Mommy22alyns Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Adventures has a special Thanksgiving week with crafts and pumpkin activities for Mon.-Wed., so that's all we're doing. No math, grammar, etc. :D What are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey Mom Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are doing everything except Spelling. However, no one wants to be doing school right now. If my car wasn't at the mechanic's we probably would be out shopping instead. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Trying to do English and math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I had planned for us to do school this week, but I decided this weekend to go ahead and take the week off. We will be half way through our curriculum by Christmas anyways. I also have been doing some cleaning and organizing around here and I want to continue that this week.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are catching up on a few things we are behind on from last week lol. Other than that, we are taking off this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyMom Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Just really doing the basics this week. No projects started or anything like that. Mostly the 3Rs with some read alouds thrown in. I haven't decided if I'm going to take any school with me since we're going out of town.... maybe just a book to read at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nope, we are taking a well-deserved break! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We're doing "school lite". We have a few subjects that take a week to complete a lesson (writing and science) so I don't want to half finish those and throw our schedule off. We finished before lunch today--it was so nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We're on break here. I'm hosting Thanksgiving dinner and then we leave on a road trip. This week we're packing, cleaning, and cooking. We'll break for two weeks now, but we won't be taking a break at Christmas since it falls so nicely on the weekend. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Very light schedule this week, a couple basics (no math even) and some fun projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Monday and Tuesday are school per usual. Wed., Thurs. and Friday are no school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 nothing. nada. zilch. We have not been schooling for two weeks now. We've had to much stress to deal with that I decided neither of us could focus, so why bother? We will also be off next week because we have a VERY long road trip. We are expected to be on the road for 19 hours to get a PUPPY. I told dd she could bring her math book and when we make stops I can read her her English lesson. She is fine with that. Don't know if I'll correct anything before we return! Enjoy your fun activities!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Monday through Wednesday we'll school normally. DH's employer remains closed Friday, so we call it a statutory homeschool holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 No, I planned all our dental visits etc. for this week because it would be short. Also, the adult children will all be coming home and we want to spend time visiting....cooking...snuggling...NOT doing math! Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We had a dentist appointment today too! We are keeping it light for Mon/Tues, then taking W-F off. We are studying Native Americans so it makes sense to keep going a bit. Tomorrow we will talk about the Wampanoags as well as pilgrims/Thanksgiving. We will probably play games for Math time and go to the park or something if the weather is decent. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 DH just took vacation last week. The kids and I had a light school week..just Science and History last week. So this week I've planned a typical school day for Mon, Tues & Wed. We're off Thursday & Friday :) I might try to fit a Thanksgiving craft in Tomorrow or Wednesday :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes, we are still doing school this week. Today ds volunteered at the food bank with me in the morning, we came home where he did a phonics lesson and worked in his Miquon book for 30 minutes, then he went to his pottery class. I find that for us the boundaries between school and life are so blurred that it's hard to differentiate the two. We may not do as many math lessons or pages in the phonics workbook as usual this week, but we'll still do just as much learning. In a way, we're always schooling. Things that we have planned for the week: volunteering at the food pantry, playing lots of board games, working on crossword puzzles, listening to audiobooks while traveling to/from Thanksgiving dinner, watching an interesting documentary or two, having a family chess tournament, reading a couple more picture books about the origins of Thanksgiving, interviewing older relatives who we'll see on Thanksgiving for a genealogy project that my kids are starting, continue with our current read aloud, go to the Children's Museum with cousins, a daytime playdate with friends who are normally in school during the day, a nature hike if the weather cooperates, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love HSing Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 My plan was to only do the 3R's, but everyone wanted to do MFW ECC too so we're doing the weeks worth of work in 3 days and taking off Thursday & Friday. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are working on home ec this week. We have cleaning and cooking to do along with some sewing projects that need to get finished. We are not doing any book work this week though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We don't celebrate stuff - so - working around all the closings and such is hard. We were about thirty seconds away from booking a few days in Oahu to get out of Dodge but cancelled at the last second. I'm probably the only person I know who grieves the closing of the library over holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Today and tomorrow are normal. Wednesday is a field trip. Thursday and Friday off unless dd doesn't finish her persuasive essay in which case she'll need to work on that to turn in Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I had planned to have this week off, but we fell behind schedule during the last couple of weeks, so we are catching up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 No school this week! We are past the mid-way point for required days, so we will be enjoying some time off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are catching up on a few things we are behind on from last week lol. Other than that, we are taking off this week! Same here, except I also want my third grader to really learn her mult. tables. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oops, duplicate account :/ Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes. Next weeks is DS's birthday and our anniversary, so we take time off then. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes, we have school Monday-Wednesday. DD's private school has school through Wednesday, and the universities where dh and I teach have classes through Wednesday. So, ds has school this week also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Definitely, but our school day is pretty short to begin with. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I had planned on schooling this week....Then yesterday I just threw up my hands and said...."All right, it's gonna be a FREE week" (Because I just have so much to do before Thanksgiving) So what happens today..... They spend all day reading and doing Math (TT) because its *FUN* :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes. We are schooling Monday, Tuesday and and extremely abbreviated day Wednesday. I'd rather put those days onto Christmas or random three day weekends during the year. I don't get much out of Thanksgiving and the boys would just be bored. The schools around here are a mixed bag. Some county schools are out all week and some city schools are in school Monday and Tuesday and vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are catching up on a few things we are behind on from last week lol. Other than that, we are taking off this week! :iagree:Same at our house=D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We're doing light lessons Monday and Tuesday only. I have to admit that it is harder than I expected as we just got a new puppy yesterday. The girls just want to play with the puppy. We got through today okay, but I have half a mind to cancel lessons tomorrow. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nope. And we don't go back to school until January 2. Hurray! Today I cleaned out the garage and pulled all the stuff out I'm going to sell on ebay. Now, my office looks like a mess and will for a couple weeks. We school all summer. This is our longish break and I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yeah, we're doing school 2 days. Today and tomorrow. We're doing the usual stuff - just not spelling or Latin. We have to stick to our routine or the kids get at loose ends and it's just not pretty around here then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I was planning on doing a light schedule today but dh decided to golf and take dd along so I'm organizing and packing for our 6am flight tomorrow. We'll be in Colorado for a week so we won't do much formal school. I loaded the math worksheets for the week on the ipad along with a few other things and I have a Thanksgiving unit study I plan to print for her when we get there. It is mostly fun/crafty stuff she can do on her own. I do plan to spend some time planning while we're gone because we've been a little of track so far this month. Also, if I don't forget while we're in Colorado I plan to have Mikaela write a letter to Sylvia with some mountain pictures and a Colorado postmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I had planned to do school this week but we went away for the weekend and I have been busy getting stuff back in order and taking care of odds and ends. I think school is just not going to happen for us. I would like to at least get her science done so we aren't a week behind and maybe a little history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I had planned to school today and tomorrow, but today I found out that Thanksgiving is being moved to our house. We are cleaning i stead. I think the kids would prefer to do school.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 we are finishing up loose ends: a chemistry test, a history unit, a section in literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyinND Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We're doing everything. My son thinks he should get his birthday off on Wed. Nope!! I'm such a mean mom!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Taking the week off mostly. I am doing history and science reading and some fun reading. I think last year we worked through it and wished I hadn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Girls went to Granny & Papa's this past Saturday. Dh and I will join them Wednesday along with my cousin and her family. Making memories!! I, however, am trying to get caught up on life during these days they are gone. I feel like I'm months behind. I'd rather be reading ... or scrapbooking ... or doing anything else but catching up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are off this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Monday through Wednesday we'll school normally. DH's employer remains closed Friday, so we call it a statutory homeschool holiday. That's me. Normal homeschool then a holiday because work is closed which doesn't happen often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) We are working on home ec this week. I like this description. :) We're mostly focusing on getting the house ready for holiday celebrations, as well as for our expected new baby. Chances are we won't get back to regular lessons for a few weeks. The children will be doing a couple of computer-based courses, and I'll add some copywork so they don't forget how to write (this has actually happened when we've taken breaks in the past :tongue_smilie:). Edited November 21, 2011 by Eleanor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We're off this week, though we don't have thanksgiving here. We're off because we finished all our grade 1 work, so I decided to take a week for spring cleaning (it's spring here) before we slowly introduce grade 2 - and K. We may take 2 weeks... Obviously the cleaning is going great if I'm posting here... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Just reading... Big sis is out of school tomorrow, so it's cooking and crafts for the rest of the week! Wahooooooooooooooooo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We are. We had a few field trips last week, so we are catching up. We are adding alot of fun Thanksgiving crafts though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I was planning on doing a light schedule today but dh decided to golf and take dd along so I'm organizing and packing for our 6am flight tomorrow. We'll be in Colorado for a week so we won't do much formal school. I loaded the math worksheets for the week on the ipad along with a few other things and I have a Thanksgiving unit study I plan to print for her when we get there. It is mostly fun/crafty stuff she can do on her own. I do plan to spend some time planning while we're gone because we've been a little of track so far this month. Also, if I don't forget while we're in Colorado I plan to have Mikaela write a letter to Sylvia with some mountain pictures and a Colorado postmark. She will love that! I'll have her write another letter soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We did school today. DD has CC Challenge class tomorrow so we won't get anything done since I'm watching some other kids. :D And Wednesday, we'll play by ear. The plan is for at least half a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I was just going to do History and Science, but ds asked to do math and spelling as well. So we're just skipping reading (instructional, we still do tons of read alouds), grammar, and writing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Nope, we are taking a well-deserved break! :D We are too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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