Planning your children's Charlotte Mason homeschool lessons involves more than just living books, narration, copywork, and nature studies.
The Charlotte Mason educational philosophies were designed around the brain's ability to convert specific information into knowledge at different ages, while taking into account that skills of the individual child.
Not understanding these truths about this method of education could easily lead homeschool mothers to feel like they can't fit everything in or they're not requiring enough to prepare their children for college or career.
The Planner Packs™ have been designed to guide and assist parents and teachers through stages of transitions for each subject and assignment of Charlotte Mason's FIVE forms based on the age and skills of the child.
Planning your children's Charlotte Mason homeschool lessons involves more than just living books, narration, copywork, and nature studies.
The Charlotte Mason educational philosophies were designed around the brain's ability to convert specific information into knowledge at different ages, while taking into account that skills of the individual child.
Not understanding these truths about this method of education could easily lead homeschool mothers to feel like they can't fit everything in or they're not requiring enough to prepare their children for college or career.
The Planner Packs™ have been designed to guide and assist parents and teachers through stages of transitions for each subject and assignment of Charlotte Mason's FIVE forms based on the age and skills of the child.
In a homeschool full of constant interruptions, multiple children, and several dependent learners, moms must also balance the roles of being the one teacher, manager, and director of many important things.
The reality is that most days, moms struggle to mother and teach at the same time, leaving little time for their best Charlotte Mason plans to actually get accomplished without her involvement.
Without pre-determined lesson decisions and a clearly defined educational path that is designed to empower a child to take ownership of their education, the weariness causes the mother to go by the seat of the pants, resulting in children often falling behind in vital aspects of learning.
This endless cycle of non-productive years results in children not showing progress in their education, causing moms to experience sleepless nights and stressful days when annual testing rolls around.
Without any idea of what to do differently, a homeschool mother feels the weight of her children's education on her shoulder. Overtime, this weight will results in her losing her joy in homeschool ... and oftentimes, in motherhood.
I'm speaking from personal experience. That's why I became a student of Charlotte Mason's original writing and diligently worked to create age and skill specific assignments that takes the educational philosophies of Charlotte Mason to convert information into knowledge.
The Planning Packs™ eliminates the guesswork of what to assign at each age and skill level for every Charlotte Mason subject within the suggested length of time,
Year after year, I found that the Planning Packs not only supplied the ration of knowledge suggested by Charlotte Mason, but it naturally formed the habits of responsibility, accountability, self-management, and self-directing.
Now, you can use these age & skill specific planning packs along with the guided quotes, one subject at a time to confidently design, structure, and assign a delightful education for your children..
The Planning Packs™ have been designed to guide and assist you through confidently planning for your child's lessons based on their age and skills.
It's a perfect fit for those who are ...
Charlotte Mason quotes guiding you in planning each subject based on the age and skill of your child.
Plan the ration of knowledge suggested by Charlotte Mason to fit into FIVE Focused subject days.
Guiding you in how many living books to plan for each form, based on the age and skill of your child.
Once you have chosen a design for your child, you'll then determine which Planner Pack is appropriate for their age and skills.
The Charlotte Mason Planner Packs come in FIVE options: Form Ia, Form Ib, Form II, Form III & IV, and Form V & VI.
Each Planner Pack includes 134 pre-punched pages broken into THREE sections: Annual, Subject, and Weekly.
The Annual section guides you in planning for this stage of your child's intellectual needs for the year for the number of books suggested for each form..
The Subject sections includes the Charlotte Mason subjects suggested for each form.
The Weekly section guides you in how to plan all of the Charlotte Mason subjects into FOCUSED subjects so that they fit the suggested hours of lessons for each form.
Each Form has guided quotes for each subject unique to that form along with "suggested time-tables" to assist you in planning short lessons tailored to the age and skills of your children.
Form Ia is for Kindergarten, which starts at age 6 for a Charlotte Mason homeschool. If you child starts formal education at 5, this is the best fit for them.
Form Ib is for 1st & 2nd Grades or ages seven and eight, and maybe nine. If your child is behind in reading, this is the best fit for them.
Form II is for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades or ages nine to twelve year olds, and occasionally over twelve. If your child is behind in writing, this is the best fit for them.
Form III & IV is for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades or ages eleven or twelve to fifteen. If your child is advanced in their reading and writing skills, this would be the best fit for them.
Form V & VI is for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades or ages fourteen or fifteen to eighteen. If you child is earning credits for high school, this would be the best fit for them.