Do you 'count' Weekend Work?

[Vipers_Princess]

Those of you who have to account for days attended, do you count work/field trips done on Saturdays or lazy Sunday afternoons? It came up in casual conversation that I have been counting/marking the work done on weekends. For some weird reason the kids do more worksheets and reading on Fri-Sun than they do the rest of the week. One of the girls I was talking to remarked that it 'wasn't right' and that it 'couldn't count as real school time' since public schools only go Mon-Fri. There are no state 'rules' governing this. Indiana just says 'equal to that of the public schools [currnently 180 days]'

What do you think?

[MarynMunchkins]

Sure. Learning happens all the time. :)

[DaltonsMomma]

We are required to count hours instead of days. I count the time we spend doing educational activities on the weekends. If they are learning, why shouldn't they get credit for it?

[phathui5]

Of course I count it. It doesn't matter when learning happens; that's part of the beauty of homeschooling.

[Vipers_Princess]

Thanks ladies. I figured it was ok, I mean people count AWANAs and that sort of thing as Bible/Religious Education when tracking individual subjects and those meetings are usually after regular school hours and sometimes even after church or during evening worship on weekends.

[mamacat]

Absolutely!