It was so hard to get back to the business of learning after being on vacation for a week then taking 2 extra days off to get my act together. (I’m still not sure my act is together).
We had a few incidents from the younger crew. They tend to forget what they are supposed to do if they are allowed to roam free for too long. Which is exactly why we don’t take extended breaks. That and I like to be able to take off more when things are not so crowded with the summer folks (no offense if you are part of the summer folk).
I was just thinking the other day, what if school went year round, or what if everyone homeschooled and everyone was self-employed. There would be no rush hour, no long lines in the summer, no back to school rush in Walmart. Or, maybe there would be. Maybe other self-imposed rush hours would occur. It’s hard to imagine a life any other way than organized around work and school. Though, I know this is a relatively new concept in the history of the world.
I suppose, if we were to go back in time, we could organize our life around grand balls, plagues and persecuting other religions.
We started Financial Peace University at our church and had our first meeting Sunday afternoon. I have some thoughts on that I hope to put together and share tomorrow.
I tried to get back to our loose schedule of school, quiet reading, chores, play time, etc today, and I realized once again, how much more difficult it is to keep a tidy house when you are teaching your children at home. House cleaning is just hard to fit in. I turn around and suddenly it’s 5 o’clock, time to make supper, and I wonder where the day went.
A few weeks ago, I was somewhere, I forget, and I was talking to someone who I reminded that I homeschool and she commented on how exhausting that must be. And, then pointed out how tired I looked, especially my eyes. I fully expected commentary on my age and weight to come next, just to make sure she covered all the bases.
Well, I was tired, but it probably had more to do with me staying up entirely too late watching all the season finales than me working too hard teaching my kids. That, and the fact that I only have about 3 eyelashes to my name and I had forgotten to wear mascara that day, which makes a difference even on three eyelashes.
I’m doing something different with the older girls right now.They are reading Little House on the Prairie. They each have a book and I am giving them quizzes each day on the chapters, dictation from each chapter and vocabulary. We are also managing to work in some geography and history. I’m enjoying it and it’s a nice change. They are happy because they are off the hook for English for a few months.
If you homeschool year round, do you change things up for the summer?
