06-26-2018, 06:33 AM
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Rose Garden ![](images/r7.gif)
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 21,260
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Re: Do you have a summer schedule/routine/rhythm?
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Originally Posted by sweetpeas
This is why I started schooling year round way back when my oldest kids were 5 or 6. When we stopped "school" (which had only been things like art and nature and reading stories together) in the spring, it was horrible, my kids were "bored" and at loose ends, instead of having more time for my projects like I'd hoped, I was constantly breaking up kid bickering or cleaning up messes, etc. As the summer progressed we did fall into a new routine, and then in the fall when it was time to start back up with school, we had more struggles as the routine had to change, AGAIN! I swore, never again, and we've schooled year round ever since. We're super laid back about it, and I am much more willing to BE laid back when I know that it all averages out. We make sure that school is following their interests and learning styles, so it's not at all a "burden" on them. In fact now, when people ask "don't you get a summer break?" they're just confused . . . so I'd stop reading the books I love to read and stuff in the summer? why? (year round, if they start to burn out on a specific subject, they set it aside for a few days or weeks, as needed and then jump back in, refreshed from their break). . . .Obviously, over the years, routines and schedules have changed, but it means we make changes when they're needed, not arbitrarily twice a year. I wouldn't have it any other way! ![happy smile](images/smilies/asmile.gif)
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This is what my experience has been this past year when I tried to take brakes, it was horrible.
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Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen
and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine.
How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this.
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