TengoFive Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 How long does your 12 year old spend doing school per day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 About 4 hours. Edited: That is his work time, his actual day is longer due to teaching time etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TengoFive Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Oops, I guess I should have put this in the general board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Mine spend about 4-5 hours doing actual schoolwork; their days end up being longer because of breaks, chores, etc. but that's their average, I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 My 12 yo can finish school in about 4 hours, but that does not include piano practice. He also reads a lot in the evening, and he's often using that time to read ahead in his history or literature books. I checked 3-4 hours because those are the hours he's "doing school" and accountable for his time. He loves piano and practices 2+ hours/day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Time spent on school work: about 4 hours per day. Time spent dawdling and goofing around: don't even ask! This doesn't include outside lessons and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I voted 3-4 because that was his average. However, there are one or two days a week that it can be 5 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I checked 5-6 hours. Some days we're in a groove and do 6.5, others we're lucky to get 2 done. Also, I take advantage of lots of cracks during the day to 'school' such as listening to books on cd in the car, doing a history lesson during our night time reading or watching an educational dvd in the evening. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 My dd usually spends about 4-5 hours three days a week, and 6 a couple of days a week (the days she doesn't have to go to dance!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I answered 5-6. That is what it is when we have a good day and everything gets done. Some days we fall short and it is closer to 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I answered 3-4, closer to 4, sometimes 4 1/2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed2fosteradopt Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Time spent on school work: about 4 hours per day. Time spent dawdling and goofing around: don't even ask! This doesn't include outside lessons and such. :iagree:Same for us, especially the dawling! :glare::mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 How long does your 12 year old spend doing school per day? Well...honestly? My 12 year old boy had a spike of efficiency in the middle of this year after his hormones quit surging. (And age certainly has less to do with this than whenever it is that the hormones hit.) When hormones are surging (just before and during the big growth & "development" spurt - you will know it when it happens ;)), my heart-to-heart advice is to be a nice momma and let some of your well-laid plans fall to the way-side. It's like the brain has turned to mush. Then, be prepared once that surge has subsided to find things to fill in the cracks - extra reading, for example, because suddenly all the things that used to take 8 or 9 hours to finish will be done by 1pm. Of course, this is a boy. I don't know about girls...yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I had to answer 1-2 hrs. but I would guess it's at least 2, but not 3. Well, when she had her homeschool classes, adding in her homework to the stuff we did at home it took her about that long on average. Our day will likely pick up once we get our new materials. It will be interesting to see how much it changes though. She's going to be doing more history and writing than she previously has. We'll see! I have a feeling our curriculum list is shorter than other people's lists. Maybe I should go back and look at those 'what is your x grader' doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 My dd who is 12 CAN get done in 4-5 hours when she stays on task. The norm (due to dwaddling:glare:) is about 6-61/2 hours so I put 5-6 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I voted 3-4 because when dd focuses, that's what it takes. She's been doing much better lately despite hormones, but we'll see what happens when she hits 13 or 14. Of course, by then her workload will be such that 3-4 won't be enough time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 How long does your 12 year old spend doing school per day? Honest? From morning till night. My oldest is a dawdler, she stops to make comments or give teaching hints while I am working with her siblings (yep that goes over well), must pet any cat that comes within a 10' radius of her, and follows bunny trails of any sort (mental, physical) like the best of trackers. I have had her time how long it actually takes her to do each item of her hs, and those times are reasonable. What isn't reasonable is the time she spends messing around in-between each subject. BTW the first day she got her Nintendo DS and I told her she had to have all her school done before she could plan she had EVERYTHING done before lunch (for almost a whole week). Now that it is not a new toy anymore she is back to still taking hs up to bed with her at night to finish, then she plays her DS from 9:30-10:00 or earlier if she actually gets all her hs done earlier. Drives me nuts, but at the same time I am like her. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Honest? From morning till night. My oldest is a dawdler,Drives me nuts, but at the same time I am like her. Heather My eldest is like this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Ds#2 takes 3-4 hours. About one hour of that is direct teaching (spelling, Latin, etc.) & the rest is mostly independent work with me around if needed. When dd & ds#1 were HS/ing fulltime our days were 5-6 hours as I tried to do science / history as a family. For some reason this ended up making our days much longer as someone always made our together time delayed. Ds#2 does literature reading, violin practice, hockey, gardening, sailing, scouts, etc. in his own time. The 3-4 hours daily is just bookwork & science labs. Blessings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TengoFive Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thanks everyone! This has really helped the attitude of my 12 year old today. Before I posted this she said, "No one does school for 4 hours!" She wants to move up to 7th grade, but at the same time only wants to spend 10 minutes doing math. It just doesn't work that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen+4dc Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I voted 3-4 because when dd focuses, that's what it takes. She's been doing much better lately despite hormones, but we'll see what happens when she hits 13 or 14. Of course, by then her workload will be such that 3-4 won't be enough time. :iagree: Mine, too! But that doesn't count read-aloud time My oldest is a dawdler, she stops to make comments or give teaching hints while I am working with her siblings (yep that goes over well), Heather When she's motivated, it takes about 4 hours. When she's not, it takes all day. Sadly, when she decides to "help" me teach her siblings:001_huh:, it takes them longer, too!:glare: Dd just turned 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I put 5-6, but it could be less if she didn't dawdle so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenC Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 4.5 - 5 hours wasn't a choice, so I chose 5-6 hours. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 My dd who is 12 CAN get done in 4-5 hours when she stays on task. The norm (due to dwaddling:glare:) is about 6-61/2 hours so I put 5-6 hours. One day, we counted how long school could take, compared to how long it did (for my 14yo) and we figured he wasted 5.5 hours of his day....couldn't say doing what.....but 5.5 hours! We start at 7am and he didn't finish until 7pm that day! Thanks everyone! This has really helped the attitude of my 12 year old today. Before I posted this she said, "No one does school for 4 hours!" She wants to move up to 7th grade, but at the same time only wants to spend 10 minutes doing math. It just doesn't work that way! No, it doesn't, at least not here....even my 2nd grader spends 20min on math each day. I voted in the highest slot b/c that's what our day runs, but that does include meals, snacks, PE, chores....I consider 7am--4 the "work" day, then, if they're finished :glare:, the middle schoolers are free. 4 hours is our grammar stage day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjacob Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I answered 4, but we only do school 4 days per week. I also have a very focused 12-year-old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I put 5-6 hours, but my son has dyslexia and ADHD so his days are on the long side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnlattes Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I put 3-4 because when my 12 yo really puts his mind to it he can finish in that amount of time. On the downside, he almost never does because he wastes so. much. time. We've been talking about this as next year I am upping the expectations and he will move into the 5-6 hour category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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