It has been a few weeks since you have heard from me! We have been having a wonderful summer playing with our family and friends as well as some light schooling.
I thought I would update on our first year of Year Round Schooling: When I announced we were going to do it this past school year, I had many different responses! I had people who were completely and utterly against it. They warned that I, as a teacher, would be burnt out and that it wasn't fair to the kids to take their summer "away" from them. Then I had the people who just thought it was interesting and wanted me to report on how I thought it went. Then I had more who said that they have schooled this way for years and it was the only way to go!
So what did we think about it?
1) The kids all said they LOVED it!
2) There was no "winter burn out" that we usually experience around February.
3) We loved having the breaks every few weeks and planned our field trips accordingly.
4) About the summer thing: We really only worked about 3.5 weeks of the whole summer! We normally stop around May 20th or so. Instead, we worked till around June 15th, then about one more week after our vacation. So did I "take away" their summer? Nope!
5) Will we do it till the end of time? I don't know, but we loved it enough to do it again this coming school year.
Here is a blog entry that tells you how we figured out when to place our breaks, I will be doing it again this year:
It's Happening! We're Doing It!
If you follow my blog, let me know if you like year round homeschooling or even if you don't! I love to hear different opinions on how it has worked or not worked for you!
Have a great summer!
