schedule/tracking question

[Tam101]

If you keep track of hours do you count independent reading towards your school hours?

 

My son loves to read and always has a book in progress so I've never assigned any books or literature during school. I just provide a wide variety of books for him, including classics, and he reads on his own. I don't want to ruin that by assigning him books. I'm on the fence about if I should be counting the time he spends reading toward our hours.

[NanceXToo]

Why wouldn't you? Reading is educational and a standard school subject. Here in PA we're supposed to "count" days OR hours. I don't technically "count" either- I trust that my kids are learning something and/or doing something educational 365 days a year, so I figure we've got it covered no matter what. But if I were going to "count hours" I absolutely would count independent reading time, among other things.

[ehommel]

Oh, I'm so glad you asked this...my dd reads 3 hrs every day. That's a lot of school to count!

[kandty]

Yes, I do count independent reading. One exception is that I don't usually count reading at bedtime. Mostly because I just don't remember to keep track. But, if he is working on a reading incentive he can count bedtime reading and he keeps track of that on his own.