I decided to homeschool my kids during the summer months so they can keep their minds and bodies active (and away from video games). This is chapter seven of my Home Summer School Diary.
When I first thought to do this summer home education program, I had all these ideas, the neighbors and friends were involved, I was researching curriculum online.... Now that we're in week 7 (which is technically Week 8 but we took the first week off), I see how much it has changed.
I found I was too busy to spend an entire Sunday night drawing up a lesson plan when it worked out just as well to pull a few things together quickly in the morning. I realized this even moreso when I saw that smaller amounts of work were sufficient. Spending so much time trying to put together a full schedule was seeming less necessary.
I also found that materials for the lessons were easily accessible. Teachers had kindly sent home packets at the end of the school year (THANK YOU!), there are various pieces online, and even the dollar stores sell math activity books for a buck.
Having so much to choose from and cutting back on the lessons has kept the interest going. I saw my son really starting to want a break from it all. So, we took a trip to the dollar store and he picked out an activity book for his grade level and was excited to do it.
All in all, I'm learning that if you want to do a summertime education program, you have to keep it simple, short, and vary it up. I can't expect my kids to want to put in hours of work. This is their summer break. I had to keep the goal in mind - to maintain their skill level.
My Homeschool Summer School Diary is an attempt on receiving and giving tips on how to homeschool kids during the summer months to keep them active and ready for a new school year. It's also an experiement to see how my kids adapt to possible homeschooling in the future.
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