New Summer Schooling
Here at The Joys of Home Educating we home educate year round, never really taking long breaks. Which works great for US. This Summer I decided to try something different. I posted the other day about taking Friday's off in the Summer (June - Sept) with only reading and our Summer Bowling Program on the schedule for Fridays. I love that this leaves room for playdates, camping etc....
Today I made up a subject schedule for Molly and Zachary to follow. Typically we cover 3 - 4 subjects per day. Summer months - only 1 subject plus reading (that is necessary in our home every day!) Kids are so happy. I even gave them an IPAD Schedule and incorporated that into their subjects. Here is what our Summer will look like:
Monday - Social Studies
(June's topic is US Presidents)
Tuesday - Writing
Wednesday - Math
Thursday - Science
Almost every day we are able to get outside for some Phys Ed plus our bowling helps with that! Some days I will throw in a Scholastic Newsletter or something "fun" to do. Crafts (for the girls) almost every day. Molly is still writing her books - on book 3 now! GO MOLLY! LEGOS almost every day for us all! Then playdates, camping and exploring! Going to Crayola Factory this month! Camping - Father's Day Weekend and of course, the Bronx Zoo (one of our favorite places!)
Hung up our C-Span American Presidents Timeline. This is a HUGE
hit with the kids and the adults. We are learning so much!
THIS WAS FREE over at C-Span Classroom - they have so many
resources!
Summer Safety - Scholastic!
Don't bother me MOM! LOL
What type of schedule do you keep in the Summer Months for schooling?
Comments
My question is, do you have neighborhood kids waiting for your kiddos to come out an play? That's a big issue around here, and a big reason why I have never followed through with summer school. Any advice or words of wisdom are welcome! :)
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Lisa - we live in a country setting where the closest neighbor with children our kids' ages is a walk and 1/2. We do have playdates a lot at our home and the kids do get invited to playdates elsewhere, but our studies come first and they know no other way, so it works. We are also a busy "sports" family right now with two of them in baseball and that takes up a lot of time. Soon camping season starts for us and we LOVE to camp.
REMEMBER Kids are only KIDS once. I say let 'em play! 8)
I'm researching the camping with you and Z -- talked to Hal last night and he said he wouldn't mind it if I was with you... ;-)
That is great that Hal might be open to you camping with us!