tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post8844549488500547787..comments2023-10-20T04:37:14.807-05:00Comments on Stephanie Shepherd: Flying ByStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660852009014295034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-62738717445896741622011-04-07T15:54:07.224-05:002011-04-07T15:54:07.224-05:00This is our 3rd year of homeschooling and it's...This is our 3rd year of homeschooling and it's been different each time. Unfortunately I've not been good about sticking to my plan but each year I've gotten a little better. <br /><br />We have loosely followed the calendar for our home school co-op and it follows the local school districts (many families involved home school younger siblings with older kids in P.S.). I'm also thinking through next school year, even though we won't be finished with this year until mid-June. I'm leaning towards NOT participating in co-op next year which would open things up for me calendar-wise. I've learned this year that I'm really only good for about 4 straight weeks of school and then I crash. So I think I'll build breaks in for those. <br /><br />Another idea I learned from a veteran home school mom is to keep track of field trips and outings that you take during the summer and "bank" those as school days. Here in RI we have to track 180 days so "banking" days might not be an issue for you in TN.Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-49521867519565155172011-03-31T21:28:02.069-05:002011-03-31T21:28:02.069-05:00Stephanie,
This has been our first "real&quo...Stephanie, <br />This has been our first "real" year...kindergarten with both kiddos but so far so good. We didn't actually start the kindergarten cirriculum until mid Oct. For us, we school until something comes up or the kids are needing a bit of a break. We were able to take 2 weeks off at Christmas and random days. Just Tuesday night I was sitting down with the calendar scheduling out the rest of the cirriculum and despite my concern that we were behind, we're not. Right on track. I've scheduled us through July. We will be taking the first 2 weeks of May of to head back to TN and then there will be a few lighter weeks due to camping. Right now I'm enjoying the flexibilty we have. From the time I decided to homeschool (as soon as I found out I was pregnant with Jonathan) I knew that I wouldn't follow the traditional school schedule. We didn't want to give the kids the entire summer off. I'm not sure if we'll even take the entire month of August off before beginning grade 1.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214437821206430726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-37539986032186355702011-03-31T07:57:21.619-05:002011-03-31T07:57:21.619-05:00@Photographing Mom: Thanks for sharing! : )@Photographing Mom: Thanks for sharing! : )Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660852009014295034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-81358816579754549252011-03-30T18:46:28.007-05:002011-03-30T18:46:28.007-05:00We start the first full week after Labor Day and g...We start the first full week after Labor Day and get out whenever we finish our curriculum. We take a couple weeks of at Christmas time and the boys get their birthdays off. I don't do all the public school days off. Hope you find what works for you and your family!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com