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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids learned so much more visiting family in Europe last October than they would have learned sitting in a classroom. We visited 4 medieval castles. They reinforced their language skills. They experienced the cuisine, culture, architecture, etc. of their father's home country. The bonus was that they strengthened their relationship with their grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.

We took them out for two weeks. I'm already planning next year's trip which will again require me to take them out of school. [b]I don't travel to Scandinavia during school breaks because it's way too expensive. October is the cheapest time to travel there.[/b] All three kids are straight-A students and easily feel back into the routine when they returned and they did not backslide at all academically.[/quote]

Exactly.  You can't afford to go during school breaks so you go when you can afford it and tell yourself it's for educational purposes.  As I said, own it.  It's ok.[/quote]

Of course we pick our travel schedule to save money. We are not millionaires. And no, we are not returning to this one country so often for educational reasons. We are visiting close family!  But I am doing it for the kids. Before I had kids, I did not visit so often. My husband would visit alone some of the time. But now that we have young kids, while we are there, the kids get two huge benefits out of it: (1) they get to see their family. I believe knowing your family (especially grandparents) is extremely important, whether or not it's educational; and (2) they experience the local history and culture. Do you really think it is better for kids to learn a non-English language in the United States? Is it better for them to learn European history and culture in the United States?

I do not ask the teachers for any extra attention when I pull the kids from school. Our school is full of international families and the school understands and encourages it. [/quote]

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