mlgbug Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 SO I am thinking..... EVERYDAY Math Language arts reading I have to also do the science, health, SOTW.....I really wanna do science and SOTW at least 3 times a week. is that too much? and health just once. Art we will be taking a class at the local library Music....i have NO IDEA what to do. lol Ive got till monday to figure this out!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That looks fine to me - music depends on if your DD is studying an instrument or just learning about it. If it's just general education, once a week would work. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengjohnson Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 This is similar to what my 2nd grader does. For science and history I prefer to do a solid week of one and then rotate to the other. I combine 2 weeks into one for each. She also has once a week choir and art and soccer 3-5 times a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 We do school 6x a week, it works better for us because the daily time spent is shorter...my dd can not work on seat work for very long. ;-) We alternate some subjects, like grammar and cursive, ETC and spelling, and phonics and Latin. We also do a daily Tea time (snack lol) and we do Memory work daily and then alternate bible/poetry/art. We typically finish seat work in less than 1.5 hours. She needs to get up and move in between each subject, so I have her run the dog riding her bike or scooter, doing a chore, making me some more coffee ;-) after each subject. Or when she seems like she needs a break. So our daily schedule looks like- Monday/Wednesday/Friday MEP 2 lessons (30 min) -Walk dog Cursive (5 min) Spelling (15 min) -Chores Phonics (5 min) History (SOTW one day, extra literature the other 2) (20 min) -Tea Time and snack Read aloud for (at least) 20 min, her to me and me to her Tuesday/Thursday MEP 1 lesson, Primary Grade Challenge Math or Miquon (30 min) -Walk the dog Grammar (10 min) ETC (10 min) -Chores Latin (5 min) Science (mom reads text one day and we read extra books/watch videos the other day) (20 min) -Tea Time Read aloud Saturday Math-finish any MEP we missed, work on concepts she needs extra practice in, PGCM -Walk the dog Grammar ETC -Chores Latin Read aloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlgbug Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Sotw and science ill be doing with both kids. So I'd love to do those everyday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 We just started 2nd grade. This is what we are doing: Mon - Thursday SOTW / God's Design for Science (each 2 days a week) Bible & Memory Work CLE Math AAS FLL (I think this is suppose to be 3 days a week so we will likely skip one day) WWE Read Aloud - I read to them for 30-45 min Read to Self - They read to themselves for 45 min Prima Latina - This is the only thing we have changed between 1st and 2nd grades. It doesn't take that long but it sure seems like our days have gotten a lot longer. I'm still trying to figure this out and try to shorten it up a bit. We may have to wait for this until 3rd grade, when they will hopefully be a bit faster at their work and WWE might not take quite as long. Friday - homeschool co-op 9-12 P.E. Spanish Art Extras: They both take swimming lessons, one takes piano lessons and the other takes violin lessons. They are both in boy scouts and AWANA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Don't try to figure it all out by Monday! The nice thing about homeschooling is you can adjust as necessary until it works! So try your plan for one week and if it didn't work, change it for the next week. Don't try to plan out your whole year until you've got a better idea how things will work. You'll find your groove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 My second grader does: 4 days a week: -math -independent reading -read alouds -WWE -some sort of general skills -- spelling practice, math facts, generic social studies, etc.; when he finishes the current workbook, we'll switch to cursive for general skills -rotating list of extras -- music study, art (and picture study is every few weeks at co-op), religious biography, Shakespeare We like history a lot, so we do history pretty much 4 days a week too (and often the read alouds/car audiobooks are correspondent to history -- right now, we're listening to Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief and James Baikkie's Peeps At Many Lands: Egypt). The general aim is SOTW on Monday, the corresponding map work and supplemental books on Tuesday, more supplemental books, activities, and projects Wed. and Thurs., sometimes Fri. It doesn't always happen that way; we might spend more than a week on a topic, or we might do two SOTW chapters in a week, or we might do the map page the same day as SOTW, or we might skip history on days when we're out, but that's the general plan. 1 day a week: -science I am really, really pleased with my second grader's year. I really feel like he has a good balance of fun/easily enjoyable stuff, challenge, and skill-building. Two hours a day is usually enough (excluding read alouds), and that seems perfect for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Sotw and science ill be doing with both kids. So I'd love to do those everyday.... We started out alternating science & history, but we have changed to doing both every day and we enjoy it so much more! We only spend about 15-20 minutes on each every day. For example, in history this week we are doing: M- Read The Persian Cinderella, read the first section from the chapter in SOTW, ask review questions, write narration T - Read the second section from the chapter, ask review questions, write narration W - map work from SOTW Th - coloring page from SOTW, read from Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient History F - project Our day usually goes something like this: Breakfast/Bible reading (I read while they eat) Brush teeth/get dressed/chores Math Language Arts (spelling, Easy Grammar, Primary Language Lessons on MWF/Easy Grammar, reading comprension, handwriting on Tues/Thurs.) Break somewhere during LA or right after math for outside play. Lunch usually falls right before or right after history, depending on how early we started. History Science Foreign Language (Latin/Spanish on alternating days) Quiet Reading Time (1 hour ) - This usually starts between 1:30-2:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 You plans look good. We do all subjects every day (M-F). Art is the only exception. We are done before lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Your plan looks great. You'll be fine. Start out slowly and remember to try to relax and enjoy it. It won't start out perfectly. You and your dd will have to get used to a new kind of relationship. Try to save hands-on things for after the main work is done so that you don't get stressed about finishing a project so that you can start something else. For your first couple of weeks, double check you requires supplies so you have everything you need. Rememer to be flexible and that it will probably take more time than you think. Focus on making getting settled instead of sticking to getting a certain amount of work done at first. It will work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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