meganrussell Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 I just put my four older kids in Public school, 9th, 7th, 4th and 1st grades. I am already missing homeschool, although I know it's only been a few days. I am considering after schooling them a bit because I may decide to homeschool again next year, possibly even after Christmas break. I am curious, how much is too much? How much do you expect? My 9th grader is the only one who has homework so far, so I can't really see how much time that will take. Here is what I was thinking if doing: 1st grader - continuing with the phonics and reading portion of my father's world 1st grade (shouldn't take more than 20 minutes) and the math portion (maybe 5-10 minutes) 4th, 7th, 9th graders - Story of the World, geography games, math and logic puzzles, current events, and a read aloud (aiming for 30 minutes, 3 days a week) 4th grader -maths flashcards nightly (5 minutes) We do Bible time every night already. I read a chapter or two and we discuss and pray, sometimes sing. Does after schooling make kids sick of learning? I just can see where some things will be lacking in public school and want to keep the gaps filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 I would definitely not do all of it in one day. I would maybe do math and logic puzzles and books on Monday, play a geography game on Tuesday (scrambled states of America or where in the world - my kids like to play both), and read a chapter in story of the world on Wednesday and Friday, with maybe a quick activity one day. I'd also like to have a read aloud, maybe one for the older group and one for the younger group. I for sure don't want to burn them out. I'm not sure yet how the math and English is yet on the school, but so far it's looking light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 For your first grader, I would make sure you teach any sight words they send home or sight words they are working on with phonics, here is why and how, I've had too many remedial students with problems from sight word teaching. http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/sightwords.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 For your first grader, I would make sure you teach any sight words they send home or sight words they are working on with phonics, here is why and how, I've had too many remedial students with problems from sight word teaching. http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/sightwords.html Yes. He has the most homework, lol. He already knows the sight words they've sent home so far. I will continue to do his homework. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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