Our School Year

In our homeschool we try to stick to the traditional school year as far as months go. We enjoy having the summer months off so we can attend several church camps. I usually plan for a 4 day school week for academics and the fifth day we like to work on our electives such as art, crafts, home economics, extra reading or to catch up on a day we have taken off. My husband is on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so we cannot really plan our days off according to his schedule, we just take a random day off here and there. I also decorate wedding cakes and if it is a very detailed or large cake I really need Friday to work on it. I have never been an early person, so we start school at 9:00 and work until we are finished with what I have planned. I know our schedule would never work for families who have a set work schedule but it works for us.