Have you ever played with a magnet and a paperclip?

Once you get the paper clip within that magnet's field, it pulls that paper clip into place.

I always like to remove the paper clip and slide it away from the magnet and then start pushing it back toward the magnet

a little by little and see at what point the magnet pulls it in.

Now in some ways we are like the paperclip and our habits of thinking and behaving are like the magnet.

We might pull ourselves away and decide we're going to do something different,

but over time we can find ourselves inching back toward those old habits until we get pulled

in again.

Well, that's a helpful analogy to keep in mind when you decide to change from a classroom

school to a Charlotte Mason home school.

Let me explain. Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer.

Over the past few weeks, we've been talking about tendencies and tips for those who are making

the transition to using a Charlotte Mason approach in their homeschools,

we all come from different backgrounds, and those backgrounds can act like magnets.

It seems like they constantly try to pull our thoughts back in that direction.

Today, let me offer three tendencies to be aware of, and also give you three helpful tips.

For those of you who are pulling your children out of a classroom setting and beginning

to homeschool with the Charlotte Mason method, or perhaps you are coming out of a classroom

setting yourself as a teacher and beginning to homeschool.

Both of those scenarios are going to hold some challenges, some magnetic poles to be aware of.

Let's talk first about three tendencies to watch for.

Tendency number one, be careful of trying to replicate the classroom in your home setting.

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