Charlotte Mason advocated short lessons for younger children, growing progressively longer as the child matures. Elementary-age children’s lessons should be no longer than fifteen or twenty minutes on one particular subject before moving on to something else. In this way, the habit of full attention is encouraged and children receive a broad education filled with many varied subjects.

Even though we are using PACEs, I have applied this concept of “short lessons” to our homeschool routine, and the results have been fantastic! Nathan is more motivated and even his handwriting is neater! An added benefit is that he seems to have better retention of new concepts since we aren’t covering so much at one time. Instead, he has several days to practice a new skill before moving on to something else.

Less is more!