As our school year started several years ago, I found our calendar swamped with fun activities. Hikes, homeschool day at the zoo, special events at museums, tickets to a play… Almost every Friday was booked with some activity or another.
Rather than trying to adjust my lesson plans to accommodate the occasional Friday at home, I decided to plan on four-day work weeks. Any Friday that we were at home would be deemed a Fun Friday, a day for hauling out educational games, watching School House Rock or viewing favorite YouTube videos again (Periodic Table song, anyone?), working on puzzles, writing stories, playing math games on the computer or tablet, and accomplishing all those fun-but-time-consuming projects that never seem to fit into the regular work week.
Can you guess what day is my kids’ favorite weekday? Everyone loves Fun Friday, and they enjoy it whether we’re on a field trip with friends (ah, those were the days!) or staying home and doing those bonus activities they treasure so much. Now that they’re older, Fun Friday has morphed into something a little less playful, but it has kept its original feel. Continue reading
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