How do you kick off your home school year, and how do you start each school day?

Question

How do you kick off your home school year, and how do you start each school day?

Answer 1

I kick off the year by doing whatever the **** I want when I wake up! lol right now im fighting with my parents to stay with homeschooling although its really my fault because I didn't find a job soon enough...  

Answer 2

when I was home schooled we would go to IHOP for breakfast as a family

Answer 3

We tend to kick off the year with visits to the zoo and other places that are crowded in the summer and get school groups during term time. It's lovely the first couple of weeks the schools are back in before they get themselves organised :-)

We don't do school at home so there's no 'school day' and no standard way to start the day.

Answer 4

Well this year I'm kicking off every day by getting my butt out of bed and getting off to the colege for chemistry or one of my other duel enrollment classes, but usually the day started with a Word of the Day, Quote of the Day, and a "Today in History" where we looked at and talked about something that happened on this particular date in history and how it affects our lives today. For a while in tenth grade I'd start the day off with a poetry reading as I was very big on poetry that year. I'm hoping we can integrate some of that into our day starting this year, but right now I've got to go. Class starts at the college in an hour.  

Answer 5

For our son, he's "in school" year-round, since we go with a more relaxed homeschooling style, so there is no true kick-off. (It's not quite unschooling, but very eclectic.) This year however, we are purposely going on a small vacation after Labor Day, to take advantage of the off-season rates and bypassing the summer tourists, allowing us to reconnect as a family and truly appreciate our time together. It will also give us some time to think about what direction our son wants to take as he nears adulthood.

Answer 6

By falling out of bed, *smile*.