Posts and comments about our online planner and record keeper designed especially for CMers.
Just a quick note to let you know that we launched a new feature on the CM Organizer today: now you can select the Time Zone you prefer! [Continue reading Time Zones Are Here! (CM Organizer) …]
It’s been great to hear how the CM Organizer is saving time for so many moms! One mom reported saving two hours every week since she switched from a popular software planner. Wow! That’s an eight-hour day that she has gained back each month! [Continue reading New CM Organizer Features & Link to Us Graphics …]
In our previous post about why the CM Organizer is an online service, we promised to talk later about the advantage of security and backups you get with the CM Organizer. [Continue reading Are my school records safe in the CM Organizer? …]
As many of you know, we’re working on some major upgrades of the CM Organizer. But we didn’t want to wait to make a few smaller tweaks that you could use right away. So here are some things that we’ve recently enhanced: [Continue reading Updates to the CM Organizer …]
We really enjoyed “meeting” you and talking with you at the Webinars last week! You had lots of great questions and lots of great suggestions. A couple of questions came up frequently, and we would like to answer those for everyone. [Continue reading 5 Reasons the CM Organizer Is an Online Service …]
We’re looking forward to getting together with you through our live CM Organizer Webinars this week! For those of you who may not have heard, the CM Organizer is our new online planner designed specifically for homeschoolers using the Charlotte Mason method. We would love to show you how it works! [Continue reading Webinar Reminder …]
We are receiving so many encouraging comments about the new CM Organizer! Here’s a sample: “For almost three years, I have searched for the ‘perfect’ homeschool organizer. [Continue reading Live CM Organizer Webinars …]
Those of you who have been with us from the beginning know that it’s been our goal all along to develop an online planner and record keeper specifically for CMers. Well, after years of designing and developing, we’re thrilled to announce that the CM Organizer is now officially online! [Continue reading Announcing the CM Organizer! …]
Karen lives in Illinois with no state-required records. Sonya lives in Georgia, which requires a yearly written evaluation for each student to be kept on file but not turned in. Sonya’s sister-in-law lives in Iowa, which requires the whole year’s plan of curriculum to be turned in at the beginning of each school year, as well as tracking each child’s progress throughout the year. Quite the contrast. [Continue reading Records and Reports …]
We love Charlotte Mason’s emphasis on the child as a person. As a result, we feel uncomfortable with the one-size-fits-all mentality that comes with most “curriculum in a box.” We think the child’s mother-teacher should determine how quickly each child should proceed through a selected book, based on that child as an individual. [Continue reading Set the Pace …]
One thing that has driven us nuts over the years is trying to plan what to do each day and still allowing for changes to that schedule. We’ll create an overview for the next month or more, but write down only one week’s worth of daily plans at a time — and always in pencil! You never know when you’ll need to erase an assignment and pencil it in tomorrow instead. Or when you’ll miss today’s read-aloud chapter and have to erase each chapter number in the rest of the week’s assignments and adjust them all. [Continue reading Daily Plans …]
You’ve probably noticed our little slogan: “Guidance for the beginner. Flexibility for the pro.” Here’s a quick overview of how SimplyCharlotteMason will work for both. [Continue reading Guidance and Flexibility …]