i'm homeschooled and i only do it for 3hrs in the morning what should i do in my free time?

Answer 1

That's the beauty of having your afternoons free: use your brain and figure something out. People have already given some great suggestions. There are parenting 'experts' who swear it's good for kids to reach a point of boredom and to not have adults interfere with suggestions--it requires you to use your brain, follow your interests, think of something. You can do pretty much anything you want--just figure out what you want.

To those who think that 3 hours is not enough, consider first of all that the person never indicated how old they were. Consider secondly that school is full of interruptions, wasted time and little one-on-one. Not to mention busywork rather than useful work. Let's look at this a little further:

A typical elementary school child here is in school for about 6.5 hours a day. Take off 30 minutes for the two recesses. That's 6 hours left. Take out another 45 minutes for lunch. That's 5 1/4 hours left. Take out the one block of something non-academic--this will be music, art, p.e., something like that, usually about 30-40 minutes long. So, we're left with roughly 4 3/4 hours left. Then there is the time it actually takes to get settled (about 10 minutes, especially during the winter) after coming in from outside (morning, morning recess, after lunch and afternoon recess) and you're left with about 4 hours of academic work. Now, those 4 hours are most certainly not spent actually working. There will be class explanations--which will not end until the teacher is satisfied that pretty much everybody has understood. There will be time wasted while waiting for the teacher to be done with somebody else so you get help. There will be the class time spent where everybody takes a turn reading from the textbook. Or class time spent on a spelling lesson, waiting for everybody to be done the word before moving on. There will be time wasted for those who are done early and who can't move onto the next subject because that's not in the schedule and the teacher can't/won't simply give the next work thing to do in that subject. I would be surprised if a typical elementary school--or even junior high school--student actually spent 3 hours WORKING on a typical day.

ADDED: Now, it so happens that this girl is a teenager. However, she is doing an online program. If it only takes her 3 hours to do her work in the morning, then good for her! You can get a whole lot done when you don't have a ton of distractions around you.

Answer 2

Take it from a fellow "homeschooler" it can get pretty boring if you don't have hobbies or after school activities. So join something that interests you. I took up music lessons and horse back riding. Fill your time with things you want to try out. Also, if you are involved in a homeschooling group, try and make some friends who are also home schooled and so you can all do something together. My home school friends and I started up a craft day each week, every week one of us would pick a craft for the whole group to make together.

Answer 3

I'm trying hard not to give a flip answer

OK
You could volunteer somewhere like a Convalescent home
Or baby sit (but that maybe a waste of your talents and time)
Study more?
study an art, that takes up a little time everyday
try playing piano or oil painting
of course, for the first few years you maybe not be very good but you will develop a talent, a 'vocabulary'
or GARDEN (I love to garden!!)

I guess it depends how old you are, if yo can drive, (most important) what your parents will allow
What career plans do you have?

HEY
Ask your parents for some input
What do they want for you ?

Answer 4

Your own research on things you're interested in. You could find some hobbies like taking care of an animal, collecting something, how about learning to play an instrument or karate or something like that. Maybe you could do some volunteer work. There's lot of things to do. Do some research on the internet to find out what you're interested in. Good luck and God bless!

Answer 5

First of all, follow your delight or desire.

Make a list of all of them.

A list of suggestions:
Work or learn toward your career goal.
Work or learn toward your Plan B career goal.
Learn a new skill (son is taking TaeKwondo, daughter, piano).
Start a new hobby.
Volunteer work
Get a job and save money for a car or house someday
Go to an exercise gym, perhaps with a swimming pool.
Join a club. (Scouts, book club, and etc.)

Hope this gets your imaginative juices flowing.

Answer 6

Thats the problem with home schooled kids.All parents who home school their kids swears up and down that their kids are more sociable and have more friends then a kid who is in regular school.I think parents needs to wake up and see their kids are bored.I suggest you read or even study more on your school work.You can never study too much.Are you allowed outside where you live during school hours? If so do community services.

Answer 7

Find a social group. Volunteer your time at a nursing home or someplace like that. If you are old enough, get a job. There are all kinds of things to do.

Answer 8

work or vollunteer at the local museum. I enjoyed vollunteering. I did this when i had some free time, during the semester i was out of school. Can you get a bus ride to the museum or have someone bring you to vollunteer?

Answer 9

Take up a sport, learn how to play an instrument or start painting/ doing crafts!

Answer 10

Why not try to read the answers you got yesterday when you ask this same question?You received a lot of great ideas.