I guess I don't understand. Maybe my 5yo is different than most, but he won't play for more than 5 min by himself, and if I have him sit and listen, he is defiantly not quiet. Based on the revised schedule we are doing school from 9:30-11 and 11:30 to 1. (most of that is just my 6th grader, the K is just tagging along) that does not seem outside the expected amount of time. I schedule things with the K that look like school, because if he does not have something to do he is loud, distracting or unhappy. He really only has about 45min of school work in the mix. How do people deal with kids who won't let you do school with other kids?

I guess 2.75 hours seems low for middle school. We do have some Extras coming in the fall, with "Friday School" (co-op school) so that should help.

Ok, so after to talking to 11yo we are going to make the following changes to start. 15m read to self choice (she has more focus first thing in the morning) (I do reading/math with K pt 1) 15m All About Spelling 3 (K has playtime, Maybe structured in some way) 30m Math Teaching Textbooks 5 (I finish math/reading with K and Simple Handwriting) 20m Science Activity/Reading (K participates) 5-10m Copy Work (K helps make lunch) 30m History Reading/Narration (K quite time, or not) 30m Literature (K quite time, or not) 15-30m Learning Ally Assigned Reading This cuts down on reading #s a bit. It breaks up the K alone time a bit. It also does not feel like enough for 6th grade. It does likely cover the lesson plans I have for the week though, and it moves Learning Ally to the afternoon, as it does not take a lot of focus. I was requiring her to follow along in the book for learning ally but I might just allow that to be an audio book time to help with focus. Thoughts?

I am teaching a 6th grader and a Kindergartener this year. We school year round so we just moved up in grades this week, and my time table is not really working. We are doing as follows: 30m Learning Ally Assigned Reading (Math and reading with Kindergartener) 15m All about Spelling Level 3 (K plays grudgingly) 30m Math-Teaching Textbooks 5 (K helps make lunch) 30m History Reading-by mom (K grudgingly does room time) 30m Literature Reading-by mom (K is now yelling constantly while in room time) 30m Free choice reading (did not get to this, ran out of focus) (I read books with K) 30m Science reading/Activity (did not get to this, ran out of focus) (K participates) We are also doing copy work and working through Writing with Ease starting at level 1, as my 11yo has a writing/reading disability, and ADHD. I would love everyone's thoughts on how we could structure this, and if it sounds like too much.

She can match shapes to their match but she may or may not be able to remember what the shape is called. It is almost seems like a memory issue connecting the name of the thing to the "shape" of the thing be it a number, a letter, a shape or even the name of her friends sometimes.

A little of both. We have rightstart a but she can't do it, it moves too fast so we are working though the ideas but at a much slower pace. I am also adding in multi-sensory number activities but she just seems unable to "memorize" the shape that is each number, she also can't name any number larger than 5 on the abacus or with tally sticks. She is doing a bit better with letters.

My daughter is 5.5 and is a registered kindergartner with the state. (so no skipping lessons) She is struggling to learn basic skills, like numbers and letters. She is able to read cvc words and locate places on maps, but can't tell a 6 from a 7. She also has a very serious problem with arguing and wanting to do things her own way. I am not sure if this is affecting her ability to learn. Has anyone had similar problems, and what did you do. I am about ready to pull my hair out, we have been doing 6 and 7 for 12 weeks now and she still cant consistently get them correct when quizzed. I think it may be a LD but that may also be way out in left field.