smilesonly Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Including both teaching and dc doing actual seat work. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Depends on how spacey she is that day. She is very good at math but can stare at a wall for hours if I would let her :glare: Usually I set a timer for her work for 30 minutes. So including teaching, I would say on a good day about 45 minutes. On a super spacey day (like today :glare:) it can easily drag out to over 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCamper Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Amazing, but my DD is almost the exact same amount of time as the previous poster. Sometimes the focus goes to petting the cat rather than the math and it makes it drag on. Most often we spend about an hour/day on it because of small diversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 45-60 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 It's so nice to hear that others of you have "spacey" math student! We shoot for 45 min/day. Some days that is all worksheet/workbooks, some days it's 15-20 min of Khan Academy videos & exercises and then deskwork (when I can tell she really needs a change of scene to focus). We do math first thing in the morning - later she would not be able to focus for that long on anything besides reading . . . -Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 45-60 minutes typically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnlvr Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 45-60 minutes if focused. 2+ hours if not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 My son is thankfully pretty focused. He spends 60-90 minutes in the morning (usually closer to 60), a few minutes on xtramath, some card games like Speed and 24 (do they count?) and reads math books/does math puzzles a few times a week. He has daily math homework which usually takes him 15-20 minutes, 30 minutes on the weekends. So total math is somewhere between 80-120 minutes a day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 We did Saxon 6/5--I taught her the lesson, she'd do a few, and she'd finish the rest later. She also spent about 5 minutes (sometimes 10) correcting work at the very beginning of the lesson. So, maybe 35 minutes in one session, and 15-25 in the "homework" portion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 45-60 minutes if focused.2+ hours if not. :iagree: Same here at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 In total, about an hour to an hour and a half. She's focused and works diligently, but she also does a lot of math, using several different types of material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 45-60 minutes. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 about an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I have a 3rd grader who spends about 1/2 hr and a 5th grader who can spend around an hour (he's spacy) I would shoot for around 45 minutes or less. This is going to depend a lot on your program and its requirements. We use MM which has both the "teaching" and Workbook style problems in the same lesson. Much quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 In total, about an hour to an hour and a half. She's focused and works diligently, but she also does a lot of math, using several different types of material. Same story here...with dd8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 My 9 year old spends 30 - 45 minutes, but usually closer to the 45. This includes the MM worktext and some flashcard review or mad minutes for multiplication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smilesonly Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 okay, ds is doing a total of 30-45mins, but that is broken up into two sessions. with r&s, we have a longer teaching session as i make generous use of the white board. when i'm using mm, i still do some teaching at the board, but that is usually only 5-10 mins. since i am trying to get ds caught up, i am thinking of setting the timer for two 30 mins sessions, having him work till the ding-whether his assignment is done. is that reasonable? what if that means he is doing ten worksheets? that would be pretty crazy! he's not a game-boy, he's all about being outside and doesn't like computer, card, board or dice games.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Ds is in 3rd and takes an hour:(. He loves math, but man, the child will not do more than one problem without having to stop for one reason or another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 It's so nice to hear that others of you have "spacey" math student! We shoot for 45 min/day. Some days that is all worksheet/workbooks, some days it's 15-20 min of Khan Academy videos & exercises and then deskwork (when I can tell she really needs a change of scene to focus). We do math first thing in the morning - later she would not be able to focus for that long on anything besides reading . . . -Rose That's pretty much what I would have said about dd2. Dd1 is a 45 minutes & done girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 45 min total: 30 min of RightStart D 15 min of CWP She usually gets through a RightStart D lesson in 30 min, but her target is 30 min of focused work so she may do less than one lesson, a full lesson, or more than one lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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