What to Do When Last Year's Homeschool Plan Is Unfinished

You're at the end of a school year but you haven't quite finished a book. What should you do?
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[@melodyandhermunchkins6548]

Thank you Sonya for this video. I am praying for your healing. My mom-best friend went home to be with the Lord in November. I have been trying to show myself grace as I am truly grieving as are my two girls. I really needed this!!

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for your prayers for Sonya. We are praying for your family as well as you navigate this difficult season. Continue to give yourself and your children that grace and time for healing.

[@nikki3797]

Praying for your healing!

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for your prayers!

[@hannahhensley8497]

Thanks for this reminder. Continuing to keep you in my thoughts!

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are very welcome, thank you for your thoughts!

[@irfilo]

Exactly our situation now. Keeping you in our prayers.

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

So many homeschooling families can relate to this feeling at this time of year, glad you enjoyed this episode. Thank you for your prayers!

[@moments_peace]

Love this so much! It’s such a great reminder and encouragement. We are praying for strength, comfort, peace, and healing. So thankful for Sonya and SCM. ❤

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for sharing your kind words and feedback. Your prayers are very much appreciated as well!

[@StorybookHouse]

What wonderful advice, thank you for sharing your wisdom

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are so welcome, thank you for joining us!

[@openhearts3466]

Thank you for still continuing giving us wisdom. Praying for you and your family. ❤❤❤

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are very welcome, so glad that you have found this channel to be helpful! Thank you for your prayers.

[@EnheartenCo]

Never thought about it from a “reduced variety” perspective, that resonated with me! I tend to drop what I see as “extras” to finish other more foundational things, but I feel that leads to burnout.

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for joining us and sharing your experience!

[@jezebelina]

I have just discovered this channel and boy have I realized how we’ve missed-stepped in raising our children and developing good habits and encouraging their willpower. Unfortunately, that lack is really starting to show in our 16 year old. I pray to the Lord that we’re not late and can recover at least some important lessons. I would appreciate anything that you can point us to that is helpful in this situation? Where we’ve missed installing key steps and habits and ideas, but are convicted to do and improve something (clearly we’re the ones who’ve been lax, but we don’t want our oldest to suffer for our mistakes and to choose what the world offers instead)

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for reaching out with your question, be encouraged it is never too late for a person to learn new good habits, even as an adult! Here is a helpful blogpost on starting habit training with older children: simplycharlottemason.com/blog/habits-q-and-a-starting-with-older-children-dealing-with-negativity/ SCM recommends a few resources for personal development as children move into the middle school and high school years. SCM has student editions of Charlotte Mason's book "Ourselves" which have all of the content contained in that volume broken down into several books and presented in a format to help a student walk through the resource. If your student has not read any of these books before, we would recommend that you start with "Self-Knowledge" even though it is listed as grade 7, it will not be "too young" and is important to the overall study to start at this point. simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/personal-development/ It sounds like you have a strong faith, continue to lean on God during this season and pray for your child's heart. You can present him with these resources, good ideas, change expectations and routines in your home, and rely on the Holy Spirit to convict your child's heart in the same way that your heart has been convicted of the need for this change. Here is an encouraging post on God's role in habit training. simplycharlottemason.com/blog/god-and-habit-training/ If you are interested in habit training resources for adults as well, here are some great resources. Laying Down the Rails for Yourself: simplycharlottemason.com/store/laying-down-the-rails-for-yourself/ Habit Training Yourself Workshop Video: simplycharlottemason.com/store/habit-training-yourself-workshop-video/

[@amandabrown4895]

You look great. You are amazing. God is more amazing. He has got you. Thank you for this counsel. I really appreciate your help!

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are so welcome. Thank you for sharing your kind words and prayers!

[@aprildehm117]

Thank you for this! Had a baby in November and we took off, and planned to take off, both Nov&Dec. But more things happened and we are so behind even with it scheduled in! We are dropping one history book even though it hurts! Haha Thanks for reminding me we will do it again in a few years. God bless you and your family. You are in my prayers!

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

So glad that you found this encouraging, it is hard to let go of how we saw our year going, however your children have learned and grown and you have added to your family! Thank you for your prayers.

[@alexmljr]

I just said a prayer for you. Thank you for all that you share! God bless and heal you 🙏

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for your prayers for healing and your kind words!

[@cynthiawhitcomb1780]

I appreciate your suggestions regarding topic studies. This is so true.

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ciannacoleman5125]

I have not yet experienced homeschooling from the teacher side, but I never remember my parents cramming anything into the “current” school year. We did a variation of year-round schooling and while there were things we left unfinished it was usually because it wasn’t working for us, we never had a hard and fast date for the “school year” being done. On the flip side my parents didn’t “graduate” my brother until about 3 weeks before he started college because he joined me on college study abroad for the summer and they counted it as two of his concurrent classes (he did several other concurrent classes the previous year too and had 20 credit hours when he started freshman year).

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for joining us and for sharing your experience with this!

[@DeborahMae]

Thank you for this. Such wonderful advice. ❤

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are so welcome!

[@miamilakespianolessons7833]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. We are praying for you here 🙏🏼 ❤

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are very welcome, thanks for joining us and for your prayers!

[@laurengmoore230]

Thank you for the reminder to be gracious to ourselves, I needed that reminder!

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

You are so welcome!

[@user-yo5ui5lw7p]

Totally agree.👍💯I have been doing this for about 20 yrs&it's great advice.😁Thanku,Ms Sonya; prayers for you&your family.🙏😍God bless.💓

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for joining us and for sharing your experience to continue this conversation. Thank you for your prayers.

[@ashleyruedy8670]

Thank you so much for this. We finally finished phonics instruction program the of March, so we started a LA curriculum early April. Obviously, we're not going to finish an entire school year program in a couple of months. 😊 We also just started a Charlotte Mason approach in April and we're loving it so far. ❤ Planning to continue this next year.

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thanks for joining us and sharing where you are in your school year. So glad to hear that you are enjoying this approach so far in your homeschool! Please reach out with any questions that you have moving forward.

[@reneejoanne1234]

I have 7 children, including a set of twins, I always took 2 months off when a baby came. Sometimes that meant schooling through the summer.

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for joining us and sharing what you have found to be helpful for your family!

[@jenniferaustin4398]

Missing you at Teach Them Diligently in Pigeon Forge. Praying! ❤

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for reaching out to say so and for your prayers!

[@caitlinring]

Wow, these are really great questions to ask. There's so much wisdom AND grace here. We don't do a "summer break." We break when we need it. Thank you so much! I'm praying for you.

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

Thank you for sharing what has worked well for your family! Your prayers are very much appreciated!

[@shellemybelle1574]

Thank you for this wonderful advice! We are behind schedule with certain topics and i felt so pressured to complete them! Well God be with you through it all may he fill you with peace, love, and a miracle. 🩷

[@SimplyCharlotteMason]

So glad that this episode was timely for you, I think a lot of the homeschooling families in our community can relate especially at this time of year! Thank you for your prayers!