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Answering some HS questionsInquiring minds want to know:Q: Do your kids get snow days? A: No. Side note: we still do school but if it's great packing snow they play outside first for awhile then do school. Q: Do the kids get sick days? A: Yes, if they are really sick, they don't do school that day. However, if it's just the sniffles- I just place a box of Kleenex on the table and we keep going! I have actually found with Maiden, that she gets her schooling done faster and with less fuss when she's a bit under the weather and curled up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket and cup of Sprite. Must be all that extra attention and "fluff". Q: Do your kids get days off? A: Hmm. This is a tough one. We school at home 4 days a week with the 5th day being our homeschool group meeting day. I have found our homeschooling lifestyle to be that every day is a school day- whether we are "doing" school or not; we just keep learning in all we do. We do schedule fun, silly days- like celebrating Dr. Suess or Talk Like A Pirate Day or School in our Jammies Day or Backwards Day. We also go on many fun field trips- which count as school but are so fun you don't know you are "doing" school. Q: Do your kids get Spring Break? A: Not a full 5 days, but we will be taking Maundy Thursday and Good Friday off from our regular schooling. We will be studying the Holy Week together. Q: Do you school year round? A: Well, these are yes/no questions but I don't have yes/no answers. We do a full school schedule for 180 days but as I said before the learning doesn't stop. We continue with spelling and math throughout the summer just at a slower pace and we also do a short 4 week unit study each summer. This year the girls are trying to decide if they want to do a gardening study or pirates- or both! Q: Do you grade them? Do you test them? A: Since this is my first year and I'm still "learning" how to do it all- I have not given out specific A, B, C grades except in math. I do keep records and chart their progress. So I'd have to say we do progress reports- such as "satisfactory, improving or unsatisfactory" in all subjects. They have math tests every 10 lessons and we test in spelling but other than that- we don't test. I don't do a standardized test either. I am thinking of doing some type of test at the end of next year but right now am only in the beginning stages of looking into the different types of testing available. [Note: The state of More Q and A to come . . . . Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 716 of 1617 } { Next Page } |
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