Why We Homeschool Over The Summer

Why We Homeschool Over The Summer | Raising A to Z

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We’ve been homeschooling for 6 years. But, for the last 3 years, we’ve embraced a year-round homeschooling schedule. Which means we homeschool our kids all summer long. And that blows people's minds that our kids do school over the summer. There are several excellent reasons why we choose to keep schooling over the summer. It might make you consider trying it out too!
0:00 Why we homeschool over the summer
2:19 Less learning loss
5:40 More realistic life
7:24 A life of learning
9:14 More flexible schedule
11:51 Makes September easier
14:13 They aren’t deprived
16:09 Wrap-up
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@littlebitsofbliss 12 күн бұрын

I totally agree! It’s really hard to teach work ethic and a love of learning when they believe they are owed the summers off with no school!

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

Exactly! They need to realize that learning can happen any where and any time. It's not situational or seasonal.

@julysanchez-sadowski7086 12 күн бұрын

I plan a year-round school schedule (3rd Day of the new School Year!). I do a "sabbath" schedule of 6 weeks on and one week off with adjustments over November and December. I plan for a 40-week academic year, 4 days a week, for 160 planned educational days. Where I live I need 180 educational days per school year (Albuquerque, NM, USA). Field trips fill the last 20 days. It works for us, and most school days average 4 hours.

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

That's so nice. I would love to do the sabbath schedule but with my husband's teaching schedule, we just need so much more flexibility in the summer. And I'm glad that you can accommodate you state's requirements with an alternative schedule. So many people see requirements like that and then just do the school schedule, not realizing that you can do something different.

@kara3930 11 күн бұрын

It seems to me like the same people that tell me "I could NEVER homeschool in the summer" are the same ones asking "What learning should we do to prevent the summer slide?" Make it make sense. But hey, we all run things how we want to run things, which is something I think we all value about home education.

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

Yes! If you don't want them to slide during the summer, then they have to do a little bit of something. A little summer school, goes a long way.

@WednesdayMorgendorffer 11 күн бұрын

Great video! We started off homeschooling year 'round because my oldest didn't want to stop for the summer. I quickly saw the benefits and now wouldn't want to do it any other way.

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

Awesome! My girls like doing school during the summer too!

@danielcrowe1335 11 күн бұрын

I agree that is the best schedule for kids. Besides your children always need a schedule and routine.

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

The consistent routine is so good for the kids. I find we all thrive better with some structure, even during the summer.

@TheSpicyandFunLife 12 күн бұрын

I couldn't imagine not teaching my kids over the summer. Thank you for the info.❤

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

It's honestly so helpful in the long run.

@HomeschoolMamaJ 11 күн бұрын

Im considering year round homeschooling, but maybe a much more relaxed schedule. I’m conflicted with exactly what you said, about preparing them for the future and little chance of them having summers off as an adult. Wouldn’t that mean it’s even more important now for them to have a childhood with summers off? The majority of people have had those fun carefree summers and then as adults we go on to working knowing the expectation is that we will have to work through the summer. Having had free summers for all those years doesn’t change that. The memories I have of my childhood summers are so wonderful. I’m conflicted that I’d be taking some of that away from my kids. Perhaps more of an unschooling approach would work for us during summers because we do love to learn everyday and find it happens organically. I do like the idea of being able to be more flexible throughout the year though.

@RaisingAtoZ 10 күн бұрын

Our summer schedule is very different than our fall schedule. Next week's video will go over what our summer school looks like. And they still gets lots of free time during summer. We typically have a rule that if we're home during the morning, then we do school. But if we're off (camping, travelling, playdates, etc) then there's no school.

@HomeschoolMamaJ 10 күн бұрын

@@RaisingAtoZ I love that! I look forward to the next video ☺

@danielcrowe1335 10 күн бұрын

Awesome