It can be so refreshing to take a little break from homeschooling during the holiday season.

Whether that means a week or a month, however you've planned your year, that change of routine

and enjoyable family traditions offer a nice change of pace.

But the holidays can also bring some extra challenges. Today I want to share

five short but powerful pieces of advice that Charlotte Mason gave that can make a big

difference during seasons like Christmas break. Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. When my children were young,

we had a yearly rhythm of three weeks on, one week off for our homeschool. Happily, that gave us some

extra time off during the holidays.

There were many things I enjoyed about those extra days off of homeschooling,

but there were also extra challenges that came with them,

extra baking and decorating and church services, family gatherings,

and often the travel that went with those gatherings.

But I found that our holiday season went much smoother when I followed a few simple pieces

of advice that Charlotte Mason shared in her writings.

I love how her heart and wisdom encompassed all of life, not just lesson times, because we are educating our children in all of life.

So let me share with you five of her tips that I think will help your Christmas break go much smoother.

Tip number one, take time to rest and prepare your

own body and mind amid the hustle and bustle. Any vacation or holiday can be delightful,

but it can also be exhausting with all of those extra responsibilities and activities that come with it.

And Christmas season is no exception.

In fact, it's probably one of the easiest times of the year to tire yourself out if you're

not careful.

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