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Ok here's where our schooling is different, too.
Since we do the homeschooling, I feel like we can choose when their "breaks" are.
My kids are schooled year round. Not as heavily during the month of July, but in August we'll pick it up.
We try to incorporate learning into everything they do. This year, they are learning a little about gardening, with the hopes of planting their own garden next spring.
They help build all our pens, so they are learning about measuring, inches and feet, etc.
From November 15 to January 1, my kids are on "break", even though they might still do some things on their own. Truth be told, I am the one who needs to have t he break from November to Jan. It's holiday time, lots of family/friends stopping in, etc. I just really works out well that I only have to worry about baking/cooking and presents for those few weeks.
But even then, we find things for the kids to do. Like baking, helping with main dishes, learning about sharing and the reason for Christmas (in our house anyway, people all believe different) and the truth behind how all holidays came about (they weren't originally Christian holidays).
We use that time to talk about different cultures and beliefs, and who's celebrating how and why.
Makes for interesting conversations.
Since we do the homeschooling, I feel like we can choose when their "breaks" are.
My kids are schooled year round. Not as heavily during the month of July, but in August we'll pick it up.
We try to incorporate learning into everything they do. This year, they are learning a little about gardening, with the hopes of planting their own garden next spring.
They help build all our pens, so they are learning about measuring, inches and feet, etc.
From November 15 to January 1, my kids are on "break", even though they might still do some things on their own. Truth be told, I am the one who needs to have t he break from November to Jan. It's holiday time, lots of family/friends stopping in, etc. I just really works out well that I only have to worry about baking/cooking and presents for those few weeks.
But even then, we find things for the kids to do. Like baking, helping with main dishes, learning about sharing and the reason for Christmas (in our house anyway, people all believe different) and the truth behind how all holidays came about (they weren't originally Christian holidays).
We use that time to talk about different cultures and beliefs, and who's celebrating how and why.
Makes for interesting conversations.
