The more and more I think about homeschooling versus school, an issue that keeps reappearing is the freedom that it gives you. How long has school been from 8.30am until 3.30pm or later and been set out in a three term structure. The winter term being the longest and hardest, and believe me I know this from experience having been a teacher. The seasons are changing and peoples work life balance is changing.
Do you think it might be that homeschooling is not the only answer but maybe a more flexible school day and term set up. How about school being for the same number of weeks in a year but set out differently. School could start in late January, giving everyone much more time to enjoy the Christmas and New Year period and enabling everyone to go away for some of those January blues. Then having two weeks in March off, two weeks in May off, two weeks in July off and then all of September off which does now seem to be our summer. Returning to school in October and having a week off at the end of November and then finishing a week before Christmas. The children will then not get overtired, parents do not have to find activities for eight weeks of the summer. Everything just seems a little easier and more spread out.
Or how about having part time school either a four day week or a shorter day. I know the shorter day will cause problems with people that work etc so I think it should be part time school and lets all have a longer weekend. Is life for working or living. I do love my bubble that I live in I wish everyone else could join me!
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Mmm I think this is a bubble a lovely one but a bubble none the less - I do agree that the terms should be altered and that it would be great to have shorter summer hols and more odd weeks here and there to break up the year - I think this would come into its own as kids get older and find it harder to be stimulated. However, when you live where I do there is very little to offer your kids re homeschooling as it is so far from anything, where you are is quite different and if I was there i would consider doing the same.
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