Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Learning at Home

Every homeschool year is so different from the others.  This year is nearly completed.  

I am noticing a trend.  The longer I educate my children, the more comfortable I am in embracing home learning.  The public-school trends, timelines and rules are fading away.

The biggest difference I'm noticing currently is our school year schedule.  When we started, we were accustomed to the 9 months of school with a 3-month summer break.  We've generally kept that type of schedule.  

I notice that summers get busy with activities, vacations, and just the desire to be outdoors.  It is more difficult to do curriculum schoolwork.  At the same time, leaving our education routines and then trying to get back into a routine again in the fall is challenging -even for me as the adult!

Our littles, they have only known home learning.  There aren't any preconceived notions about what is required for our time or our learning routines.  I'm thinking we will take some time off, but not completely forgo our learning routines either.