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I read a lot about all the different activities people have their kids in. Right now my kids are young (almost 6, 3.5 and 17 mon). We stay home usually 4 days a week, and then do one outing once a week. Of course Sundays are church, and sometimes we go out Saturdays with DH. Do people do a 4 day a week schedule? If you do 5 days, when do you do outings? I really feel like my kids behave better when we are home more. For a few weeks we were doing outings twice a week, and we had a lot of behavior issues! I know kids thrive on routine, and all 3 of mine have SPD which makes routine even more important. But of course then you have the old socialization question. So I guess I am asking whether there are really other HS moms out there who stay home 5 days a week?
Yup!! We stay home at least 5 days a week. Sometimes 6. There are seasons (like right now) where we are out more because of the one “extra” we allow our children to pick during the year (like baseball or swimming lessons). We’ve done a 4 day school schedule, a 5 day and a 6 day. It just depends on what season of life we are in.
Right now we’re doing 6 days of school a week to prepare for the new baby that will be coming and to make up for lost time when I was on bedrest and we did no schooling. LAst sumer, we did 4 days a week, because it matched up nicely with my husbands work schedule. We’d take our time off to visit with friiends, get stuff done around the house, do our shopping, etc. My kids don’t have SPD, but things run much more smoothly on a schedule here too. Do what works for your family! That’s the beauty of homeschooling! Yes there are!! We also do a 5 day week. This year we schooled “year round” which then enabled us to have more freedom on which days to take off through the year. But my kiddo’s like their summer break so they accrued their days so they could have 6 weeks off in the summer.
I have six children but only the youngest three are schooling at home now, and they are teens….but even so….I find it works better for us to not have a lot of running around. And for sure it worked better for us when they were little. Even now I try to schedule dr. and dentist in the afternoon so we can still have our mornings.
When they were little….they thrived on the routine and structure,[actually they still do] And our days went smoother because they knew what to expect. That doesn’t mean we didn’t have any days out….but it wasn’t regular….it was more of a treat….especially if dad could join us.
Yes, I felt a little guilty that they weren’t in a sport but honestly….we couldn’t afford it financially or time wise….we’d be going in all different directions if they each did a sport. Now that they are older and there are fewer at home we did look into the youngest boys playing football this year and found a place that has them both practicing at the same time even though they are on different levels. So, we are going to try that out and practice starts next week….we will still be doing school till the end of June. I’m hoping it won’t be too bad since the practices are in the early morning….then we can come home and jump right into school.
We stay home all the time. We tried some little groups years ago, but that didn’t fit with us. Also, I have fatigue issues and migraines. I just can’t commit to outside people like I would have to in a co-op or something. We like to stick to ourselves for school. We go to church and youth activities during the week. I’m just too tired to do more than this, and I’ve got a 20 yr old that had turned out fine so far. In fact, far better than fine!
We are out, usually every day for some activity (Bible study for me and the kids or me going to the gym for a work out while the kids do their PE type class) but have a schedule in that and it works great. My youngest tends to be “happier” when we get out and do things, come home for him to nap really well while we do school with the big kids.
Depending on the day the kids know the schedule and we all like routine.
Forgot to say, when we are gone it is rarely over 2 hours, so even if out every day, they are not for long periods of time 🙂
When my kids were younger it was ok with them (and us) to be home a lot. Since I was working at the time I really needed to be home to get as much done as I could. The older they became the more activities we have allowed outside the home. (I say “allowed” but the truth is, we have encouraged most of them.) My oldest is not as interested in doing a ton, so he’s content being home except for church, sports, and the occasional outing with friends (and I mean occasional!). My other two really enjoy going to the park, sports related activities, community classes, co-ops, volunteer work, etc., you name it, they want to do it! We are out of the house everyday of the week for one thing or another. They do enjoy simple days when we are relaxing and don’t have to go anywhere and they can just play, but they wouldn’t give up their activities except for when we’re on break at certain seasons.
But, we don’t have little ones anymore and we don’t have a lot of children…plus, my dh has always wanted his dc to be inolved in activities outside the home. We certainly don’t think others should do what we do, but I do have several friends with younger children than ours (or about the same age) and they are involved in a ton of activities too.
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