lovemywhirlygirls Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Wondering how many days per week you "do" history in your home. Please share any helpful explanation. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 When they were younger 3 to 4 days, now 13 yo is 4-5, and high school is everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do history two or three days a week with a 8 and 7 yo both doing Story of the World Vol. 3. We listen to part 1 of the weekly chapter one day (maybe do a narration), part 2 of the chapter another day with the mapwork, and then if there's any interesting projects in the Activity guide, do that on a third. I also try to locate recommended books at the library, so we might read those at another time. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do history 2 days a week and then a 3rd day for projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do school four days a week, and history is in all of them. DS is 12.5. History involves a lot of reading, and to fit in all I want to cover, I schedule it for every day. Also, DS likes history fairly well, unlike all the other subjects. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Once a week for about two hours. We are using FMOG and FMOR right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm looking at 2 days a week next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Our curriculum is based around our history so 4-5 days a week here. Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Right now we do history 2 days a week for 1.5 hours each time, we alternate it with science -2days/week and geography 1day/week) next year I will be bumping it up to 3 days a week with science and geography also bumping up 1 day/week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 For elementary years, I did it daily. This year, I'm doing it twice weekly, on Mondays and Wednesdays, for two hours each day. If we need to finish up writing, etc. on Fridays, we try do that then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Four. We hs 4 days a week and do everything everyday. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemywhirlygirls Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks, Ladies. If you read my other thread you'll know why I ask this question. Appreciate your responses and will keep checking them. I have admiration for the commitment to history that each of you have in your home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 we do 4 days a week. we use Sonlight. And we usually only get 4 days of school done a week, so 4 day schedule works well for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 For next year, DD 4th grade, I have scheduled 2 days at 60 minutes each day and a third day for supplemental reading as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We aim for a four-day week, with the incentive of Wednesdays off if he's caught up in schoolwork. He does some history on all four days, though. For example, this week his plan is to do about 1/3 of his assigned reading on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and then do his weekly worksheet on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do history 7 days a week (by request), but about 90% of our history is read aloud historical fiction. We average about an hour per day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks, Ladies. If you read my other thread you'll know why I ask this question. Appreciate your responses and will keep checking them. I have admiration for the commitment to history that each of you have in your home. BTW I read history during lunch while I have a captive audiance. ;) Then I eat afterward while reading WTM. :D Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hobbes does history twice a week, for about 45 minutes a time. Calvin has history on his weekly list: he tends to do all his reading in one lump, then work on his written assignment on another day. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgilli3 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do history 3 times a week, for anywhere between 40 mins- 1 1/2 hrs ( depending what is required on the day) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcara Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 My 3rd and 1st graders are doing history about 3 days per week. Some other days I may read-aloud some history book from the library, but that's an 'extra.' The goal is for 3 days per week. We're using SOTW 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 For 2nd grade that is just read alouds and such but for 7th.. We use Mystery of History and Truthquest. Mondays are pretest and begin assigned reading for that week. Tues, Wed, Thurs, each have a lesson in MOH and as associated TQ reading if there is one. Assigned reading and/or viewing each day as well. Friday is timeline and mapwork and any review sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajjkt Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have history on my 'to do' list most days ... After we do maths and LA we never seem to get to anything else. It's something I plan to make sure I get to because the dc do enjoy it when we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Everyday we do a little bit, either reading a read aloud, mapwork, independent reading, art project, something is done everyday that corresponds with our history program. It's the same for science here too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do history five days a week. We do read-alouds, and map work, and notebook pages, and a timeline (not everything every day). I think that we spend the most time of any subject on history. My kids love it and they are learning a lot. I thought about doing history twice a week for longer chunks of time, but with my kids being so young, I didn't think they would retain as much from marathon sessions. My dd wants to put in this smiley:lurk5:. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jejily Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) Our curriculum is based around our history so 4-5 days a week here. Michelle Same here. This involves reading (from MOH or Kingfisher), discussion, writing (IEW's history-based writing lessons), literature (novels related to the historical events we are covering), time lines, map work, and an occasional hands-on project. Edited January 27, 2009 by jejily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do some history five days a week. We are using Tapestry of Grace now, and it it working very well for us. We used SOTW for four years before this, and for the first two years we did history twice a week and stayed on schedule. We all enjoyed SOTW 3 and 4 much less, though, and it tended not to get done (actually, we never got past the first 1/3 of year 4). Anyway, five days a week is working for us now, and, as another poster noted, they seem to learn better in smaller, more frequent sessions than in fewer, longer sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrina Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Everyday we do a little bit, either reading a read aloud, mapwork, independent reading, art project, something is done everyday that corresponds with our history program. It's the same for science here too. :) This is exactly what we do! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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