School seems choppy with so many subjects and such short lessons.

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  • November 9, 2013 at 5:11 pm
    suzukimom
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    Yes, in AO they are considered lit books.  Personal Development is generally done through lit.    (And they don’t consider Parables from Nature as being Science – as it is the lessons in the parables that is being taught…)

    November 9, 2013 at 5:46 pm
    Sara B.
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    Wow, I hadn’t looked at the actual charts before since I do my own combo and therefore my own schedule.  That DOES feel choppy!  And it’s not the way I understood CM to do her school.  I am really confused now.  I really thought she said a chapter a week at a time from one book, not spread over several weeks like that.  That *would* be really confusing to get back into the story.  My kids would never handle that OK.  Even I, an avid reader, would find that so irritating!  I would never choose to read books in that fashion, why are they doing it that way?  Has a reason been given for that sort of schedule?

    November 9, 2013 at 6:05 pm
    suzukimom
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    Which year did you look at? Year 1 is setup WAY more choppy than other years……

    November 9, 2013 at 9:10 pm
    Sara B.
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    I looked at Year 3.  Have you found anything in her books or on the AO website about this at all?  I’m going to have to do some more studying.

    November 9, 2013 at 11:37 pm
    sheraz
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    @Sara – there is more information on this idea in the Books and Things Seminar. Here is a thread with some of Sonya’s information:

    http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/how-many-bookspages-do-i-assign-per-child-per-term

    Here is a thread with a chart compiled by Christie (missceegee) that probably will help you visualize this:

    http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/how-many-books-2

    Hope this helps.

     

    November 10, 2013 at 2:15 am
    Sara B.
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    Oh, yes, I have seen those and reference them often in my planning.  Thanks.  🙂  But AO assigns things even more spread it, we are seeing, like this:

    Week 1     1 chapter from Book 1

    Week 2     1 chapter from Book 2

    Week 3     1 chapter from Book 3

    Week 4     1 chapter from Book 1

    and so on

    If I am reading the chart right on AO’s website, that is…  It seems wrong to me.  This is what we do:

    Week 1     1 chapter from Book 1

    Week 2     next chapter from Book 1

    Week 3     next chapter from Book 1

    etc until Book 1 is finished

    Week x     1 chapter from Book 2

    Week y      next chapter from Book 2

    Week z      next chapter from Book 2

    etc until Book 2 is finished

    Week aa    1 chapter from Book 3

    Week bb    next chapter from Book 3

    Week cc     next chapter from Book 3

    etc until Book 3 is finished

     

    So which is “right?”

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