How long is a typical day for 3rd grade K12 student?

Question

Trying to get out schedule together. Is science done daily? What about art and music, are those optional? I will teach the art for sure. All answers welcomed.

Answer 1

If your following traditional homeschooling it should be at least 5 hours. If your unschooling it is up to your own discreation.

Answer 2

When you say "K12" student, are you referring to the K12 curriculum?  If so, I can give you an idea.

The "default" timing for each subject is as follows:

Language Skills and Spelling - 60 minutes

Literature - 60 minutes

Math - 60 minutes

History - 60 minutes

Science - 60 minutes

In 3rd grade, the Science program has 72 lessons, the History has 108, Literature, Language Skills, Spelling and Math all have 180.  In a traditional 36 week school year, you would do Lit, LS, Spelling and Math every day, History three times a week and Science twice a week.  This would give you a four hour day.

HOWEVER, these are DEFAULT times.  Every child is different.  My kids never took the default time for anything.

There are also art and music.  We don't take these, but I believe the default times are 60 minutes and that they have 72 and 108 lessons respectively.  The history and art programs roughly coincide, so that whatever period in history you are studying, that is the period of art as well.

With one child, you can get things done in three to five hours, including lots of breaks.

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Answer 3

It's really entirely up to you. I know many homeschoolers around that age who do every subject every day, and then some who do certain subjects on certain days. Then there are some still who will do subjects like math and reading every day, but do science, history, art, music, etc only on some days, or let the child decide the order in which they do their classes as long as they get a certain ammount of work done each day.

As for time, I know of some who will work the same hours as public schools, and some still who complete a day's worth of schooling in half the time or less. Realize that all children are different and learn at different rates and in different ways, so while one child may need a structured 5 hour day with a rigid schedule and lots of sit-down book work, another may need a flexible day, may be able to do the same ammount of work in half the time, may need more creative freedom and unstructured time for field trips, projects, hands-on activity and independent study time. Just figure out what works best for YOUR family and not what everyone else is doing.