1st Qtr/Unit 1, 9 weeks -- July 9 - Sept 7
*WEEK BREAK* Sept 10-14
2nd Qtr/Unit 2, 9 weeks -- Sept 17 - Nov 16
*WINTER BREAK* Nov 19 - Jan 4, 2008
3rd Qtr/Unit 3, 9 weeks -- Jan 7 - Mar 7
*WEEK BREAK* Mar 10-14
4th Qtr/Unit 4, 9 weeks -- Mar 17 - May 16
*SUMMER BREAK*
Isn't that nice and tidy looking? Well, my wonderful parents are coming for a week in October! Hooray! Dh is already planning the fix-it projects he & my dad can do... But, the schedule!! No way are we doing school while we have company! That is one of the top 10 reasons we homeschool, so we can take time off when we need/want to! :) So...I'm contemplating my options:
a) Take our break as scheduled on Sept 10th, and take a break the week they are here...then we'll have to do school the last week of November.
b) Take no break the week of Sept 10th, just go into Qtr/Unit 2...our week break will occur when my parents are here, and we'll be done before Thanksgiving.
c) Combine weeks 7, 8 & 9 (the next three) into 2, and take our break a week early which will keep us being done before Thanksgiving.
I presented all this to the kids and they liked option c best. And I think I do too...I really am ready for a break. And I need to plan/buy somethings for Tapestry of Grace Unit 2!!
Oh, I thought this blog entry needed a picture. This is Suede, a newborn Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat. They're about the size of cats when they're born and so much fun! We used to raise them...someday I'd love to do it again...and have Miniature Horses. Now that would throw the schedule off!
4 comments:
I love the baby goat! WE used to own a pigmy goat years ago.... he was like our dog! We loved him...
Guess his name.... “Billy D Goat" are we original or what!? lol
We moved to the city and had to give him up... it was the saddest day... he didn’t want to go.... he was so darn lovable... but we did treat him like a dog.... he even liked truck rides with my husband to the lumber store!
About the schedule... man... what is it with life... it just totally throws us off? Whats up woth that? *Ü*
Take cheer... Monday is the begining of a new week!
Pray for ours! LOL
Lisawa
Being able to take time off and mix up the schedule is one of the best parts of home schooling. Even on the weeks off we still end up doing school just not as formally.
The goat is very cute. We live in the city so don't have any pets. My Sophie would love an animal of some kind. We have to be content to visit grandma and grandpa's cat and cows for now.
What a cute goat! I think you've got a good plan for your "kink" in the schedule :) I feel like I have a plan but then I am constantly changing it...oh well the best laid plans....
The weekly report is great. I've seen that on your site and some others...hmmm I think you are all onto something :)
Kerri
How adorable!! He looks like Suede too!
Like you, I love the flexibility of planning our schooling to match our lives!
Susu
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