How many weeks of the year do you school?

[KerriF]

We don't have any attendance rules/laws here. I'm just trying to get an idea what everyone normally does. Last year we did 36 weeks. This year I am looking at stopping at 32. Just wondering:D

Thanks

[Alana in Canada]

well, the flip answer is 52.

The real answer, for us, is that I plan 40-42. But it just somehow never works out that way.

[momofkhm]

The state encourages us to have 180 days of school, but it's not required. I use that number as a guide, and that works out to 36 weeks.

[Beth in Central TX]

I plan 36 weeks too; however, once we've finished with a program, I let it fall from our schedule. Therefore, the last 3 or 4 weeks mostly consist of math and grammar.

[5wolfcubs]

At the start of the year I plan 180 days/36 weeks and since we're using TOG too, it works out perfect. But I tend to condense at the end of year when we've finished most things and enthusiasm is nil...
I'd REALLY like to be done the last week in April this year so that would put us at 33 weeks. I think we can do it! :D

[KerriF]

Your answers helped me. I guess we will probably keep going till 36 weeks. I think by that time we will only have math, spelling, and reading.:) Just thinking out loud:D

Thanks

[Karen in CO]

This year, using lessons learned from my oldest, we aren't going to stop math or writing practice. We have gotten into a habit of daily math and handwriting or copy work. We will continue that through the summer. It was hard to get my dd into this habit so we won't stop. I also continue to require daily reading, but in summer it is all free choice. We are also going to do a few weeks of next year's history because it is Medieval and Ren. and my girls love going to the Ren. Fest all through the summer.

So we do 180 days, but I don't worry if we miss days anymore because we will get in plenty of work and still relax and enjoy the summer.

[mcconnellboys]

We also do 36 weeks,

Regena

[elegantlion]

I plan 36 weeks as 180 are required by our state. I also do like others and as subjects are completed they fall off the schedule.

[chiguirre]

We do a little bit at least everyday, especially reading practice. The major thing that changes in summer is our roster of outside activities.

[nutmeg]

We basically 'school' from Labor Day to Memorial Day, taking time off as we like.

[Plaid Dad]

We're required to provide 180 days of instruction. I schedule 40 weeks for reporting purposes, but we pretty much go year-round.

[Sue in St Pete]

We school year round. That meant for many years, that we took a spring and fall week-long vacation and all of December off. That would be 46 weeks.

Last year, we took a spring and fall week-long vacation, all of December off, and 4 weeks off during the summer. That would be 42 weeks.

It seems the older ds gets, the more he has a desire to have off some during the summer due to ps kid comparison. Even though the vast majority of the ps kids are not much more available during the summer <shrug>.

[Narrow Gate Academy]

Most of our subjects are finished in 36 weeks. A few of them run as long as 40 weeks. This year we're going to continue a few things through the summer time, but the daily schedule will be much lighter.

[Laura Corin]

39 - the UK standard.

Laura

[SandraDumas]

36-38 plus lots of review and reading in summer!

[momtolgd]

Planning on 38, but if we need it I won't sweat taking more time off as long as we do at least 36 weeks.

[Jenny in Florida]

. . . we've always gone more like 40-42 weeks. We start when the public schools do and end when they do and don't take off all the time they do. Plus, we usually keep at least one subject going for each child through the summer (which I didn't count in the number given above).

However, this year, we're still adjusting to the upheaval caused by my daughter going off to college. For a variety of reasons too complex to explain, I've ended up driving her back and forth to campus each time she has a break or whatever AND we all went up there for a week to visit her during Family Weekend. It's 800+ miles each way, so I lose most of a week at home each time I have to make the trip.

Sometimes, my son (the remaining homeschooler) has gone with me. I enforce at least some reading and schoolwork on the road, and we try to squeeze in a field trip along the way. But we still end up behind and don't get in full days on the road.

In addition, my son has had wonderful luck with performance opportunities this year. He ended up being in 17 performances of The Nutcracker, including the weekday matinees for school groups, which ate a few weeks in December. Then, he got cast to help workshop a new opera, which involved spending most of two weeks rehearsing at an arts center. Then, he was invited to go to New York to spend another week rehearsing and doing a couple of presentations there. So, although I tried to have him at least keep up with some of his reading and, again, we worked in a few educational field trips, we lost most of five or six weeks there.

Consequently, we are now resigned to working later into the summer than usual and, even so, settling for 36 weeks of actual desk time. We'll still accomplish most or all of what I planned for the year; we just have to pack it into a little less time than I'm used to having.

--Jenny

[JWSJ]

We HS all year round and do not stop except for a few camps each year.

[nmoira]

We school short days, year round (days will get a bit longer as the kids get older). Last year we probably did 48 weeks of 4 or 5 days, with two weeks scheduled time out only for vacation and another two weeks for a family emergency.