Name: Spreading the Feast Gathering
Start: 2025-07-11T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-07-12T23:59:59-05:00
Location: LaGrange, KY

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November 19, 2012 at 3:39 am
HollyS
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I was planning 3 weeks on, 1 week off. I’ve changed it a bit, and we now do 15 “days” of school each month. It works out to the same number of school days. This has been a better fit for us because we often do 1/2 days. I plan out 15 days of school for the month. We continue right where we left off the day before…even if it’s in the middle of a “day”. I’ve found it’s easier for me to commit to doing 1/2 day of school than an entire day. We generally do 1/2 day, then take a break for lunch or housework. After that, we may or may not work on the 2nd half. If we finish all our work, I may add in a fun extra like a handicraft or nature walk.
I also have a hard time keeping up with it all and will take an afternoon (or entire day) off to catch up on laundry and housework. The 15 days/month schedule makes this easy without falling behind. It’s also easy to take off when we have visitors or doctors appointments.
As far as what month to begin, we just jump in! Our state just requires a certain number of hours each year…we can begin and finish new curriculum whenever we want as long as we have the required number of hours for the year.
November 19, 2012 at 3:39 am
sixtimemom
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I started my 19th year of home schooling and this is the first year I am doing year round schooling. And I am wondering why I didn’t do this sooner.
Basically we need to do 15 days of school a month.
In November there were 22 days of possible school. We could have done school all those days and accrue days off in another month but around here the weather is so pretty it’s nice to take advantage. I had to travel one Friday and another Friday I had a procedure….I love the flexibility.
In Jan. – April we are planning on on schooling without taking any days off so we can accrue some extra days off in the summer.
It will be interesting when we get to the summer since my kids are use to having a few months off but we talked with them before we started this schedule and they understand they will not have the huge block of time off but they will have time off.

November 19, 2012 at 11:23 pm
ForeverMom
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I love all of your ideas about taking time off, but am wondering how do you deal with this same issue with high schoolers? I feel so much pressure to make sure they get in all their required hours and credits and get it done in 4 years. Like right now, we are going to be adopting a 2 year old and taking in a new baby and would love to just take all of December off, but I know my high schoolers won’t get any work done and that will put them further behind. ( up to this point we’ve been following the public school schedule so they are off when their neighborhood friends are off). Any thoughts or ideas?
November 20, 2012 at 12:37 am
Rachel White
Participant
Take the tinme of for you and any family subjects (except maybe one read aloud and Bible study) and schedule days during Dec. for the HSlers. They can do their independent work. Then in Jan., start back up with a fuller schedule.
This is what I do in summer and other times where my attention needs to be elsewhere.