TIMETABLE + WEEKLY PLANS (FOR THE CMEC) | Classical Charlotte Mason Homeschool | The Commonplace 

Oh, Brooke! You'll LOVE the CMEC. One of my favorite part of the resources is how they encourage a mom to rightly order herself. (Recovering perfectionists unite!)

Woop! Planners unite! I've been sharing more and more within Patreon but I hope to have a video in the future going into more details!

Many congratulations to you!! Very happy to have you here.

...but what is it called?!

@@thecommonplacehomeschool Sorry! I kind of left you hanging there. It's called Hall's Living Library and its located in Dallas, Georgia. Apparently she knows of other ones in the United States, and there are more being developed!

Thank you! So far, all of my templates and bonus walk-through videos are in Patreon but I'm hoping to share more here soon!

You're welcome!

Exactly. It should never rule the home, only support it.

It’s the practical application that really gets tricky. I hope you enjoy your 1B planning!!

Wonderful! I have "lifted the veil" more in Patreon but hope to make another video soon!

This would be a dream video to make! Maybe I can start a Mother Culture series or something to work through what I’m reading from the shelves!

Yes! I've shared that within Common House! commonhouse.mn.co

So happy to have you here with us!

Thank you for this kind note! I built my weekly plan off of AO's example-so helpful! Make yourself a cuppa and enjoy that planning time!

I want to have a grandma dinner then.

@@thecommonplacehomeschool that would make my heart so happy.

Thank you, Lizzie. I really hope so.

Both seasons?! 😂 Well done!

Marina, we’d love to have you!

Hey Christine! What forms have you? (I just have one in 1B right now!) I'm so glad you want to hop to the pod; it's my very favorite thing. Enjoy!

@@thecommonplacehomeschool Hi!!! I have an only child and he should be form 3 this year. It’s actually what I’m struggling with and don’t know what to do. This is our 5th year homeschooling and have always used Masons method but didn’t really know as much as I do now. I wish I dove deeper in my own understanding when he was younger. The curriculum we used first (which I still love but would tweak certain things to be more true mason) they didn’t start with our country. It was all ancient history. So joining the CMEC last year I started him in 2b to get that beginning us history. But I don’t know if I’m doing a disservice. I did talk to the form leader last year but still felt a little weary starting in 2A with an extra stream possible 3 all together if we did 2a upper. I’m sorry this is soooo long lol….so he should be form 3 (he’ll be 13 next month.) oh I should mention he was in public school till 2nd grade. I just don’t know what Mason would do with a student that is behind. I have all the volumes and don’t know if I’m missing it. But then again sometimes I still have a hard time understanding lol. You my friend seem to really have a handle on the approach and why I’m soooo happy to have found you!!! Sorry again for making this so long. I could even go longer lol….Hope you are having a fantastic day!!! 💜

@@nucca687 I'm so glad you shared! I can't speak to the middle years, but I do want to point you to Brandy Vencel of Afterthoughts. If you haven't been on her site, it's a pile of goodness. She's graduated her oldest and has so much wisdom to share about Mason education from start to finish! And then, lastly, I understand what you mean by "behind" but in classical ed, the emphasis rests on deeply knowing instead of learning something by a grade or date. I hope that gives you encouragement that we all learn at different paces and at different times. (We're not even all ready for the same books at the same time even if they're on our year reading list!) What I love about classical ed is that it's an education for persons. I wasn't educated this way and am "behind" by the Form 1 standard, if we're being honest! But what a gift to be learning now, and I know it's a gift to be introducing him to living ideas in this year too.

@@thecommonplacehomeschool Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! So encouraging!!! 🥰

Oh yes. I’m very Type A/detailed in planning and more Type B in execution. I don’t feel able to be more people-oriented (ie. able to shift for the person in front of me when needed) if I haven’t done the intense planning to show me where it needs to go/how it all fits together. I always start my planning on paper, usually scrap paper. I also need to write it all out. (I’m basically paper first for everything!) Then I move to my Notion for finalising plans, adding links, shopping items, etc.

@@thecommonplacehomeschool interesting perspective! I hadn’t thought of it like that, I love a beautiful plan and am great at that part as well but then not great at following it. But because now the plan exists, I feel stressed that it’s not being followed. So then I feel like I do better without having made set plans to begin with (but then it’s harder to track goals and how to meet them). Trying to find a good way to approach with as my oldest gets into school years

Hey Rhandi! It's from Rejuvenation!

Great question! Mason was a devout Anglican so many of her recommendations for Bible will be Anglican/an Anglican perspective. As with many older books, they may be written by Catholics but the book isn’t Catholic. They pull from great literature of the western tradition! Ranging from EB White to Plutarch, depending on the year! You can also always choose to swap a book if you disagree with it (like a history book) but the CMEC isn’t a Catholic curriculum, so any Catholics choose to supplement and add-just like any other tradition would.

Yes, I think so. You'll have to be creative and form a team of people to help build the whole life while you are working.

Oh! It's not a channel. Sorry! The Schoolyard! You'll find them via Google or Instagram!

I followed fully the first year. Subbed second!

@@thecommonplacehomeschool if you don't mind me asking what kind of books or subjects did you sub? Any of the major subjects? This will be our first year switching to CMEC but my kids will be in 6th snd 8th grade. I could really use all the tips!

@@FostersFollowingJesus I subbed for some natural history, some common subjects (to align with our co-op), and tales and literature. I haven't looked at the upper forms much, though, so I'm not sure how things look for 6th and 8th! A lot of people make swaps, combine forms, etc. based on their family's needs so there's plenty of chatter about it!

Great question! We talk about the younger siblings a lot in Common House! Since my daughter is doing notebook work about every 10-15 minutes (or so), I can usually ask the boys to wait until that spot and then pop out to help them!

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