neesek Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are taking two days for Thanksgiving and 2 weeks for Christmas. I have a friend who takes the whole month of December off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in VA Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I don't think we'll take a full 2 weeks off for Christmas. We need to play catch-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are starting, this week, to do school 'light'. We are doing reading, math, & history every day. We will finish the last chapter in the grammar book. Logic/thinking skills will be done if we have time, and December is Master Your Latin & Word Roots Month. I'm making up a couple of lapbooks for her to study the first quarter's stuff. We'll test near Christmas and then start the 2nd half in January. If we are not busy with other stuff, we'll do more schoolwork, but that's the general plan. One of the reasons we homeshool is so that we can enjoy life. Christmas is an important part of that life, so in December, schoolwork takes the back seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We take the whole week of Thanksgiving off, then the last two weeks of December and the first week of January. We also take one week off in the spring, and the entire month of July. Otherwise we go all year round at a slow, but steady pace. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I don't like to take off more than that. Since Chanukah is conveniently close to Christmas this year, it works well doing the two weeks in December. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyMum Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Schools here have two months off over Christmas but we are just taking our holiday from the 16th of Dec (when I have major surgery) till the 12 Jan (when my husband goes back to work). Then I plan to get straight back into lessons. We'll need the structure and routine so I can cope while still recuperating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgilli3 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 As it is "winter" here, and the weather is decent, we will take almost all of December off, all January off and part of Feb off. We school through the summer here as its too hot to do anything else. We are still following the southern hemispheres year- so kids finish school year in Dec anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Any school that gets done during that time is cause for celebration, LOL. I make calendars as gifts for dh's family each year, and we send out lots of Christmas cards and letters too. Add on Christmas shopping and decorating, and life gets even nuttier than usual. Plus, this will be the second year in a row we'll have a new baby during the holidays. I'll need time to recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are scheduled to be off this upcoming week of Thanksgiving, but there are some things that did not get finished last week. So, we will finish those up on Monday and Tuesday. It will probably end up that we only take 3 full days off next week. I take two weeks at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neesek Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Schools here have two months off over Christmas but we are just taking our holiday from the 16th of Dec (when I have major surgery) till the 12 Jan (when my husband goes back to work). Then I plan to get straight back into lessons. We'll need the structure and routine so I can cope while still recuperating. I hope your surgery goes well and you are able to recuperate fully. I am sure it will be difficult to take it easy with little ones around. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We're taking Wednesday and Thursday off for Thanksgiving. I am not sure about Christmas. A couple of weeks off might be good for us all though. I'll have to think about that. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I am more eclectic than some so I consider lots of things educational and count it as school. For example, this coming week, MTW are regular school days, Thursday is a day off (parade watching, dinner and games). Friday we are taking off for a two day mini-vacation to western Florida. WE will go to either Crystal River or Homossassa Springs and then Weeki Watchi. Both of those days I consider educational. SUnday will be another day off. Then we have one more week of school, then we are in moving stage. The packers are here on Dec. 8th. My older dd still has a college class and so I will drive her to that. I haven't decided yet what exactly to do with my sixth grader. She does have music day on Dec. 10th so that day will be taken care. On Dec. 11th, the movers will load up and everyone will be needed to watch very carefully. Then on Dec. 12th, I will have them at the library probably doing some work. They both need to do some work throughut our moving time to not fall behind but it will be sporadic. We have a pickup truck so we will be taking their books with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We put the books away at Thanksgiving and take them out again around the middle of January. We often continued our library day (Wednesday) and our field trip day (Thursday), but definitely no Official School Stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We take the two days off at Thanksgiving but we have taken the whole week off before. I spend 2-3 weeks in December on Christmas topics and take off the last two weeks of the year completely.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are off school all next week. We also take off two weeks at Christmas. We have 3 weeks of school left for the remainder of the year, 2008 that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 My parents will arrive today, and will be here all week, so we're taking this week off. Then I plan to get in 3 good, solid weeks of school and take off the week of Christmas and the following week (dh has that week off and Judo, piano, & church activities are cancelled). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We're finished our math, grammar, and geography books for the semester, and will just review and do educational games for the rest of the year. In history, science and French we'll countinue, but take off three days for Thanksgiving and a week for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuzzled Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We're taking two days off next week from basic schoolwork for Thanksgiving but are trying something different M-W. We'll spend those three days only studying my daughter's favorite subjects. On Monday, we'll spend the whole day on history, Tuesday will be science, and Wed. will be art and baking. We'll take two weeks off for Christmas. If she enjoys our modified schedule next week I may incorporate a few days of history, science, and art over Christmas vacation as well. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura K (NC) Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I'll have my boys read over Christmas, though, and my oldest has a paper to finish for me. My boys are 12, 13, and 15, though; age matters in factoring in time off, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We sound about the same as most so far. Few days for Thanksgiving and about two weeks for Christmas/New Years. But I'm very flexible, so if something comes up, we have breathing room to take a day off here and there through the New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Thursday & Friday this week, and Christmasweek through the end of New Year's week. Hoping to have baby 12/31/08... at least that's my 12/30 birthday wish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in PA Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We're taking off Wednesday through Friday for Thanksgiving, and then I'm thinking that we'll continue school through the 17th. That will give us 2 weeks off for Christmas, until Jan. 2nd. I'm not sure why, but I don't want to make Christmas-time a huge deal this year. I'm looking forward to the holiday season, the fun and time spent with loved ones, but I feel like keeping things more in perspective this year. We will celebrate, but I don't want it to become *our lives* for the whole month of December, as it has in the past. Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Every year is different - this year I think we are going to do a special term from this week until Epiphany, focusing on music and art (with a little math thrown in and "school-lite" on everything else). We haven't done enough in the arts this year and I think the holiday season lends itself nicely to that.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are just planning to finish up a few things and once that is done we will take off until Jan. 2nd. Generally we only take off when hubby is off of work, so we school through ps days off, so we make up for that by taking off nearly a month for Christmas :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill- OK Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are taking two days for Thanksgiving and 2 weeks for Christmas. I have a friend who takes the whole month of December off. ...rather than Christmas, so we're taking off the whole week of Thanksgiving (we're also hosting an open house party the Sunday after Thanksgiving), and probably just Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, if they fall on weekdays this year (haven't looked). We have a ton of activities going in December, but they're mostly on weekends, and I'll have decorated and finished most of my shopping/gift crafting, so...not that much to do besides watch Elf and make cookies. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are taking all of next week off (the week of Thanksgiving). We will have school then on December 1-5 and December 8-12, then we are off until January 5. While we won't be doing "school," we will be doing crafts and a unit study on Christ and the true meaning of Christmas (for us as Christians). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Well, I'm getting old, LOL, and beginning to find it easier not to constantly try to swim upstream. A couple or three years ago, I began taking off a solid week at Thanksgiving and three weeks at Christmas. It's made my life much simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We take off the week of Thanksgiving, a week at Christmas, and this year we will be taking another 2 weeks in mid-January to visit family, but we go until mid-June and start back mid-August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 The plan is 2 days for Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Years, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in La Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 We are taking off Nov. 24 -28 for Thanksgiving. Not sure of the dates for Christmas yet. We usually take about 2 weeks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 We have traditionally taken off from Thanksgiving til after the New Year... but this year is a bit different. We are going to be moving hopefully between Christmas and New Year's. Couple that with my DH being away, and I need the daily routine to keep us all sane. So we are taking Thurs and Fri for Thanksgiving, then will work til 12/23, and be off from 12/24 until we get settled in a new place. We will probably take most of Jan off to get settled in and to explore our new location! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 We will take Thanksgiving Day off, but be back to the books on Friday. :) For December, we will do school the first week or two. The rest of December, we'll spend finishing our Prairie Primer stuff for the book we're reading right now. Other than that - we will be doing some FUN stuff we never have time for! Crafts, reading several books out loud, etc. It's the first year we've been "ahead" enough to do this and I'm over the moon excited. We school year-round, though, so that we can take a couple weeks here - or there. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Major dance competition this week, so we started "finishing" stuff last week. Younger dd has been off since last Thursday. Well, off of school -- you wouldn't believe the number of dance rehearsals they've done since Friday afternoon, plus they had a choir concert yesterday. So lots of work is getting done, but not math or grammar or such. (I cannot imagine what it's like for the kids in their dance school who attend public or private school -- yeesh, they must be exhausted.) We'll (theoretically) start back up sometime during the week after Thanksgiving once we've gotten some sleep and recovered a bit. As others have said, that's one reason we homeschool -- so we can be flexible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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