Nothing formalized, really - except in the area of music. And yet, she actually has ended up doing quite a lot based on her own goals.
She will continue her cello lessons, although at a more leisurely pace. The teacher does not follow a strict weekly schedule during the summer. She has open slots that leave room for her own personal activities and vacations, and then we sign up for those slots as we wish around our personal activities and vacations.
I don't have any FORMAL study requirements but do like to keep their brains engaged. Evan is taking an online robotics course and spending about 20 - 60 minutes 5 days/week on it. He's doing some reading and that's about it. He does play around on some "educational" web sites once in a while.
Megan (age 8) has been a little more relaxed. She's been reading and once in a while I've pulled out the math flashcards and spent 5 or 10 minutes with her. She's starting 3rd grade in the fall and that's when they do gifted identification so I'd like to have her at her best for that. She's been in some informal pull out groups for the past two years but I really want her identified because she's the kind of child that does what's asked of her but not much more.
Both kids did 4 weeks of camp after school started and Evan had swimming so the schedule has been a little hodge-podge up to this point. Evan finishes swimming this week and Megan is at a horseback riding camp. When these activities are finished, I'll likely work a little more academics into our routine. I do want them to have time to enjoy the summer and socialize though. We have new neighbors that are very fun and very social. We're looking forward to that!
We're homeschoolers, and we try to do school year round, though in summers it becomes a very light type of schedule. I absolutely REFUSE to waste my time re-teaching them basic math skills, which happens every single time we take off more than a few weeks! I don't know how teachers have the patience for that quite frankly! We do math all summer long, we just keep going with our lessons, usually averaging 3 times a week, sometimes less, sometimes more with weeks off for any trips or camps.
Latin is the other area they tend to forget, but we don't go on with our lessons, we review all lessons already finished, so it's pretty quick and easy. Both kids are doing a unit study on writing, dd with letter writing (using the book Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler) and ds is studying poems (with the book Out of the Dust).
My son reads constantly, so that's not an issue, my daughter is in a book club and doesn't like to read much, but she's working her way through the recommended book right now (slowly).
We take a lot of time off during the year, and are pretty flexible with our schedule year round, so it works out well for them to do work over the summer, that way we don't lose what we've learned AND it allows us to take time off mid year to do stuff when crowds are low and such.
This is the ONLY year that I have been a slacker. Normally, my kids go to summer school and when it commences they have Summer Bridging books. Well because the school year was so challenging for them all, I gave them a month off. They read for an hour a day minimum (30 in the morning, 30 at night) and they are required to give me a report of some sort on the book. Jasmin reenacted a book she read, Isaiah did an actual written report and Julian wrote a poem summary of his book. Isaiah has been practicing his trumpet everyday also.
However, while they are in CA (July 21st-Aug 19th)..they are reuniting with their old tutor to brush up for the upcoming school year. They will take assessments when they get there and based on the results they will be tutored.
I will say that next summer they will be taking some enrichment courses. I almost wish year round school would come to Illinois. Kids don't need 2.5 months off! Its crazy!!
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Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
Nothing formalized, really - except in the area of music.
And yet, she actually has ended up doing quite a lot based on her own goals.
She will continue her cello lessons, although at a more leisurely pace.
The teacher does not follow a strict weekly schedule during the summer.
She has open slots that leave room for her own personal activities and vacations, and then we sign up for those slots as we wish around our personal activities and vacations.
I generally don't expect anything beyond reading and a continuation of his music studies (private lessons, workshops, performance opportunities etc).
I don't have any FORMAL study requirements but do like to keep their brains engaged. Evan is taking an online robotics course and spending about 20 - 60 minutes 5 days/week on it. He's doing some reading and that's about it. He does play around on some "educational" web sites once in a while.
Megan (age 8) has been a little more relaxed. She's been reading and once in a while I've pulled out the math flashcards and spent 5 or 10 minutes with her. She's starting 3rd grade in the fall and that's when they do gifted identification so I'd like to have her at her best for that. She's been in some informal pull out groups for the past two years but I really want her identified because she's the kind of child that does what's asked of her but not much more.
Both kids did 4 weeks of camp after school started and Evan had swimming so the schedule has been a little hodge-podge up to this point. Evan finishes swimming this week and Megan is at a horseback riding camp. When these activities are finished, I'll likely work a little more academics into our routine. I do want them to have time to enjoy the summer and socialize though. We have new neighbors that are very fun and very social. We're looking forward to that!
I guess I am a mean mom lol.
We don't do summers off.
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Both girls have required reading/projects that are due in Sept.
We're homeschoolers, and we try to do school year round, though in summers it becomes a very light type of schedule. I absolutely REFUSE to waste my time re-teaching them basic math skills, which happens every single time we take off more than a few weeks! I don't know how teachers have the patience for that quite frankly! We do math all summer long, we just keep going with our lessons, usually averaging 3 times a week, sometimes less, sometimes more with weeks off for any trips or camps.
Latin is the other area they tend to forget, but we don't go on with our lessons, we review all lessons already finished, so it's pretty quick and easy. Both kids are doing a unit study on writing, dd with letter writing (using the book Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler) and ds is studying poems (with the book Out of the Dust).
My son reads constantly, so that's not an issue, my daughter is in a book club and doesn't like to read much, but she's working her way through the recommended book right now (slowly).
We take a lot of time off during the year, and are pretty flexible with our schedule year round, so it works out well for them to do work over the summer, that way we don't lose what we've learned AND it allows us to take time off mid year to do stuff when crowds are low and such.
This is the ONLY year that I have been a slacker. Normally, my kids go to summer school and when it commences they have Summer Bridging books. Well because the school year was so challenging for them all, I gave them a month off. They read for an hour a day minimum (30 in the morning, 30 at night) and they are required to give me a report of some sort on the book. Jasmin reenacted a book she read, Isaiah did an actual written report and Julian wrote a poem summary of his book. Isaiah has been practicing his trumpet everyday also.
However, while they are in CA (July 21st-Aug 19th)..they are reuniting with their old tutor to brush up for the upcoming school year. They will take assessments when they get there and based on the results they will be tutored.
I will say that next summer they will be taking some enrichment courses. I almost wish year round school would come to Illinois. Kids don't need 2.5 months off! Its crazy!!
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