It's good to be reminded of encouraging and helpful ideas. So this week we're bringing you a reprise of one of our most popular episodes. We hope you enjoy the best of the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

Recently, I did an episode called Productive Afternoons.

And in it, I mentioned that in Charlotte Mason's schools, formal lessons were done by lunch.

Well, we received many questions about how that can be done. How can lessons

be done by lunch? So I want to do a couple of things in this episode. First, I want to show you

some of Charlotte Mason's timetables so you can see how she finished lessons before lunch.

And then I also want to give you some ideas and sample schedules that show how you could

potentially finish lessons before lunch in your homeschool.

Now, I don't want you to get hung up on these particular schedules that I'm going to show you.

There is no one right schedule that fits all families perfectly.

That's one reason that I'm only going to show you three days of each schedule.

I don't want you to try to force your family to fit somebody else's schedule.

I want you to glean ideas from these schedules and use them to fine-tune your own.

You need to find what works for your family.

But there are three key principles to keep in mind as you set up a weekly and daily schedule.

Principle number one, keep lesson times short and focused.

You can accomplish a lot in a short amount of time if your child has the habits of full

attention and best effort.

So work toward those habits by keeping lessons short, especially in the younger grades.

You'll be able to see the ideal lesson lengths on Charlotte Mason's schedules that I'll show you in just a minute.

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