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I’m loving my SCM Planning Book. Thank you SCM for putting this wonderful resource out! I was looking at the sample CM school’s schedules and was wondering why many typical CM subjects aren’t mentioned. Did they do them in the afternoons and this wasn’t counted in a typical CM ‘schoolwork done in the morning’ day?
For example, Handicrafts and picture talk aren’t mentioned past 3rd gr. I don’t see composers mentioned at all. I only see Plutarch mentioned in 4th-6th, and don’t see any Shakespeare mentioned (so why does AO do 3 of each per year?) Lit. and Nature Study are rarely mentioned. The class times also seem very tight to allow for narrations, esp. within a classroom setting.
I only ask because I’m trying to see if I possibly need to whittle anything down in my schedule, but following different SCM or AO subjects, I don’t see how it’s done in short time schedules of CM’s schools. For instance, 4th-6th spent 100 min./wk. on history….I can’t see reading all our SCM books and TQ guide in that time, plus timelines and discussing/narrating. Lit. is rarely mentioned on the schedule, and it takes some time to read all of AO’s lit. and free reads. Any insight? Sorry for my long qu. lately. I’m just feeling bummed that we have to give up our ‘easy’ Fridays and have longer days next year and want to make sure all I have planned is necessary. I don’t see what I could drop. Thanks:) Gina
Hi Gina,
Those timetables are from the PUSchools. My understanding is that much of the reading was done at home and aren’t in the school schedules. After the first form art was in the afternoon and an extra fee.
Best,
Richele
Good questions, Gina. Keep in mind that this is only one term’s schedule from only one year’s worth of work. It’s possible that the next term would have looked different. I’ve read that handicrafts and nature study were done in the afternoons.
The times allotted for history (or any subject that used reading and narrating) were intended to include the narration within that time slot.
Keep in mind that we don’t have to mirror Charlotte’s schedule exactly. We can draw principles from it that will support her philosophy and methods, but we have the freedom to apply it in the way that fits our families best. So give yourself grace and set up your CM education the way that you want to.
My first thought, when looking at Charlotte’s Timetables, was “Wow! There’s a lot of stuff there!” (Not to mention Saturdays…..
) However, I was also taken by the thought, how efficient–academics completed by 12 or 1 p.m.?!! We often read literature during lunchtime anyway, and having afternoons available for handicrafts, nature walks, music practice, other things……is just SO APPEALING!I just had an “Ah-ha” moment because of this question. I won’t reveal it until I work it out (and others will have already thought of or have been doing this, but me, not so much). I think some of the fog has cleared. How exciting!
Thanks for asking the questions and to those who responded….I needed it!
Richele, thanks for that insight….makes more sense.
Sonya, thanks for the clarification. That’s something I probably need to tweak…varying my terms a bit and not always feeling like I have to do EVERTHING all the time…which just sets me up for failure:) And thanks for the grace reminder. It’s always a challenge coming up with our own schedule, but worth it for meeting our families individual needs/preferences.
Sue, I agree…he schedule is so tight and efficient!! But then again, her teachers didn’t have laundry, younger kids, meals, etc. to worry about during their day:)
Thanks, ladies. I’m so thankful for this forum as I’m sorting all this out! Blessings, Gina
) However, I was also taken by the thought, how efficient–academics completed by 12 or 1 p.m.?!! We often read literature during lunchtime anyway, and having afternoons available for handicrafts, nature walks, music practice, other things……is just SO APPEALING!
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