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How to Plan the Best Summer Break for Your Homeschool Family: Part 2

How to Plan the Best Summer Break for your Homeschool Family Part 2

If you haven’t yet read Part 1 of this series, do that first or the rest of this won’t make as much sense: How to Plan the Best Summer Break for Your Homeschool Family: Part 1

In Part 1 we covered the first two steps in planning a great summer break for your family. As a reminder those steps are:

  • Step #1: Set Your Summer Goals
  • Step #2: Take Inventory & Do Research

Hopefully, those two initial brainstorming steps were accomplished in the time it took your kids to binge watch a season of Bluey. 

Now that you’ve got your goals and you’ve researched the “tools” you’ve got at your disposal, keep reading to find out what to do next!

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How to Plan the Best Summer Break for Your Homeschool Family: Part 1

How to Plan the Best Summer Break for Your Homeschool Family Part 1

What’s the best way to approach summer break if you’re a homeschooling family? 

Like the rest of homeschooling, there’s no one right method. Some families “do school” year round. Other families unschool – their relaxed school year is indistinguishable from their summer break. And some (like my own family) create a light structure, but take a break from some or all of their usual school work. 

No matter how you do it, the keys to success are…

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Merry Christmas 2022

Merry Christmas 2022

According to the internet (so it must be true, right?), ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus is the one we credit for the saying…

“The only constant is change.”

– Heraclitus

Looking back on 2022, it’s tempting for me to agree and lament the unexpected, difficult, and life-altering changes that my family has experienced this year. 

But, while change is often a regular occurrence, it is NOT the only constant. 

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Kids Are Always Learning (Even on Vacation)

Kids Are Always Learning Even on Vacation

”Do you ask a fish how it swims? Or a bird how it flies? No sirree, you don’t! They do it because they were born to do it!”

– Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Just like Willy Wonka was born to invent new candy bars, kids were born to learn!

This isn’t the first time I’ve written about why homeschooling works easily for kids of all ages. They’re even learning on sick days. And, on our recent trip to the lake, I was reminded (yet again) how kids are always learning – even on vacation!

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