HeWillSoar Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) At this age, and middle school as well, do you give them their list of work and let them do it when they want or do you expect them to be working during a set schedule? Edited February 28, 2017 by HeWillSoar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 On days theyre home all morning, it needs to be done in the AM & afternoon, they have late afternoon or evening activities those days often. On DE class or internship morning days, or volunteerimg day for younger kid, it needs to be worked on when they get home after lunch until its done, usually after dinner time. Everything gets finished up on the weekend. Before we started DE classes & internships, work was done every morning till complete. No gaming or hanging out until daily work is complete, or it gets pushed off too late. They get a daily or weekly assignment list. DE kid I just check in with daily, its up to him to plan when to do what. I dont assign "math" during a certain time, or anything like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 When they still completed all schoolwork at home, i.e. before taking college classes, school started at 8am and was done at 3pm, with a lunch break from noon to 1pm. The kids worked during this designated school time. They were free to choose which subject to work on for how long - the only rule was that these hours had to be devoted to school. As they started college classes and their days became more varied and fragmented, the concept of a fixed school time slowly dissolved. My DS will work on school weekday mornings, but also some over the weekend or at night - to fit school into his day with job, friends, and athletics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 middle school during my designated school hours High school...give list, stuff is due when I set it to be due. I would prefer designated times, but that just doesn't happen. So as long as it gets done...I get over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Lol at my title! Oops!! Maybe I can fix it when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We didn't really have set hours for high school, but school had to be done first. When I still had two at home, we started with Bible and one-on-one time, and then had a routine so that they didn't both need the computer or DVD at the same time etc... So, while it wasn't specific by the clock, they did have to coordinate some and couldn't expect to put everything off and then have access to certain tools when others were using them etc... Typically school was about 9-4 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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