Barry Goldwater Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Homeschool in session, day off, special session, or other? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 In session over here, but we have a three plus week vacation coming up in February when we drive to Florida to visit a couple of different relatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Regular school day here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 My husband is a federal employee and is off that day, so we are off too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 1/2 day spent studying MLK and listening to his I have a dream speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hubby is a school teacher. We take the day off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 My dh is off work that day so he wants to do a field trip of some sort. Not sure where we are going yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Even our public schools will be in session. The holiday was canceled because of all the extra snow days they have taken.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Normal school day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 We do black history that week. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 In past years, we've had a brief discussion of MLK and the civil rights movement and then moved on to our regular schoolwork. My kids know that the tradeoff for having shorter days than PS is that we school through the summer and on Federal holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Dh and the older kids are running a 5k that morning, so we are taking the day off since our schedule will be off :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 My dh will be off work, so we will listen to excerpts of MLK speeches, learn about his life, and look at some of the heroes of the American Civil Rights movement. Then we go to a local museum that has free admission for that day, the American Visionary Arts Museum. It's devoted to the work of untrained artists and is one of my kids' favorites. The scale model of the Lusitania, made from matchsticks and Elmer's glue, never fails to please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Well Barry, here is the deal. Dh has that day officially off. It won't stop his collegues oversees from calling, but he has decided NOT to answer the phone. I'm very glad for him....truly. But, here is the caveat. He just loves to get in the middle of math and science lessons (avoids grammar like the bubonic plague) and his enthusiasm for tangents bubbles out all over the lesson thereby obliterating the whole point of the lesson, thereby causing the child that was trying to digest the concept, to get a look of being "LDS STONED"! I love him dearly, but this penchant for say taking a simple algebraic problem and trying to tell the children what they could do with it in VECTOR CALCULUS by reenacting a space shuttle trajectory three minutes after launch, has it's down sides and it always, some how always, relates to something incindiary. To help you best understand this man, his children bought him a shirt for Christmas that says, "There is no problem that cannot be solved by the proper application of explosives!" So, no book work...we are going to play with the chem set and build with the physics set and work on some 4-H reports for their projects to be entered this summer in the county fair. That way I get some math, science, logic, and writing out of them that counts as an educational experience, and dh gets to play with things. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I put a normal day. We take enough days off through out the year and 4 day weeks mess with my schedule. I'd rather take a whole week off every once in a while that plan a four day week. Having a short week because we finshed all our work for the week early is a totally different thing :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisamarie Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 We're taking the day off to do a field trip. So I guess it could be counted as a school day since it'll be a museum or the zoo if the weather cooperates. If we get a lot of snow over the weekend we may ditch the field trip and just go sledding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 It's not a holiday for my husband, so we will be doing schoolwork that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Normal day except for I'm having ds read a book about MLK(we started it today though), and we will listen to some of his speeches online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We have school unless there is something else special that we will be doing. Dd10 was invited to go to a movie on behalf of her PS friend's birthday, but she will still do schoolwork before and/or after the show. I like the idea of reading or listening to "I Have a Dream" and it wouldn't hurt to teach them "We Shall Overcome". :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) 1/2 day spent studying MLK and listening to his I have a dream speech. We always start the day listening to his speech, then we have a regular school day. Edited January 14, 2011 by Crissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 All our outside classes are still meeting (including ds17's college classes) so it is a normal school day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Dh is a state employee, but his department has their annual 'Mind, Language, Knowledge' conference that day (get it, ho ho); no Daddy at home means lessons as usual. Besides, they got Epiphany off; how many holidays can they expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Daddy has off so no school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We prefer to take off for our own birthdays rather than for some one else, no matter how important they were to the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Monday rise and shine to our regular schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 The kids' homeschool enrichment program doesn't take MLK Day as a holiday, so that means a 9-4:30 day for dd and a 12:30-4:30 day for ds. We will do the limited amount of schoolwork as usual, but we will read a few books about MLK in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 The Washington History Museum will be free on Monday. We're going there, especially since it is slated to be closed in July due to budget cuts (governor's proposed budget). So, no school, but since it is educational it counts as school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Other: we are flying tomorrow and we will be visiting my parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Normal school day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 DH has it off, so we're off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostinabook Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We're off, but only because dh is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 In session, but special because Daddy will be home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Normal day, but it's practically a high holy day at our multi-racial church on Sunday, so I'm sure we'll get a good dose of thought and reflection then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I think dh said he was going to work the holiday so we will be having a regular day. And since we won't finish the week (sick days) we will need to be on regular schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiMomNP Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Day-off here. We are taking the long weekend and Tuesday is my birthday so Tuesday is a day off too. We school year round so it isn't a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Most of the time, if dh has to go to work - we have school. Dh will be working, so will we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I am only working half a day, so it is EXTRA school work for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We will take the day off because DH is a teacher and is off that day. But we will watch the I Have a Dream speech as we do every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Normal HS day. We don't take off for anything but Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter...and for those I plan our normal breaks to fit. We will study MLK (and Columbus, and the presidents...) when it comes up in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historyfun Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I've got a fill-in-the-blank "I Have a Dream" speech print-out challenge at my blog that would be a great little exercise after your children listen to the speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 It would typically a regular schoolday here, but my birthday is the next day, so we're probably going to have a 4 day weekend. (Actually, we'll spread 1 day's work over 2 days and make it 2 light days.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Regular day for lessons but all of our outside activities are closed that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Dh is off that day, but we have a large load of firewood being dropped for us at 8am so we will be stacking wood all morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest momk2000 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 School will be in session here, but will include a lesson about MLK. We are off today, just because we really needed a break. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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