summer school

So finally the schoolyear is over and summer is here. We're going to do school over the summer, but on a more relaxed basis. Without repetition, so many facts are lost, we find it easier this way. I was talking with my oldest daughter yesterday about homeschooling and some of the flack we got about it when she and her brother, now in their 20's, were kids. So many people criticize the lack of socialization. Yet so much of the school socialization is less than desirable. And the bus ride to and from school- that's a story in itself. Maybe my kids are sheltered. I kind of like it that way. I can't prevent them from being bombarded with ideas I don't approve of, but in our family, we have seen that homeschooling delays it, giving them a little more time to mature before the bombardment. Makes sense to me.