Yes to more organizational videos! Recovering perfectionist paralytic here 💁‍♀ but I also am a highly creative type so that if something gets into my imagination (perhaps via inspiring youtube vids) no amount of imperfection can stop me! Eyes on the prize and all that. I just made the decision to switch from AO to CMEC for next school year and am really excited. :)

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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!)

I stumbled upon your channel recently and it has been such a blessing and inspiration! I have an almost 4 year old little boy, an almost 2 year old little girl, and we are expecting our third little boy to arrive at the end of May. Needless to say, any and all organizational/ time management videos would be incredibly valuable to this mama!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

3 ай бұрын

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

You are building up God's kingdom. Thank you for these videos

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Lizzie. I really hope so.

Thank you! You have a great way of explaining things thoroughly without loads of fluff. Great video. I am so grateful that I found your channel and I will be heading over to your Patreon.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Marina, we’d love to have you!

I have been enjoying your videos and podcast! They are both so inspiring and practical. I use AO and like you enjoy having a good plan and timetable but I am behind on setting it up this year. This video was just the inspiration I needed!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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 am so excited to have discovered you and your podcast and videos! Thanks so much for sharing! My daughter is starting Y1 in September as well, and I am also a reluctant type-A mom without many local friends who fall into the same category...so I'm so happy to have found a kindred spirit! Thanks for sharing!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

So happy to have you here with us!

You brought to light ✨️ great thoughts on how use the time table as a resource. This is a great reminder that I often see is how I have needed to use it to stay on task but not to let rule my home 🏡. Good stuff!!! Thank you for sharing.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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

Hi Autumn! This has nothing to do with time tables, but as I'm listening to your video and seeing your lovely book collection, it made me think of the living library we just joined. This library is one of a very few in the country and it is amazing. She has 17k children's books that she's collected over 40 years. She is a believer and has approved all of these books, and it is so nice to go there and know that we are getting quality books for our children. Just wanted to share!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

...but what is it called?!

@elizabethlelchuk1798

Жыл бұрын

@@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!

Hi Autumn! Thanks so much for sharing about your timetable. I would love to see a timetable or kind of how your schedule goes for the rest of life 😊, thank you and may God keep blessing you and your family!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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

I would love to see more about your mother/life organization. Great videos, have been going through them all since finding your page last week.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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!

I admire your bookshelves every time I watch your videos! Could you do a video talking about the books you have? I would love that! :)

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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! Please share your organization/homemaking resources!!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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!

This was very helpful, thank you. I have a 5 year old, I’m starting to plan for form 1b next year. I’m having to plan around work and figuring out our schedule is the biggest hurdle

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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

I would love to know more about you fit it all in!!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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

I want to know more about your life timetables/organization! 😀

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

I want to have a grandma dinner then.

@ruthreinhardt3187

Жыл бұрын

@@thecommonplacehomeschool that would make my heart so happy.

I’m really sad that I made it through all your podcast episodes last week. What am I going to listen to in my runs now? Not sure I’ll be able to wait two weeks for a new episode so I’ll just start all over again and catch what I missed the first time 😂

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Both seasons?! 😂 Well done!

I’m soooo glad I found your channel!!! Fellow CMEC mama here 😁🥰 I can’t wait to listen to your podcast!!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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!

@nucca687

Жыл бұрын

@@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!!! 💜

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@nucca687

Жыл бұрын

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

So encouraged every time I watch your videos! Thank you for spending the time making these. Side question: where did you get that beautiful clock you’re holding at the beginning? My oldest will be 6 soon and is learning how to tell time, so I’m on the hunt for a beautiful clock - also to remind me on a daily basis to tamale the most of the time God gives us. Thanks!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Hey Rhandi! It's from Rejuvenation!

Im glad you said youre not type A because some of your planning is so detailed it makes me feel so bad I could never 😂 trying to find a system of planning that works for me as well. What sort of planning sheet do you use, just excel? anything on paper? I cant do the computer planning, I need the physical copy but then it also is hard to change once you make a plan.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

19 күн бұрын

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.

@luccalele9740

19 күн бұрын

@@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

I am a Christian ( not a Catholic) and am just wondering how much of that plays into the book recommendations. Its hard for me to find information on it.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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.

Is it possible to do Charlotte Mason homeschool as a working mom?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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.

I'm struggling to find the youtube channel you mentioned for Swedish Drill

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

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

Do you follow CMEC fully or do you sub some subjects?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Ай бұрын

I followed fully the first year. Subbed second!

@FostersFollowingJesus

Ай бұрын

@@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!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Ай бұрын

@@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!

How do you account for time you might be interrupted or pulled away from a lesson by younger siblings? With short lessons you need every minute I'm sure! Do you set a timer and pause it for interruptions?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

9 ай бұрын

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!

What’s the exact Schoolyard Instagram?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

8 ай бұрын

instagram.com/the.schoolyard/