Last year was a difficult year to homeschool. I had a baby, preschooler, kindergartener, first grader, and a second grader. In addition to 5 little ones to care for, I became ill for months. Doing the basics of taking care of the baby and keeping the kids clean and fed took most of my energy. During some of the worst months, we either did very minimal school work or none at all.
Despite many days off, we are almost finished up with our year of school, which started last March. As of mid-January, we are only a couple chapters away from finishing science and history for the school year! Plus, we finished up math last fall and are 1/4 of the way through the next books.
How did we manage to stay on track with so many days off? Year round homeschooling! While all the public school kids were out of school for the summer, my kids were still working on at least a little bit of school several times a week. We also took less days off during holiday breaks and occasionally did a bit on Saturdays.
There are so many advantages to homeschooling, and year round schooling is just one of them. If you're a homeschooling parent and are experiencing ongoing illness, expecting a new baby, or have another major event in your life, I highly recommend you consider schooling year round. It allows for a lot of freedom in days off here and there that would otherwise set August- May homeschoolers behind.
Sounds like your system is working. Good that you can advise and encourage others.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you! That and it keeps busy little children on a schedule and occupied! Very smart of you to come up with this early! :) It will get better as your older ones get older, I promise.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you've been going through so much!! I just read below about the Lyme Disease. I have a good friend from church who has battled it for years. It's awful to him. Hang in there it sounds like you are getting back on track!
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