You Have the Books.
The Problem Is October.
You bought the curriculum. You have every book on the shelf. But somehow it’s October and you’ve barely cracked half of them — and you still don’t know if you’re behind or right on track. This is the recorded workshop that fixes that, with the same drag-and-drop digital timetable that did most of the work live.
Get the Recording — $67 Instant access. Watch on your own schedule, as many times as you need.You didn’t pick the wrong books.
You never built a way through them.
- You bought the curriculum, picked beautiful living books, and started August with real excitement.
- By October, you’ve quietly lost track of what’s been read and what hasn’t — and you’re afraid to do the math.
- You’re juggling multiple kids at multiple forms and ages, and you’ve never had a way to see all of them on one week at once.
- You know you’re “behind,” but you don’t actually know by how much, on which books, for which child — so you just keep going and hope it works out.
This Is For You If
- You have curriculum picked but no real timetable yet
- You’re planning for two or more children at different ages
- You want to know, week by week, if you’re on track to finish
- You’d rather build it once than rebuild it every term
This Isn’t For You If
- You’re still choosing your curriculum or book list
- You want a rigid, hour-by-hour schedule with no flexibility
- You’re looking for an introduction to CM philosophy itself
- You don’t homeschool multiple subjects across a week
Here’s what’s waiting on the other side: a real timetable for every child, a simple weekly target for every book, and a daily checklist that tells you exactly what’s due today — so May arrives with every book actually finished, not abandoned in June.
Why “just plan better” doesn’t work
A beautiful book list isn’t a plan. Without term dates, a real timetable, and simple weekly math for every book, “we’ll get through it” quietly turns into “we didn’t.” This workshop walks you through all four pieces, in order, so nothing gets left to chance — or to October.
Map your year
Set your start date, end date, and term structure, then color in your school weeks and breaks on real calendars — so you know the actual shape of the year before you plan a single subject.
Build your timetable
List every subject, frequency, and lesson length by child and form, then build it visually in the Digital Timetable Planner — or by hand with the Post-It Planning Sheets, pulled straight from Charlotte Mason’s own Parents’ Union School schedules.
Forecast your books
Take each book’s total pages or chapters, divide by your school weeks, and get a real weekly target — the simple math that’s the actual engine behind finishing every book you bought.
Run it with a daily checklist
Each week, pull that week’s targets into a personalized checklist for every child — the page that makes the whole plan work on an actual Tuesday morning, coffee or no coffee.
From the live workshop
“Any amount you pay for this class is a steal because this class is priceless! The amount of work, thought, and time that Erin clearly put in behind the scenes in order to take out all of the guesswork for planning a whole year of homeschooling for multiple kids, in a beautiful and clear format, is invaluable.”
— Shawna
“Working with Erin turned my hard, slog-through homeschooling days with four kids into peace-filled, joyful wonder and connection. It provided the structure I needed to look them in the eye and enjoy learning together.”
— Jenn
“This training helped me go from ready-fire-aim, to ready-aim-fire. This is premium content at an affordable price!”
— Jennifer
“Building a timetable with the times listed and frequency programmed in — weekly checklists will be life changing.”
— A homeschool mom
“If you want to protect your relationship with your children by planning a homeschool year that is both beautiful and practical — just do Erin’s course. It is a gift of a solid foundation and an investment for my family’s future.”
— A homeschool mom
“I feel like I have a good friend and resource that is rooting for me to try my schedule and modify as needed.”
— A homeschool mom
Everything you need to plan the whole year
The Digital CM Timetable Planner — the heart of it
Pre-loaded subject cards by form, drag-and-drop day columns for every child, autosave, and one-click PDF export. This one tool does most of what the whole workshop is built around.
The Full Workshop Recording
Watch the entire Plan Your Year session — every walkthrough, every decision, at your own pace.
The Plan Your Year Workbook
Color-in yearly calendars, a term planner, subject-and-frequency charts by child, a book forecasting grid, and daily checklist templates — your full planning companion, start to finish.
The CM Timetable Cards (Post-It Sheets)
Pre-built lesson cards by form — straight from Charlotte Mason’s own Parents’ Union School schedules — ready to cut apart for a hands-on, paper-and-pen planning pass.
Questions you might be asking
I’m not behind on philosophy — I just can’t keep up with the books. Will this help?
Yes — that’s exactly the problem this solves. The forecasting math and timetable give you a real weekly target for every book, so you always know if you’re on pace, instead of finding out in May.
I don’t have time to sit through a whole workshop.
Watch it in pieces. The workbook is built to follow along section by section, so you can pause, plan, and come back whenever you have a window.
I already use a planner — will this just create more work?
No — this is what makes the planner you already have actually work. The Digital Timetable Planner and book forecast give you the missing layer: a real weekly target you can check against.
I have multiple children at different ages — does this account for that?
Yes. The workshop walks through multi-child, multi-form planning, and the Digital Timetable Planner is built to hold every child’s subjects, side by side, in one view.
Is this a CM resource, or just a productivity system with Mason’s name on it?
The lesson lengths, frequencies, and subjects are pulled directly from Charlotte Mason’s own Parents’ Union School schedules — this isn’t generic productivity, it’s a way to actually carry out a CM education without losing track of it.
Come slowly. Come faithfully.
You don’t need different books. You need a way to know, every single week, that you’re actually going to finish them. Watch the recording, build your timetable, and walk into October already knowing you’re on track.
Start Planning Your Year — $67