Previous posts have concentrated on the benefits of
continuing to school throughout the summer. It wouldn’t be fair not to
present the other side of the coin for consideration.
There are wonderful reasons why homeschoolers should
break for summer. First of all, most of us have grown up having summers
off and we all have managed to become responsible, educated adults. There
is no reason why a child that takes the summer off from schooling will be at a
disadvantage in the fall.
Best of all, when homeschoolers take a break for summer
they are able to catch up on some of the activities they may have been missing
during the year. Simple ones, like getting to stay up late or sleeping in
might mean a lot to your student.
Many think homeschoolers should break for the summer
because they don’t want to miss out on “summer vacation”, that idyllic time of
year we all looked forward to as children and consider a very memorable part of
our childhood.
One practical reason why homeschoolers should break for
summer is that summer schooling makes you out of sync with friends and
neighbors who attend traditional schools. It can be quite difficult to
teach with the doorbell ringing every few minutes or kids begging to go out and
play!
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