responsibility within the family rhythm. They move from receiving to owning their faith and helping pass it down to their siblings.
- 5 stars: 6 (86%)
- 4 stars: 1 (14%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
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- 1 star: 0 (0%)
Wow, just beautiful! Customizable for your family, rich in catechesis, inspiring and orthodox in content. There is so much naturally woven into Bear Good Fruits: Scripture, liturgical living, narration, artwork, nature study, practical life...How wonderful that Catholic families have a curriculum that combines subjects *and grade levels* into one program, helping us bring goodness, truth, and beauty into our homeschool days as we work to raise little saints. Definitely read the quick start guide to help you get your bearings on how to best use the amazing resources to suit your own family's availability and needs. Highly recommend!
This has been such a blessing for our family we have never had such unity among all the ages.
I love this curriculum. It has brought God into our everyday lives and the routine cards have brought my daughter so much peace knowing what’s happening for the day.
Overall I’ve been impressed with this program, but I do feel like it’s better suited for about age 7 and up. I don’t really think it’s equally equipped for a 5 year old as it is a 10 year old. There is definitely value to be gleaned for a 5 year old of course, but the “lesson” component is difficult comprehension for a young student, and there’s no alternative provided for younger ages. We’ll make it work, but not sure I’d continue purchasing until my kids are a bit older.
Thank you so much for this thoughtful feedback. I really appreciate you sharing your experience, and I am glad Bear Good Fruits has been a blessing overall for your family.
This is such a helpful point, and because of feedback like yours, we will be adding a new section to each weekly lesson in all future volumes with an abbreviated Tend the Garden lesson specifically for younger children and neurodivergent learners. It will cover the core points in a simpler way, and it can also be used later in the week as a review for the whole family.
Thank you again for helping us make Bear Good Fruits better for families teaching multiple ages and abilities all together.
Thank you so much for making liturgical living more simple.
This is an amazing cirriculum and a great value. It provides so much meaningful study, activities and printable. I can see it applying across a wide age group. 💗
I just wanted to express just how IMPRESSED I am with Volume 2!! I just downloaded my digital copy, and WOW--this is outstanding quality curriculum, with so much gold jam packed in!! I truly cannot thank you enough for all the time and effort you have put into this. I am just so grateful to be able to have so much high quality content at my fingertips at a pricepoint that we can afford. I look forward to future volumes, and can't wait to dive into Volume 2 with my kids!
The fruits speak for themselves!
Click the link below to read the rave reviews from other satisfied families and communities that are using Bear Good FruitsCatholic Homeschool Curriculum! We don't want to toot our own horn, but there's a reason why so many families are switching to BGF! 😉