Break

Wow, so it has been almost a year since my last post. We are still going strong with homeschooling. This has been our first year giving year-round school a try. It has worked really well for us. At the beginning of the year, which started in July, I didn't sit down and plan out exactly which days we would have school and which days we would take off. I have been able to be really flexible with school days and take time off when we needed it. It has ended up playing out that we have school for 8-9 weeks and then take a week off.

It is getting close to time for another break soon. We took two weeks off for Christmas and aside from the occasional day off here or there we haven't taken another week off yet. And I know it is time when my youngest asks, "Mom, when are we going to take a break from school". I have been waiting because we have been trying to decide if we are going to take a trip somewhere soon.

Last spring we were able to take an amazing trip to Arizona to visit my best friend. We didn't take time off from school for this trip because it was a learning experience the whole way. I taught about each of the states that we traveled through and we were able to visit the Grand Canyon and learn about it as well. We took our break when we came back home. It was nice to have a week to get settled back into our home life, getting caught up on laundry and getting caught up on sleep.

So I have been waiting to see if we take a big enough trip, will it be a learning trip and us need a week off after we come home. Hopefully the kids will be patient with me so we can decide where and when our next trip will be along with their break from school.