Jocelyn's blog
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The public and private schools around us took a two week break recently. Everyone around us assumed that we would be having "holidays" as well. I find this a tough one. We work well at this time of year and to stop would break the rhythm and yet, everyone expects you to have holidays because they are. There's always the pull of the neighbourhood children being around, available to play, catching up with other "school" friends and even homeschool friends who are on this break. Sometimes, we've fallen in line with everyone else but the past two years, we haven't. So what have we done? We usually do the bare basics - Reading, Maths, English and Bible. Other activities tend to stop - like the piano lessons, swimming and other sports and then, the "free" time becomes filled with visits to friends or having other children over to play. In the second week, we had something on every afternoon. I find this tiring and enjoy getting back to our regular routine but so far, have preferred having this mix to any other. I like saving up holidays for when we want to go away or when we've had enough and need a break. I'm not sitting here marking roll and notching up days of attendance. I know we are flexible and that's a strength of homeschooling. For me, it's more about our momentum, our pace and working within that. What have you done in the past or this year when "holidays" have come? |
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