Air out the back packs, pick out new lunch boxes, hit the warehouse and discount retailers for markers, pencils and glue sticks. It's school time!
What exactly does that mean for you and your family? Does it mean you need to get the kids re-adjusted to an earlier bed time and wake up time? Are you first week in the carpool? Maybe you need to check where the new bus stop is. All this seems completely normal and habitual for some, but for those of us who choose to educate our children at home...It's a whole different box of crayons!
How blessed I felt this year when I again realized I didn't have a teacher wish list, or class supply list to fill. Of course there were a handful of items to pick up at the annual AFHE (Arizona Families for Home Education) Convention, such as math curriculum, timeline and sketch books, phonics curriculum for our youngest, and the token treat for each child, but I can honestly say that we spend less money throughout the year not having to buy candles, cookie dough, hot lunches away from home, water bottles, book fair trinkets, teacher gifts, new school clothes, and of course never ending supplies for each classroom including huge boxes of tissue!
My family began our "home school" schedule on July 27th; the same week the Chandler Public Schools did. We do this each year in order to coincide with vacations and breaks that other neighborhood families have. The Chandler schools are on a modified year-round calendar. Summer consists of about seven weeks off, and fall break, winter break and spring break are each two weeks long. Although this calendar is a guideline for our family, we are also privileged with the ability to set our schedule according to the needs of our family. Arizona is a great state for homeschooling in that our state government does not dictate how many, or what days we need to have our kids in "school". Last year, we took a shortof a small length or duration. (of a ball in sport) travelling only a small distance before bouncing break in October, but had a nice three week vacationa holiday period between terms in universities and law courts in December and January. Imagine that. We can actually decide what we feel is best for our own children. We have good friendsa person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations. Used in polite address to an acquaintance or stranger who really never stop schooling through what most call "summer break". They utilize opportune moments and days to keep learning in more formal settings. Just think of the retention their kids exhibit! No worries. I don't know a single homeschooling family who never takes a break.
Whether it is supplies and clothing you are concerned with at this moment, or keeping on top of your calendar, don't let the well-being of your family get lost in the chaos of another school start-up. Take time to pray for your children. Ask for safety in their days and growth in their spirits. And if that chaos has you wondering why you send your kids away from the ones whom God put in charge, - YOU, maybe you need to consider homea rule or system of rules recognized by a country or community as regulating the actions of its members and enforced by the imposition of penalties. Such rules as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession. Statute law and the common law. Something regarded as having binding force or effect: his word was law. (the law) informal the police educating. It's more fun than you can imagine.
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