I totally understand the whole break thing. It can be rough when they have nothing. I do not know if this would be of any intrest to you, but I struggled with the same thing. To fix it we started doing what I saw on someone else's blog. She schooled through out the year. She would go for three weeks then take a week off. We started doing it and it works wonderfully. The kids get a little break every month and no burn out. Ok I have rambled on enough. Have a great day and try to stay cool.
Thanks for the suggestion, however we have tried this in the past and things felt far too choppy for us. Which is why we do the 10 weeks on 2 or 3 weeks off schedule generally. Spring session though she finished things up early so she got two extra weeks off, so it was just a bit too long. Now she knows though and can realize and understand the why we schedule things the way we do. Gina
7/7/10, 10:47 AM
are happening quite frequently around here. The heat and humidity have been so intense that we put the air conditioners in this week for the first time in almost 4 years. The kids have been sleeping late and when awake can be found in the pool. Lessons started back up this past Monday and KM has been finding some shady spots outside to get her work done in between dips in the pool - [Image]She has been getting things done very quickly and I have been thoroughly impressed! She actually seemed excited on Monday when she walked into the work room and to check her assignments for the day. I think she was getting a bit bored with the nothing planned month and honestly seems to be glad it is over. I think from now on we will stick with our two to three week breaks and not push it to the full month.
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Close this window Jump to comment formI totally understand the whole break thing. It can be rough when they have nothing. I do not know if this would be of any intrest to you, but I struggled with the same thing. To fix it we started doing what I saw on someone else's blog. She schooled through out the year. She would go for three weeks then take a week off. We started doing it and it works wonderfully. The kids get a little break every month and no burn out. Ok I have rambled on enough. Have a great day and try to stay cool.
7/7/10, 10:21 AM
Thanks for the suggestion, however we have tried this in the past and things felt far too choppy for us. Which is why we do the 10 weeks on 2 or 3 weeks off schedule generally. Spring session though she finished things up early so she got two extra weeks off, so it was just a bit too long. Now she knows though and can realize and understand the why we schedule things the way we do.
Gina
7/7/10, 10:47 AM