Short lessons

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  • July 11, 2012 at 6:48 pm
    tonyam196
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    Do you set a timer for all your lessons? I am mainly thinking math. If the child is not done with a worksheet do you move on? We use MUS and I am thinking if I set a timer for 20 minutes it will take us forever to get through the books.

    July 11, 2012 at 7:13 pm
    Tristan
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    We don’t use a timer. Remember, the shortest lessons (20 minutes) are for the beginning grades. As your child matures they can sit for some longer lessons (add in 5 minutes more when you think they are ready, and 5 more, and so on). Their powers and habit of attention develop.

    We use MUS too. I’ll be honest, my 6th grader takes between 30 minutes to an hour for math most days and she’s finishing up the Delta book this summer. (We came to MUS a few years late and started over at the beginning). Some days we do take a break and split her worksheet into two sessions of math in the same day. You can see when she’s losing her focus and time doing something totally different refreshes her brain. Other days she stays focused the entire time so it is done in one longish session.

    For my younger ones that are school age(grade 2, 1, and K) a page never takes more than 20 minutes.

    July 11, 2012 at 8:34 pm
    suzukimom
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    Well, I’m using RightStart, not MUS – but I do set a timer for math – but it is 30 minutes (for my 1st and 3rd grader….) – If we are done the lesson early (and there is plenty of time) – we play one of the math games.   If we are not done the lesson (and have more then 2 or 3 minutes left…) – we leave it to the next day.  That next day, we will finish the lesson, and either start the next, or do a game….

    That said – if we aren’t done, it might depend on why.  When my daughter hadn’t finished her worksheet because she was whining and complaining and wouldn’t get started….  when the time was up, it was put to the side.  When we were all done for the day, she then had “homework” to do before she could do anything else….   That one worksheet took a LONG time – not just the lesson time, but another 30-40 minutes (the worksheet was about 5-10 minutes of work) while she tested me….   But she hasn’t done THAT again….

    July 11, 2012 at 9:06 pm
    Monica
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    We use TT for my 10YO. I ask him to do a half a lesson per day (which is 20-30 minutes…if he remains focused). Yes, it will take us longer than a year to complete the program, but I’m not too concerned about that because he is quite a bit ahead of his “grade level” in math anyway.

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