Ideas for homeschooling through the holidays.
Just as there are many different styles of homeschooling methods,
there are just as many varied ways that homeschooling families take on the
holidays. Some families follow their school calendar, taking a break when the
school system breaks. Some families don’t really take a break, opting instead
to work through so they can take time off at another time.
Then you have families like mine. We technically school year
round, breaking when we need/want. Usually, we break from Thanksgiving until
after the New Year. Since we have family spread out, and enjoy doing things in
the community, this works out well.
Having said that, we don’t do nothing over the holidays.
We love learning about the holiday we celebrate, Christmas, but we also really
enjoy learning about other holidays! Some ways that we do that are:
— Discover holiday specific recipes that
you can all make together. Cooking could really count as math, science and life
skills. ;)
— For your older kids, you could even
have them do a short high school writing project on
what their holiday means to them, and what they think is an important aspect of
the celebrations.
What about you? How do you guys handle the holidays in your
homeschool?
