Punchie Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 ...a 4 yr old to complete 4 pages of Get Ready For The Code A? Upwards of 30 minutes (sometimes longer). Why, you ask? Because the drawing of the monster (we're doing M at the moment) needs to be colored, then there needs to be a daddy monster, and a baby boy monster, and a baby girl monster, and the daddy monster is grumpy so he needs a plate of cookies, then every other monster wants cookies....And this is only one page. I think keeping K4 to 1-1.5 hrs at most is not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Teach your child how to work the pages first, then go back and color and draw. Very creative! Don't squelch the imagination. I know, it's hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Teach your child how to work the pages first, then go back and color and draw. Very creative! Don't squelch the imagination. I know, it's hard! :iagree: My dd7 wants to make every math problem into a word problem. So, 8+9 turns into, "Okay, so this would be like if I have 8 pairs of ballet shoes and you decide to buy me 9 more then I would have 17!" Not so bad if we are doing a couple problems but when I turn to a page and there are 10 to 12 problems I feel like running away. I have had to limit her to turning the first one and last one into stories. I would save those subjects that she seems to want to embellish upon for last in the day so that as soon as she finishes the actual work she can jump right into drawing and coloring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Teach your child how to work the pages first, then go back and color and draw. Very creative! Don't squelch the imagination. I know, it's hard! Yep, that way it is on their time, not hs time. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imhim Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 My 7 yo has always drawn things on her worksheets - to the point of my exasperation - because of the time it takes. Unless I sit there with her and look at her sheet, I will end up with a flowers, bunnies families, carrots, and 2 the problems done (or partially done) from the SIngapore CWP, or anything else. Done correctly, but it is just not as exciting as drawing. It is SOOOO exasperating to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I would find 4 pages to be a lot to complete at one time for a 4 year old. Just sayin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Ugh, my third grader spends at least 30 minutes painstakingly copying the SOW coloring page onto a separate piece of paper when I want her to be writing a narration. So frustrating. But I am pretty impressed at her freehand drawing skills, I have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I think one page at a time is nice for that age. 2 pages max. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 We are starting book 5, and my daughter has to write her own question (in the style of ETC complete with funny pictures/sentences) on the bottom of each page for me to do. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 Thank you! I tried gently guiding her to do the questions, then go back to the coloring. I'll just keep trying! I would find 4 pages to be a lot to complete at one time for a 4 year old.Just sayin'! LOL...4 pages is what I restrain her to. She would do twice as many if I let her! The same thing happens w/math as well. I have to stop before she's ready to stop as lessons can go for an hour if I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 (edited) LOL...4 pages is what I restrain her to. She would do twice as many if I let her! The same thing happens w/math as well. I have to stop before she's ready to stop as lessons can go for an hour if I don't. I love it! :tongue_smilie: Edited September 11, 2010 by MissKNG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 . then every other monster wants cookies. My K4 boy did this, too. I have a hard time getting him not to embellish the bar diagrams for SM, even at 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 She's enjoying the "Mommy-time!":001_wub: Go along with it as long as you have the time to give! I have a child like this, and allowing the coloring of monsters will help slow the pace. Maybe set a time for seatwork and move on to something else she can do with you. One trick up my sleeve is asking my dc to make their own "school work" by tracing letter/number puzzle pieces (Lauri Puzzles:001_smile:) and then creating from there. This takes up a good deal of time, and is actually great fm practice.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 My dd wanted one day to work her math problems as a collaborative project with her imaginary classmates. She went into a corner with her math book to confer with "Emma" or "Keira", and then came out with the answer. It made math take about 3x as long as it should have. Unfortunately, I don't have that much time to give her usually. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 LOL...4 pages is what I restrain her to. She would do twice as many if I let her! The same thing happens w/math as well. I have to stop before she's ready to stop as lessons can go for an hour if I don't. Hahaha! Today I was trying to nurse the baby and shouting to my 5 yo in the next room, "STOP doing handwriting! No more pages! What are we going to do if we finish the whole book in one week!?" Then I realized, I will have to do actual work and make up handwriting/copywork pages for him. :001_huh: He adores handwriting and math workbooks. It's actually refreshing to work with him after spending 20 minutes trying to convince his older brother that he will survive writing out the answers to all 6 of his math problems.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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