How much do you spend on math, spelling, etc. a day for homeschooling?

Question

Do you spend 1 hour or 1/12 in math n spelling n such?

Answer 1

Does the school book have chapters? we used to do a chapter a day. At least 2 pages of math. same with everything else.  

Answer 2

It depends on the ages of your kids and the curriculum you are using.

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Best of Luck!

Jana

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Answer 3

We rarely spend more than 20-30 minutes per subject, unless it's for a read-aloud, a project, or an experiment.  For the text/workbook based subjects though, we just get them done and move on.

For math, we use a DVD based curriculum (VideoText Interactive) that has 5-10 minute lessons and 8-12 problems daily.  There's no superfluous stuff, no busywork, it's just get in and get 'er done.  :)  For spelling, I think my son would break down in tears if he spent more than 10-20 minutes per day.  (He's working well above grade level in almost every subject, even the ones that we don't spend a huge amount of time on.  It's just a matter of presenting the material in a way the kids understand.)

We save the subjects that you can really hit deep for the longer periods of time - history, science, read alouds, government, etc.  For those, we can read, discuss, lapbook, timeline, build projects, do experiments, watch movies, go on field trips...these all help to build an understanding of what we're studying.  With math or spelling, once you've got the concept, you've got it.  There's really no reason to drive it into the ground - just move on once you're done for the day.  With science, history, and government however, there's just so much good stuff there - it's kind of a shame not to really spend some time exploring them.  :)

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Depends on the ages. We average about an hour on math and 15 to 30 minutes for all other subjects and the boys are in grades 8 and 10. No set time limits though. They work at their own paces.

Answer 5

We're an unschooling family (unschooling = non-coercive, child led education) therefore we don't do any lessons as such, period.

I don't know how one would ever break it down into 'per day' but my parents manage to home-educate us (going in age from 16 months to 19 years) for approx. $50 per kid/per year.

(There are economies of scale to be gained from having a typically (for these parts) large family!)

ADDED: Lol! You meant 'How much TIME do you spend on...?'?? In my country (not the US) when we ask 'how much...' we always mean 'how much money...'.

Answer 6

I try to plan ahead for a week, and then spread out the reading and assignments/worksheets/projects over that time.  If we are doing a really big project, I try to make sure we have a set goal of how much we will get done during that week.

That said, we usually have most of the reading and teaching parts over by lunch time, and then the older children work on independent things for an hour or two.  Sometimes we take a day off, then we work on a Saturday, or cover twice as much the next day...  It is a pretty loose schedule, but remember, they are constantly learning.  If your child is studying adding fractions, and you ask them to double a recipe for supper, they get practice.   If you are learning a foreign language and listen to a story tape or sing a song or practice your conversational skills in the car on the way to the store,  they are learning.   There are tons of ways to fit things in and utilize daily life and household chores to teach.