Non traditional schedule pros and cons

[LauraClark]

I'm considering doing a block (not sure if it would be called that) type year round schedule. Up to this point we have done 6 weeks on, 1 week off and a 2 month off summer. I teach art classes out of my house and it is our major social time (it ends up being about 4 hours each day because people stay to play), but ds12 is struggling to get his school work done on those two days. I'm thinking maybe we could do a good chunk of our science and history during the summer, maybe a couple days of math. Then during the school year only do math 2-3 days a week (we use Saxon for him if that matters). Are there cons to this that I'm not considering? Ds12 thinks it seems like a good idea. It's hot here in the summer and the boys end up getting pretty bored after a week.

[freesia]

That sounds like a great idea. I’ve done that with Saxon over summers to get a day free during the school year. This summer I’m going to do field trips and movies about uS history to clear a day a week. I’ve also used a week in summer for science experiments one year. 

[Miss Tick]

Boy, especially if your ds thinks it is a good idea I would say go for it!

[AnneGG]

It sounds good to me. 
 

We school year round, 15 days a month. I like the flexibility of using the summer months. 

[LauraClark]

7 minutes ago, AnneGG said:

We school year round, 15 days a month

Oo-that's an interesting idea!