Cycle 3 Habit Training: Character

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Habit training involves life skills and character training. Some of the books and concepts will overlap, because these subjects, like so much of life, are interconnected.

Cycle 3 Character

Term 1

Put Off: Pride

Put On: Meekness

Term 2

Put Off: Stubbornness, Self-Will

Put On: Self-Control

Term 3

Put Off: Wastefulness, Carelessness

Put On: Orderliness, Order

Term 4

Put Off: Easily Swayed, Double-Minded

Put On: Discernment, Observation

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Character Training Books 

A Child’s Book of Character Building: Growing Up in God’s World – At Home, at School, at Play, Book 2 by Ron Coriell and Rebekah Coriell

This book is used in Cycles 3 and 4, and book 1 is used in Cycles 1 and 2. These are simple and short lessons, and particularly good for students in Forms 1 and 2. There are four lessons to read aloud per character trait, and one lesson for parents. Since each character trait is studied for seven weeks (a full term), this means that there are lessons assigned to read from this book for four out of seven weeks of the term.

Laying Down the Rails for Children: A Habit-Training Companion by Lanaya Gore

This is an excellent resource from Simply Charlotte Mason, and can be used throughout your children’s education. Each GLC cycle references this book. There are two lessons scheduled each week, and there are lessons scheduled for six or seven weeks of each term, depending on the character trait. You may also want to own a copy of the version for moms, called Laying Down the Rails, as well.

Resources from Doorposts:

The resources listed below, from Doorposts, are worth owning! They contain Scripture and stories for so many character traits that you will want your child to “put on” and “put off.” Polished Cornerstones is specifically for daughters, Plants Grown Up is for sons, and For Instructions in Righteousness is for the whole family, and is scheduled the most in these reading plans. In fact, if you plan to go through the four cycles, you will find yourself using these resources every year. 

Polished Cornerstones: Projects for Daughters on the Path to Womanhood by Pam Forster

There are one to four lessons per term scheduled in this book.

Plants Grown Up: Projects for Sons on the Road to Manhood by Pam Forster

There are one to seven lessons per term scheduled in this book (except there are no lessons in this book during Term 1).

For Instruction in Righteousness by Pam Forster

There are two pages of reading each week for six or seven weeks of every term, as well as verses to memorize.

Connoisseur Kids by Jennifer L. Scott

This book is scheduled occasionally for character traits throughout all four cycles, as well as for some life skills.

In addition, there are some stories scheduled from the following biography anthologies:

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