How long does it take to homeschool?

Question

I am going to be homeschooled for 7th grade. I want to know how long it would take if I taught myself as I went along each day. What is the least amount of time and what is the most amount of time.

Answer 1

It all depends on how fast you learn and how well you can concentrate. I used to be homeschooled and could work as little as 2 hours a day and as many as 10 hours a day. My sister is currently homeschooled and this past year she was able to finish about 2 1/2 months early because she set her mind to it and got it done.

Answer 2

It all depends on how hard you work.  You can do school at different times all year, or do it the same as public school.

Working all year, I finished 3 grades in about a year using American School.  So, it is your decision, unless your parents  decide for you.

Good luck with everything!

Answer 3

For every complete day schooled students spend in school, homeschool students spend between 1 1/2 to 3 hours a day learning.  This is not difficult to understand.  The average classroom teacher is lucky to get in 5-10 minutes of actual teaching for every classroom hour, whereas the average homeschool student learns for the entire hour.

You may find, however, that you will become so fascinated by your learning that you spend much more than 3 hours a day acquiring knowledge.

Answer 4

Students at public and private schools will be receiving a minimum instructional time of five hours to cover all the academic areas; so to not put yourself at a disadvantage, that would be your minimum time.  Your maximum time might be to work twice as hard as those in public and private schools, so consider ten hours daily.

Answer 5

My 6th grade son spends about 3 hours or so working indendently (5-6 subjects) each day; this includes reading and research for lit, history, and science, as well as math, geography stuff, and language arts.  We then spend 2-4 hours working together on history, science, geography, Bible, government, and foreign languages.  A few days a week we do PE (swimming, hiking, something like that), and 2-3 days a week we do a math lesson together (to introduce the concept).

He's a pretty motivated kid, though, and chooses a fairly heavy (and accelerated) courseload.  Some kids his/your age get their work done in about 2 hours a day, while others spend 6-8 hours.  It all depends on the student.  He chooses to do more than he's required to (additional subjects, in-depth projects, etc.) because he honestly enjoys it.  For other kids, that might not be the case.

With homeschooling, your curriculum is tailored to your needs.  To each their own :)

Answer 6

My sister and I were homeschooled and it usually took us a few hours at the most. It varies slightly by the curriculum, as some require you to do more work per day. Just make sure you understand what you are doing before you move on to the next thing. I found it very enjoyable to be homeschooled. If you find that you are having trouble with a subject, find out if there are any hmeschool associations. They offer classes and tudoring for different subjects. Happy Homeschooling!!

Answer 7

Another vote for 3-4 hours a day.

Best of Luck to you

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Answer 8

I used to be homeschooled. It really depends on you and your speed. Like for me I'd get through all my stuff from 9-12(noon) and it'd take all day for my brother and sister because they didn't want to do it. Don't worry about how fast you have to go. Just use a good pace where it will still sink in. And stay focused so you'll finish sooner and have more free time. That was always fun! Good luck homeschooling!

Answer 9

If you're talking about how long each day, then probably 3 to 4 hours.  In that amount of time, you can get about 6 subjects done, or equal to a whole publicschool day.  If you're talking about how many years to graduate, that would depend on what else you're doing -- if you do another 3 to 4 hours, or another whole public school day, then you'd finish a grade in half the time.  More, if you do school year 'round.  Some homeschoolers have finished 13 grades of school by the time they're 14.

Answer 10

It's going to depend on your focus and how much you have to learn and how much you want to learn.

For example, I know some unschooled girls who basically spend their entire days involved in something that would be considered educational. I know another family with a set curriculum and they have fixed hours every day then the kids are free to do whatever they wish.

For a grade 7 student following some sort of structured program, at least 4 hours is pretty typical for core subjects--English, math, science, social studies. Everything else is extra.

I think rather than the amount of time, you need to make sure you've got an idea of what you will learn and how you will go about it--do you have resources picked out? Do your parents approve of all this?

One last thing: read The Teenage Liberation Handbook.

Answer 11

How much do you want to learn? (smile)

Does your state have a law requiring so many hours a day in study?

What are your goals?

How easy do you learn?

This question has many variables and we need to know more information before we can answer.