Help with reading writing and arithmetic

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  • November 15, 2017 at 9:02 pm
    Mom2five
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    Hi I just wanted to share what I’m doing with my children, and see if everyone feels that this is enough for them.

    Ages 11,9,8,5

    Poetry,Hymn study, Sign Language, artist and composer is mostly me reading read aloud and looking at books with them or YouTube videos  it’s a very quick family gathering

    bible scripture memory

    Monday History, Tuesday Science and Wednesday Geography/Timeline—Library books and subject based read aloud a such as Story of the world and Longs Geography with written and oral narration depending on age

    Thursday nature study

    we are finished in one hour with all of the above…

    Teaching textbooks for math

    Language arts: Spelling Wisdom/Using Language well

    cursive practice

    mcguffey readers

     

     

    copybook for the 2nd grader which I will change him over to Spelling Wisdom/Using Language well  He is struggling reading so we do 100 easy lessons as extra reading and phonics practice

     

    we are done in 2 1/2 hours with school

     

     

    November 16, 2017 at 7:55 am
    sarah2106
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    First question is, does your state have any requirements that must be met? Ours does 🙂

    We do History 4 days/week, Geography 1 day/week, Science 3 days/week and try to get nature walk once/week.

    Student reading aloud, math, copy work (or transcription or dictation prep) are done daily. Written narrations are started 4th grade (partnership with me and usually solo by 5th grade) which adds to History and Science. Once or twice/week depending on the student and increased each year.

    Enrichments – Hymn Study, Picture Study, Poetry, Music Study, art… are spread over the  week doing one or two/day.

    Daily they also have piano practice, math fact practice on the computer (TimzAttack) and typing practice.

    All the above takes 3-4 hours. There are breaks in there, and it is not all seat work, some I read, some they do, and some is on the computer. My youngest in 1st has more time to play, and does not do all the above, his seat work is A LOT less but my older two 4th and 6th grade it seems appropriate work load.

    Every family is different, but for us the older the student, there is going to be more work than younger and each year progresses more and more.

    I can’t remember where they are at, but there was a list with expected approximate time spent per subject.

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