Luanne Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 If you do, do you go full time all year or par back in the summer time? I wasn't sure where to post this, so I put it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We school year round, but move to maintenance mode in the summer, meaning that we do anything that might be forgotten at half strength. This always means math and sometimes other things, like foreign language, grammar, and spelling. My little one requested that we do science this summer and the older one is reading Jane Eyre to get a jump on literature in the fall. What this looks like from a time standpoint is that any day where they don't have something else going on we do school for a little less than half the time that we would normally do it during the year. For the big one this means about 2 hours and for the little one it means 45 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I always want to take the summer off, but since we started hs'ing we have done work in the summer. My kids do so much better with the schedule in the AM's. We are doing math, ETC and Latin right now. We are getting ready to travel for 2 weeks and I wasn't going to take math with us but I may, lol :tongue_smilie: I had planned a normal school year but rethinking it and will most likely start something in August and be doing all our subjects by September. So yes, we school year round but it's a lighter routine in summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Year round here. July is review of the history with new books and start to transition to the next, and a re-do of all our favourite science hands on, and start to transition with some eyeopeners to pique interest. Today I got out the sight word cards I gave completely up on about February, and kiddo buzzed through them in front of Papa. He was laughing, I was laughing, and Papa was justly amazed. What fun! June is prepare and then test month. 1 August is our new year. In the summer we hop right on our daily school work to allow more time to run and play outside, and kiddo goes to bed later and gets up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We go year-round with a month off to fit in all of the summer camp, summer reading program, and parks activities. Most of our month "off" could easily be counted as school, but I play up the idea that it's a break to make us feel like we got one:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We school year-round, but end up paring back more than I like in order to accommodate my heavier work schedule during the summer months. We photograph and print on-site for a fair number of charity golf tournaments between June and September, and though we generally plan to do school work while we're out, my boys usually end up visiting with people, delivering photos and cruising the golf course. On those days we spend at home, we generally do the same amount of work as during the regular school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOaks Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Our school year is always set up from July 1st through June 30th. I usually try to end by the middle of May and start back up by the middle of July. Then we take vacation time in Sept and Oct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessdmommy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We've always gone year-round. But we do take a good 2 week break in September for a vacation when all the P.S. kids go back to school. :tongue_smilie: And we take more time during holidays to go easy and lite. We are able to take things more slowly and go off on tangents to our studies. Like the extra time we've spent studying WWI. I know we need to move on though.... I think it helps in retention if we don't have a 3 month break. It does make it hard when we have an absolutely lovely weather day but it can give them incentive to get their work done quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 we school year round. we take a few days off here and there when the weather is good, not a big break at all. the only problem with schooling year round is that the children end up in no exact grade, they just go straight in to the next book when they finish one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Year round. Sometimes weekends and vacations too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Year round here too. Texas is just too hot to take the summer off. Today it was 107 here. :tongue_smilie: We take time off in the spring and fall. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdogs29906 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We go year-round-ish. We started back last week. We typically take all of June off and plenty at the winter holidays. We go all year round and take all the breaks that we need/want to. I would be too stressed out if I tried a more "traditional" schedule. "Life" happens too much ~I know it would throw wrench after wrench into a more formal schedule. This way, I don't feel guilty/overwhelmed/anxious/etc. if we feel like skipping school to take a trip/ have some fun/ or just have a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We do year-round and do pare back a little but not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We school year round, but move to maintenance mode in the summer, meaning that we do anything that might be forgotten at half strength. This always means math and sometimes other things, like foreign language, grammar, and spelling. My little one requested that we do science this summer and the older one is reading Jane Eyre to get a jump on literature in the fall. What this looks like from a time standpoint is that any day where they don't have something else going on we do school for a little less than half the time that we would normally do it during the year. For the big one this means about 2 hours and for the little one it means 45 minutes. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Year round. I like it because then we can take days off as needed during the year and not feel like we have to catch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We go light in the summer. I try to wrap up in mid-May. The end of May is very light- maybe just a little math and some free reading. In June definitely math and required reading. In July I begin to ramp back up. This year our official start date is August 3. Except this year the oldest hasn't done math since the June 13 ACT. Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Year 'round...but we take breaks as needed and at non-traditional times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We do! We take days off here and there for vacations or people coming to visit us - but for the most part, we truck along on a normal schedule. I'm more apt to take more time off in the fall when it cools off so the kids can play outside more frequently. Right now, it's too miserably hot for them to want to do much more than walk from the house to the van unless it's after sundown. (106, or whatever it's been, will do that to a person!!) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Year round here as well. We call the next new grade in the Fall same as everyone else in traditional school. Our breaks happen when life offers us opportunities to do other things or we are busy with a move or a baby. I will do school in the evenings or on weekends as well. We do on average 2 to 4 hours at a time. And I car school as well. (We'll review and recite while driving). I like it this way because we have less stress than trying to fit it all in 9 months and then forget everything in 3. I am a very relaxed schooler -although my dd doesn't see it that way. (She's only ever known alternative schooling and has no idea what her friends mean when they complain. The closest she ever came to traditional schooling was at a Montessori for 3 years when I was in nursing school). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 My kids do best with the structure and something to fill their morning. We take off in the summer for camps and swimming lessons and during the school year for holidays, visits, and local school breaks. Math, grammar and SOTW continue through but subjects with 30-some week schedules (English and Science) are left to the school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 We do 4 day weeks year round taking Friday's off for co-op and playgroup. We take 2-3 weeks off in May, a week in July, 2-3 weeks at Christmas and a sometimes we take time off for the weeks of Labor or Memorial day. I usually get in around 200 days of school including co-op day. It works well for us as we started out with this schedule, there are no neighborhood children and it keeps us focused and moving forward.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Last year, I tried a Tues/Thurs schedule for summer. That was my plan this year as well, but I realized the day goes better if the kids start the day with the structure of the school desk. And also, Nutmeg's math suffers if we go too many days without it. Our summer is marked chiefly by NOT running all over the place for ballet and piano lesson. So we are doing more "fun" things in the afternoons, or nothing at all (which is the most fun for me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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