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. See the About Habit Training page to learn how to teach these subjects.
Cycle 4 Character
Term 1
Put Off: Bitterness
Put On: Forgiveness, Respect for Others
Term 2
Put Off: Insensitivity, Lack of Compassion
Put On: Fairness, Kindness
Term 3
Put Off: Discouragement, Giving Up
Put On: Initiative, Personal Initiative
Term 4
Put Off: Selfishness, Greed
Put On: Generosity
Character Training Books
The following books are all scheduled on one pdf. Feel free to choose a book or two to study throughout the year and copy that line to your own spreadsheet.
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.
- Amazon (paperback)
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. This book can be used in every GLC cycle. 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.
- Simply Charlotte Mason (paperback or PDF)
- Exodus (paperback)
- Amazon (paperback)
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.
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