Today, we are very excited to welcome a guest post by Stephanie from Where He Leads, We Follow!
During our very first
year of schooling we started in early July. I thought it would be great
to start early and have time off as needed and an extended Christmas holiday.
It was nice! We got all of our days required in by the end of April
and we were able to relax. I decided that next year would be different.
We would start school later in the year and go along with the public
school calendar. So, we started in early August and followed the national
holidays and breaks that the public school system does. It left the
kiddos and myself feeling more burnt out than ever and needing a major break.
We didn't do much in the way of schooling through March and are back at
the grind here in April. That made me stop and evaluate what we should
change - because honestly something had to
change.
I prayed. Boy have I been praying! Asking God to reveal
to my heart what it is that we should change in order to keep us all from
feeling the burn out at the middle of our next school year.
I talked to my hubby. I love that man!
He keeps me grounded when my feet want to leave the floor. He tells
me when my ideas are crazy or when I need to push forward.
I talked with the kiddos. Honestly those two were
no help! HA! They could care less that mom is burnt out. They
are just ready to be done with the school day so they can go outside to play.
So that leads me to taking with you today.
Today I am planning. I am planning our very first year-round school
year. Wanna know what my thoughts are? Good! I thought you
did. ;)
First of all we are going to be taking a 4
week break from mid May through mid June. That way we can rest and
recharge and mom can get things in order.
While we are on our break I am going to be
gathering all of our necessary materials for our next school year.
I already know the curriculum we are using and have the bulk of it
purchased. I just have to buy the odds and ends.
Then I will work on our schedule. We are
required 180 days of school (who are we kidding we all know kids learn 365 days
a year!) so I am going to figure out when we can/should take breaks and chunk
up our curriculum to fit within those days. I will also have to take our
co-op classes into account since we are planning to join a new co-op next year.
After that is done we get to start back fresh
and new!! We will have some workbooks, mainly handwriting that
we will have to carry over to the new school year but that is fine by me.
We are all looking forward to our new school
year and are excited to see what greatness it holds for our family.
What does your school calendar look like?
Stephanie is
homeschooling mama of 2 and wife to the man of her dreams. She has been
creating graphics for her web-based business for three years. While
homeschooling was never a dream she dreamed for herself she is thankful that
God placed it upon her heart. Find her homeschool blog, Where He Leads,
We Follow, here: http://www.whereheleads-wefollow.com and her design
website, Tatorbug Creations, here: http://www.tatorbugcreations.com
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