Comments on: Why Our Family Has Chosen to School Year Round

By: heather

heather — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:54:09 +0000

i have been homeschooling for 13 years. this is the first year i am considering all-year. we are moving from virginia to california in a few weeks and i know we will need extra time to fly back and see family and friends.
its just figuring out what KIND of schedule will work for us. and of course getting the teenagers to cooperate!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:24:30 +0000

Hi! I live in SoCal and raise my 8yo Nephew and 6yo Niece. My Boyfriend and I have decided it would be best to homeschool my Nephew because he is a year behind(found out after I became Guardian) in school. He’s going into 3rd grade in Sept, but in reading and math he is a 1st grade level. We feel that homeschooling him with catch him up. Now my problem is, he H-A-T-E-S doing schoolwork, and is SUPER excited about summer coming so he doesn’t have to do anything. I would like to start the homeschooling process and do it year-round, how should I go about letting him know that he will now be doing school during the summer? I am predicting an argument will happen and he will get angry(something were working on) and not be willing to work.

Also, we have decided to keep my Niece in ps for another year. She is 6, but when it comes to acedemics, shes more of a 4yo. She started K in Sept, and just a few months ago finally knew how to spell her name. She freezes up a lot and ‘shuts down’ and wont answer you. PS has opened her up a ton. I know it’s going to be challenging hsing one and not the other. I’m hoping to take her out mid year or just after 1st grade.

I would love any advice, tips and suggestions from anyone. Thanks!!!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:42:58 +0000

I had to fill out attendance records last year to our school district in CA and we schooled year round. I just filled in the days that their calendar said should be “attended” and turned it in. I didn’t really feel like it mattered, or was any of their business which day of the week we actually did our work on. Sure, I marked Mon-Fri, but we often took Wednesdays off and did work on Saturdays. We also took off the month of December, but they also didnt recognize the fact we started in July. As long as they see that 180 days are marked I assumed they could care less.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:47:21 +0000

We must be registered with the same umbrella school or our schools just do things similarly. I am in TN too and trying to figure out how to do the year round schedule from a paperwork perspective as well.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:48:00 +0000

I am currently homeschooling 4 teenagers (16, 16, 15, 14) and we school year round. Our summers are less stressful and include the subjects of Math + 1 other. Math, because we are never at the end of a book; so why let the brain cells die off during the summer. The other subject may be one we couldn’t finish during the school calendar or something they want to learn about. One summer was reading through Ann Frank’s Diary and mapping out the movement of the armies. We learned a great deal about WWII just doing it. This year it may be the most excited yet…. World Geography!

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By: Jannelle N.

Jannelle N. — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:40:24 +0000

If our message to our children is that learning should never stop then year-round homeschooling makes a lot of sense. I don’t want my children to feel like learning or reading is something you do beacuse you have to, or because it’s scheduled. I want them to know that learning only stops when you die. So if your still breathing…as far as Im concerned, you going to be learning.

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By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:21:26 +0000

This is our first year to homeschool, but my daughter LOVES it and even "does school" on the weekends at times. I was just pondering the idea of year-round school the other day, and I think, at least for now, we're going to go with it. It helps to have some learning each day! :) .-= Ashley´s last blog ..Good Morning (uh.. Afternoon), Company Girls! =-.

By: Fruitful Harvest

Fruitful Harvest — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:37:33 +0000

Hi Amy~

We to homeschool year round!
Life always has opportunities to teach.

During the Summer there is so much fun stuff to teach……maybe not math or spelling but…..

The beach~
camping~
on a hike or bike ride~
Out in the garden~
going on a bug hunt……the list goes on!

Blessings,
Georgiann