2006-10-25 03:10:17 · 16 answers · asked by Jael 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Depends on what time we wake up in the morning. Today, my day started at 3 AM. Not by choice!
My children started their day at 7:30. They will begin academic studies (math, writing, and reading) at whatever time they are finished with breakfast and chores. They are expected to study for anywhere between 4 and 5 hours per day.
Saturdays are busy with work-experience, physical education, out-door stuff, etc.... Sunday is dedicated to bible study with other families and friends.
Every day is a learning day no matter what it is that we are doing.
Many people that use the same curriculum that we have do choose to study on Saturday. It is recommended to keep going through Sat. because the thinking process should never "rest" for too long. If nothing else gets done it is important to keep up with math. Math is a perfect brain-trainer for knowing how to think and how to strive for truth and accuracy. These qualities will carry over into any subject and every part of life.
2006-10-25 04:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by Barb 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We usually start at 9am. We don't work straight through. We do a little bit of work (like half an hour or so, depending on how focused my son is) and then take a break. The kids play or we have a snack or whatever, then after we're rested and refreshed we do another half hour or so of work, the day goes on like that until we've gotten enough work done for the day.
I generally try to mold things to how my son is feeling. If he's grumpy, unfocused, or difficult then we don't do as much school that day. If he's really excited about school we do a lot. So far it's really working out to where we get the right amount of lessons done over a week or month. In fact we're a bit ahead of our schedule.
I also like to let him work on what he's in the mood for. If he's not in the mood for concentration I do easy lessons or have story time or something like that.
We do some lessons on Saturday and Sunday but usually only one or two and I try to keep them fun things.
2006-10-25 05:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ariana S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
10th grade. Takes me 2-3 hours. I use a lot of videos and taped lectures; if I was doing more reading it would be done faster. I'm an unschooler though, so I don't have work set out by the day. I figured that by guessing at what would be considered schoolwork. Kids in school don't spend that much time learning. You waste so much time shuffling around in the halls, waiting while each teacher collects homework, waiting while the teacher reviews what you already know, waiting while the teacher yells at a couple people, waiting while there's some disturbance as a kid comes in late, time lost because your Spanish class is at 8:40 AM and you were up until 3 doing homework, and so on. My best friend goes to school, and that's how she's described it.
2016-05-22 12:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do a classical education program that meets in formal classes one day per week. Our class day is Monday. We get up around 5:30am to get everything together. Our campus starts at 9am and goes until 4:30pm. On Wednesdays, we get together with classmates for study group. There we do a lot of reading together and working on maps, Latin, and poetry. Study group is from 9:00am-2:pm. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, we begin school at around 10:00am after we finish some household chores. We do not have a regular schedule on these days. Sometimes we get everything done by 3:00pm, but usually we take an evening break for Family time and Supper and continue with some schoolwork we can do as a family, like Bible reading. We try to reserve weekends for family time only but inevitably, we are scrambling to finish this paper or that project. Even when we are not doing "school", we are still learning all the time. We often take fieldtrips on Fridays and sometimes other days of the week.
2006-10-25 10:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by JoJoB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we had an appointment to go to through the week we would sometimes make up time on Saturdays. But our days run from about 8am to 2/3 pm. Depends on the day.
My children are all actually up a grade because we worked 3 days a week in the summer for the last 2 years. So my 2nd grader is doing 3rd and 4th grade work. My 3rd grader is doing 4th and my 7th grader is doing alot of 8th but is doing 9th grade math.
If we plan a vacation, I will let them work an extra hour a day and on a Saturday so they dont get behind or lazy...
2006-10-25 06:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by cecilia m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every day is a school day, there is always something new to learn!
Our day begins when each child wakes, and does not end untill everyone is asleep.
Monday through Friday we focus on: two hours math, two hours writing, and two hours reading (inside each subject each individual child gets to choose for himself what will be learned that day.)
After that there is more to learn, but it is not planned, as it comes up we research it (google, library, education movies, t.v.,conversations with family and friends...)
Saturday and Sunday are not planned, but as questins come up we research, so yes there is always school on Saturday and Sunday, what child never has a question to ask?
School is fun when there is no pressure, and the children get to be in charge!
2006-10-25 07:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by brenda m 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We do not have a set schedule. Our son usually is up around 7 and starts his lessons around 8 and finishes between 3-4 hours and that includes one hour off for lunch when Dad comes home. Our daughter wakes anytime between 8-9 and finishes her lessons in about 3-3 1/2 hours depending on how much piddlin' she does in-between.
Ahhhh, yet another beauty of homeschool...the freedom to start/finish whenever you want. :-) No, our way isn't for everyone but it sure works great for us.
We've never had "formal" lessons on the weekend but learning happens all of the time, whether structured or not.
2006-10-25 04:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by FreeThinker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My kids wake up around 8ish. They eat breakfast, dress, do a few chores then they start doing formal school work around 11. They break for lunch around 12-12:30 and my 3rd grader goes back to school work until he's finished (most of the time, around 2)
They don't do formal school on the weekends unless they are really bored.
2006-10-25 05:08:46 · answer #8 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We normally started at 9:00 a.m..We sometimes have school on Saturday if we took off a day during the week that wasn't a planned break day.
2006-10-25 03:28:09 · answer #9 · answered by Melissa C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our school day starts around 9AM. Since my husband works odd shifts some weeks we do work on Saturday when we take a day off in the week for him (Dad day). I feel that Sunday is "the day of rest" and we do not do school.
2006-10-25 03:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by MomOfThree 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋