You can hear it now…”Awww mom, do we have to?” Even
though the kids may be resistant at first, the whole family will discover that
there are many benefits to summer homeschool. First of all, year-round
school is not just for homeschoolers. Many public school systems are
seeing the value of continuous schooling and implementing courses of study the
extend through the summer. One benefit of homeschool in the summer
is less pressure on teacher and students to complete curricula that may need
more practice and the ability to schedule more breaks (read: vacations!)
throughout the year.
Another great benefit to summer homeschool is that days
are structured. How many times have you been presented with a child in
the throes of summer doldrums who has “nothing to do”. This doesn’t
happen when you have an active school plan for the summer months, but since it
is summer you can be casual enough to suspend lessons for a day at the pool
with friends when the mood strikes.
Planning lessons with a summery spin or incorporating
plenty of fun breaks into the plan helps to ease kids into the idea of
schooling year round and gives them a chance to have fun as well. Giving summer
lessons a try this year will allow you to experience the many benefits of
summer homeschool and add a new dimension to your lesson planning.
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