Unicorn. Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I just ordered LA Spanish and I'm trying to plan out our daily/weekly schedule. How often each week and for how long does each person need to spend on this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey in MA Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 He does it 2x/week, alternating with Latin on the other 2x/week. He does it for about 45 min. a sitting. It has worked nicely, and I noticed over the year that he was naming things in Spanish as we were out and about, at the grocery store, etc.! It also nicely matched up to our Latin studies. As we'd be learning a word in Latin, he often already knew it in Spanish! Very cool.... GL and have fun! - Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 Did you finish level 1 by only doing it 2x a week? I ordered levels 1-3, so I'm wondering if 2x a week would work out to 1 level per year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey in MA Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 but close. I can't recall exactly (we're off for the summer), but I'm asking him now and he says he's "almost done". We messed up in the beginning though, and weren't doing the "practices" but only the "core lessons". So somewhere in the middle he started to do more of the work (the practices), so I imagine it would take even longer if we did it properly from the start. And that's just level one. I think we will continue w/ RS level 2 and maybe 3. I wish I had ordered at least L2 at the same time, but I just wasn't sure if it would work for us, and didn't want to waste the money on more than one level if we weren't going to use it. Anyway, by high school we are going to switch to Mandarin though. We are using RS as exposure to Spanish, but not as an in-depth thorough study. I think it's working well for us, and I never have to pester him to get it done - he seems to enjoy it! That's a big deal in this house.... GL! - Stacey in MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 We did 3x/week 30 min/session. We got about half way through level one in 1 semester. We started with it second semester last year. I think 90 min/week would complete a level/year at least with level 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 Thank you both! I think I'll plan for 45 min, 3x a week, and adjust as needed. At least I have a starting point. Now, if it would hurry up and get here, I'd be really happy! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholsonhomeschool Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Just chiming in... we have three sessions a week and each is about 20 minutes. I'm not really keeping track of what kind of time line we are on. But so far we all enjoy it! It is one of the only subjects that my son can accomplish very independently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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