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Landry Academy $300 Coupon

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We have used Landry Academy for one class so far and loved it. My daughter will be doing a Creative Writing class in the fall. They are offering a $300 coupon for fall/spring 2014 classes.  Here is the email:

Homeschool Greetings,

We offer offer over 200 live-taught, Christ-centered, online classes for 4th through 12th grade homeschooled students.

Several thousand homeschooling students take our classes – some take one or two of our online classes and some take most or all of their classes with us.

Our live-taught, Christ-centered, homeschool online classes start in mid August – still time for you to sign up! Scroll down to get the exclusive $300 coupon code (hurry – it ends soon!)

We also offer the following:

  • Two day science lab intensives in 40 locations nationwide: Biology, Chemistry, Physical / Life Science, Physics, and Advanced Biology. Complete a year of hands-on science labs in two intensive, fun days.
  • Two day vocational intensives nationwide: Blacksmithing, Culinary, Cosmetology (hair cutting), and Art. A semester of hands-on work in two intensive, fun days.
  • Homeschool Family Camp
  • Homeschool Study Abroad in Italy
  • Homeschool Academic Summer Camps
  • Homeschool Man Camp
  • Homeschool Mission Trips: France, Italy, Bahamas
  • Whitewater Rafting and Science Homeschool Family weekend
  • Snowtubing and Science Homeschool Family Weekend
  • Homeschool Membership Groups
    • Proverbs 28:19 Homesteading Group
    • 1 Peter 4:10 Leadership Group
    • Philippians 3:14 Moms Walking Group
    • 1 Corinthians 10:31 Food for Health Group

We are offering Homeschool Giveaways Subscribers a $300 Coupon Code. Here are the specifics:

  • Can only be used on a purchase that’s over $500 (prior to the $300 discount)
  • The coupon code can be shared with your homeschooling friends and your homeschool group
  • Can only be used on July 15, 16, or 17, 2014
  • Is limited to one use per family.

Enter this code in the “Coupon Code” box near the end of the registration process: HG777

Visit our site here to see everything we offer!

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Homeschool Calendar 2014-15

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The first thing I do to prepare for a new school year is decide what our calendar will look like. Last year we decided to do 5 weeks on and 1 week off. It was very nice! It seems we needed that week off right around the 4 week mark so knowing it was right around the corner helped both teacher and students. I am continuing a similar pattern but we are doing 6 weeks (Sometimes 5) and 1 week off. I am trying to match our weeks off to holidays (Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving) so it’s a bit off now and then.

The other thing I am doing this year is not giving the kids a summer off. Sounds cruel, I know. Yet every summer I get annoyed when they sit around and do nothing. So, we are doing school two or three days (just a handful of subjects). I am also doing a five week on and one week off pattern. In August we will do 4 days with Fridays off and after Labor Day go back to our regular 5 days of school.

So, since I am a list maker, here is my list of Benefits of doing this kind of schedule:

  1. We have lots of breaks during the year and we don’t get burnt out.
  2. We have flexibility in planning vacations since we have more weeks to choose from.
  3. I only have to plan for 5 weeks. I plan for the next weeks over the “break”
  4. If I get backed up with grading, I catch up on our week off. (Yeah, its not really a break for me)
  5. We get ahead. My son is doing a math level ahead now because we got in 200 days of school instead of 180.
  6. We don’t lose learning over summer. My son is dyslexic and it is HIGHLY recommended that we don’t “break” from spelling so it’s perfect.
  7. It keeps them busy over the summer.

To balance it out, we do a Summer Bucket List of things they want to do over June-Sep. That way they feel like they did get to do some fun things.