AllBoys Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I have a question about scheduling. I have been scheduling things that have to be done every day and take a fair amount of concentration, like math, memory work and piano practice, first thing in the morning. We also have subjects that have to be done all together, and subjects that I have to work with one of the boys alone. One problem with this schedule is if the boys decide to drag something out it messes up the rest of the schedule. They could not care less if they are still working at 5 or 7? but I can't stand it. I need the school day to be over so I can do other things. Can you tell me how you schedule your subjects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rieshy Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I learned I had to have cut off times. If their math isn't finished they have to stop anyway and move on and then they have to finish it during their free time.. Cut off times have looked differently over the years and with different students. For my current 9 yo this means having to finish unfinshed work after our school day is over which not so coincedentally is when his best friend down the street gets home from school and finally can play for an hour. One year my school week for my teens ran Tuesday to Monday. Which gave them the weekend of their own time to catch up. If everything wasn't turned in and acceptable on Monday by 3:00 they had to miss their Monday night club they were all crazy about. I also have a personal cut off time. Except with unusual cases I don't help or check school work after 4:00 p.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We do as above. We start the next subject on my schedule. We finish our last subject when I plan it. If they have to finish their independent work later, that is in their homework time, not my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholsonhomeschool Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We're trying cut-off times here too -- this is my first year to have both boys home. So far, so good (two whole days) but today I could see that my older son didn't want math homework so he was really trying to stick to it and get it done. I also have to be more willing to let something go if we don't finish it in a timely manner. That can be hard for me, but I'm trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We also used cut-off times when the kids were younger. If I saw them dawdling, I'd tell them they had X more minutes to finish (something reasonable). Anything not done was "homework" to be done during their "free time" when school was over. Then, enforce. Time's up, we're moving on to X subject, you'll have to do that later. "Homework" at our house was done at the kitchen table sitting on a hard chair. Regular work they could take to their rooms, sit on the couch or floor etc..., but not homework. This helped my kids learn to focus, because they didn't like having homework while the other was playing! Workboxes also really helped my kids learn to focus and keep organized. Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Scheduling includes how much time will be spent doing something. With little dc, I wouldn't spend more than, say, half an hour or an hour doing math. We'd pick up where we left off the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We use workboxes and go by a time schedule. Right now mine are 6 and 7, so we do an hour of school, take an hour off, and then do another hour. History and science are an additional block of one hour set aside in the afternoon, but it usually doesn't take the entire hour. Usually, the two hours is enough to get everything done with time left over, but if they don't finish a certain assignment, the remainder of that assignment goes into the top drawer to be completed first the next day. Also, if they rush through everything in the first hour, which does happen, then I refill the drawers for the 2nd hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I too have all boys, and one of them likes to start later than the rest of us. For my older one, I allow him to work on things he can do on his own, in his own time. The topics I need to cover with him get done earlier. I am trying to teach him time management, and if he wants to be working while the rest of us are finished, that is is choice. This has worked for us because the things he has done on his own really does not take my participation, so it is a win-win situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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