As usual, this post will be linked to the Weekly Wrap-Up at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
Well, we just finished off week four of this homeschooling experiment and everyone survived. I guess we'll be doing this again next month :-)
If you are interested, you can read here about our Week One, Week Two, and Week Three.
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| That inquisitive little monkey sure is captivating |
Our big "new" thing this week was introducing computer games. Agent E loves them . . . her faves so far are Curious George, Word World, and Super Why (all from PBS Kids Go!). I don't know why, but I really thought it would take her longer to get comfortable with the computer and learning to navigate. In reality it took about 14 seconds, give or take, and most of that was me talking. Agent J is fascinated as well, but she just watches while E controls the mouse.
For October, I have a fall break planned for us, but honestly I don't think Agent E is going to let me do that. She has asked every weekend to do school with Mommy and I think if I tell her we're going to skip an entire week she will look at me like I'm nuts. However, we are taking two full weeks off at Thanksgiving to travel, so I suppose that will be our break?
How do you handle "time off" in your homeschooling calendar? Regular intervals or only when necessitated by going out of town, illness, etc.? Planned or spontaneous? Something special (e.g., family vacation) or just *not* the daily grind? Do your kids look forward to it?
Thanks for reading and have a blessed day.
Hi! I found you through your comment on Simple Mom! We're a Navy family, too, and I am making myself take regular breaks for sanity checks. The first break isn't planned until November and I'm not sure how my kids will take it, either! They often ask to do things over the weekend (in addition to week days) so I'm sure a week off is going to be busy any way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Nellie! We will probably just take "breaks" when we are on vacations, which we've been doing a lot lately since we are now in our last 8 months or so of living overseas and trying to take advantage. Once we get back to the states and hubby is back to sea duty, who knows. Those best laid plans get me every time . . .
ReplyDeleteA word of caution here... minimise screen time in your kids' day. The American Society of Pediatrics recommends ZERO screen time for kids under 2, and no more than 2 hours per day (including ALL screens- TV, iPhone, computer, Nintendo, iPad etc) for children older than 2. There are sound developmental reasons for this.
ReplyDeleteGiven that you've expressed some difficulties about routine, be wary of children slipping to that computer and calling it school... :D