summer "schedule"

Well, I love my summers “off” so I tend not to schedule any academics.  I think we forget how much they learn and grow naturally.  Remember CM’s “Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life.”.

That being said, here are some things we typically do during summer:

Review Scripture at breakfast table (or sometimes at a different meal)

I read aloud Literature after lunch

Oldest loves to read.  She reads often, and from a wide variety.

We listen to music from our composer and look at pictures from our artist. (resource: classicalmusicnartcharlottemasonstyle.blogspot.com)

Kids help weed the garden for set amount of minutes each day.

The children spend lots of time out doors in the morning, plus time in the pool in the afternoon.

The children often pull out craft materials and create stuff during the hottest part of day.

They are outdoors again in the evenings running about.  Some evenings we go to the beach as a family.

I will set aside time this summer for my son to practice his reading since he is a fairly new reader and will not choose to read on his own.

I am thinking of saving the enrichment pages from the children’s MUS books for a little extra math practice, but different from the regular work.

We visit family and meet up with friends regularly during the summer.  That is another reason I don’t like to schedule too much.

I plan to use summer to train my children in new chores. (Tristan’s Chore Training advice).

I usually can and freeze a lot during summer, and I will have a new baby, so I don’t want to overextend myself as the mom/teacher.  Your situation is probably different, so your choices may be different.  I hope these ideas are helpful.

I schedule 6 weeks of summer school,  and the subjects vary according to what each needs.  Some do math, some don’t.  For those who don’t write in their free time, I schedule copywork of their choice or a summer journal entry three days a week.

If they have subjects or projects they haven’t finished, they do those.

For those who need to be kept busy,  and/or need life skills training,  they do special projects with me, some are organizing projects.

For the reluctant readers,  I schedule reading,  but not for those who read naturally.

Often times I schedule a Bible curriculum for several of them to do together.

Most of our summer school is independent work.

Sometimes I use summer to teach a child to read or a shorter subject such as state history or grammar that I have trouble fitting in during the year.

We school year round and take our breaks here and there-at Christmas, after each term, whenever our family is taking our vacation, when we’re feeling a bit burnt out, etc. We end up taking 3 weeks or so off during the summer but not all at once. Summers are HOT here in Florida so we might as well stay indoors during the heat of the day and do school so that we can get out when it’s nice in the fall, winter and spring. For the past two years we’ve taken our big break from Thanksgiving to New Years.