We do 6 “quarters” (I know, they’re not really quarters but I can’t think what else to call them. 
) Each quarter is 6 weeks, and then we take a week off. So we have 6 on, 1 off, 6 on, 1 off, 6 on - then we take Thanksgiving to New Year’s off. We actually continue to do light school during this time (reading, math, spelling review & religion). Then we start back up into the 6 on, 1 off routine until Memorial Day. Then we’re off again until 4th of July - again only doing light school during that break. During the individual weeks we have off throughout the year, we do NOT do school. That gives the kids a break every so often, and the light school in the longer breaks means there’s no forgetting what we’ve learned.
As others have said above - this schedule allows for us to take breaks when most other kids are in school - so we have to deal with fewer crowds.
