We Need To Homeschool Through the Summer {sigh}

Homeschooling looks different for every family, and this year we will have a “homeschooling first” because we are going to continue to homeschool during the summer.

I know. I got a knot in my stomach, too, when I realized that this is what we need to do to be on track for next year.

Although our schedule will be reduced and sporadic, the kids will continue their music lessons, foreign language with Rosetta Stone German, Emily will finish up her Chemistry and Matt will be working through an online app making software. Hope will work on reinforcing her math and reading skills.

We’ll still go on vacation and to the beach, but on “stay” days, we are going to be studying.

As much as I hate to admit it, we need to do this this summer.

Why? Because Emily is a SENIOR this year and if it was anything like Bek’s senior year, it weirded me out.

During a senior year, I want to savor every moment so I tend to pack it jam full of family stuff: apple picking, pie baking, trips to the cranberry bog to see the harvest, craft making, house decorating for.EVERY.season, trips to museums, historic areas, Christmas plays and open houses, craft fairs and gingerbread making with the cousins, etc.

I am not sure WHY I want to do this, but I do. Perhaps I am trying to hang on to the remains of what I see as a childhood slipping through my fingers and just out of my grasp.

So, hence, my need to keep working a little this summer.

How about you? Are you schooling through the summer? Have you found this “senior year syndrome” to be true of you as well?

 



3 thoughts on “We Need To Homeschool Through the Summer {sigh}”

  • Look at it as a learning lifestyle, not just homeschooling! We have always gone “through the summer” with our studies, (of course, fitting in time for plenty of other summer fun) because we want the kids to love learning and because even in summer, they need to have some structure, goals, and plans for their days. We also try to teach them that work and play are basically the same; it’s in the way you look at it – both are enjoyable! We’ll have to slow down some come November anyway…a new baby will necessitate that! – so we need to keep going so we don’t get too behind! 🙂

  • Yes! We school all year. Some weeks/months are more intense than others. Makes up for those days when school just isn’t gonna happen. Learning and curiosity, figuring things out, are things that happen daily. Our brains don’t take a vacation so learning doesn’t either :D.

  • Ugh! I hear you! We have to continue with school this summer, too. Our first time doing this. Last August, one of my children was diagnosed with a lifelong autoimmune disease, which brought my well-laid plans to a screeching halt. We got so far behind that I dipped into emergency funding and bought Switched On Schoolhouse. It made things much easier, but we still aren’t done due to our delayed start. We are SO burned out; but God provided a nice break yesterday – see my latest blog post!
    Blessings,
    Lisa

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