Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

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This topic has 17 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 1 month ago by sheraz.

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May 5, 2013 at 12:38 am
sheraz
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It is whatever you think is best since it is your school. I would read to them a longer amount of time because it helps them in so many ways. But they are young, so CM still would stay w/in the short range because they are to be building those habits of attention and best effort in order to build the narration skills. And remember you don’t have to do every subject every day!! 😉
May 5, 2013 at 1:03 am
mama_nickles
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I believe CM talked about at this age doing the reading and narration to be done in 15 minutes. But don’t quote me on it!
I do just math games with my DS (5.5) and we do spend probably 20 minutes on it. But it is not focused math but more playing. Can you do an assessment to get a better feel for the level they actually know rather than having them do stuff that’s really easy? It seems to me that if they understand the concept of 2+2=4, it should be very easy to explain the notation.
How fluent is their reading now? My DS is very fluent. Right now he reads to me one article or portion of an article each morning from God’s World News. The rest he does silently, either free reading, or a small bit of assigned reading from the Nature Reader. Once they are fluent, don’t feel like you need to sit there and listen to them the whole time.
Plus, I totally understand wanting to take turns with them so they can each have 1 on 1 time. I just think you need to make use of the down time to have one doing independent stuff while the other is with you and then switch. Then you can all have downtime at the same time later.
May 5, 2013 at 4:24 am
sheraz
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One more thought and then I will leave you alone Shannon! =) Cleaning always leaves me time to think…so it occured to me that you mentioned introducing narration using your longer science period and I was thinking that perhaps – if your boys are not used to narrations – that a simple easy way to build their skills is by using short and sweet Aesop’s Fables to start with and then build up to your science book. It has been repeatedly recommended by several moms on the forum in the last few years as a way to build confidence and not overwhelm a child. Just an idea.