I have posted before about it, but we have pretty much abandoned it besides read a louds for various reasons. Right now we are using Sonlight 4-day program. Be encouraged that it is not nearly as intensive as it sounds! <3ĮTA: I was typing at the same time as Sarah & Jen! My apologies if I repeated anything. What program are you coming from? What does a typical day look like for you? Knowing these things, we can give you even more helpful advice. My little one sits in on our read-alouds, Christian Studies and history lessons, though. We do our "together" work (phonics, reading, math) and then I can give her little assignments (drawing, tracing and coloring that's assigned for the day) that she can complete on her own when her older brother + sister need to do some "together" work with me. Lastly, while my Bigs are doing their "alone" work in the morning, I work with my little one. This eases my burden a bit and *may* be something that would work for you. We had been using MP materials for some time but only came to full cores last year. Other families do things differently - it all depends on what your children's needs are.Īlso, I combined my oldest two for Christian Studies, composition and EGR because I didn't want my oldest (then 5th grade) to miss out or have any holes in her education. This is easier than it sounds, as the FM series, science and CS each have one big lesson per week, with review built in all week long. We do composition, EGR, Famous Men, Science and Christian Studies together. In our house, my kids are pretty independent with math, spelling and Latin (I present the new lesson each Monday for Latin and the rest of the week, the kids know to complete the next page in that week's lesson, which all ties in to the info presented at the beginning of the week). Instead, you'll spend some time reading a chapter or two from your read-aloud selections, you'll present any new material for various subjects (as needed), you may do some discussion questions or some "together" work and your kids will do some independent work, as well. You won't be spending four solid hours lecturing your children and they won't be sitting for four solid hours doing nothing but writing. Remember, though, that this includes time spent reading aloud, presenting lessons and for the kiddos to finish up any independent work. K'er, 3rd and 5th grader last year and the times they gave you are pretty spot-on. Just wanted to see if this is the norm for you guys? Is that typical? 4 hours is more than my 3rd & 5th grader are used to. How long does it typically take for each of these grades? I emailed MP to ask a few questions including this one, & they said 1 1/2-2 hrs for K, 3-4 hrs for 3rd & 5th. We will have a kindergartner, 3rd grader & 5th grader. Student work time (and how much Mom will need to be involved with that) will vary based on the speed, background, temperament and independence level of the individual child. So in a nutshell, instruction for 4th grade for New Users (pretty much the same as 3A) is about 4 hours per week. At the beginning of the year, when we were getting used to MP, he definitely took closer to 2 hours or more per day. Again, he is a highly independent worker now. If those lessons were being interspersed throughout our week, his daily time would be higher. My 4th grader works well independently (and we were using a different math program) so he only takes about an hour a day but keep in mind that all of his lessons (i.e., Mom instruction) are done in 4 hours between Sunday (Christian Studies) and Monday (MP co-op). 1-1/2 is what I see mentioned most often for families with Kindergarteners and that has held true for us this year. Just wanted to see if this is the norm for you guys?It really depends on the child, but these are generally accurate from everything I have heard from other families.
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