athena1277 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I've been doing a lot of planning for 1st grade this fall. K takes us about 1-1.5 hours a day. I know 1st will take longer. About how long does 1st take for you/your dc? I have to plan some of our day around ds taking a nap and I'm wondering how much we can plan to get done while he sleeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzf242 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 1st is taking us between 1-2 hours for the basics (math, reading, copywork/spelling and lit/history). Dd spends time each day reading on her own and doing other projects, but we don't really consider that as part of her "schoolwork." Take care. Suzanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daybreaking Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I have two hours of homeschooling scheduled for my 6 year old son in the morning and then another 1 hour or so while my daughter naps. The morning time is more independent work, with assistance from me when needed, whereas the naptime homeschooling is where I work with him 1:1. This time frame includes some buffer time, to allow for distractions, occasional dawdling, etc. In addition to the homeschooling time, we also strive to read-aloud for two hours a day, but that time is spread throughout the day, with some happening before bed, by Daddy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristangrace Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Around two hours for us . . . I think. (It's hard to tell, because interacting with the younger kiddos (a 4yo and a 2yo) takes quite a bit of time some days!) We do devotions, math, grammar, writing, spelling, and a little history most days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apmom Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 For us, we plan on around 2 hours of sit-down work a day. Like Suzanne, that doesn't count lots of other extra reading time or playing games that go along with the things we're studying. The 2 hours usually includes math, spelling, language, science (only once a week usually), history and daily devotions. HTH! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) We work on school between 10-1. This is all these subjects: Math English History Science Spelling Reading (more throughtout the day also) a Bible story Other read alouds happen at night before bed. Edited March 4, 2009 by coralloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 For us it takes 2 1/2-3 hours daily, but I have two students (my son is in K but does math, history, and science with my 1st grader) AND that time includes 30 minutes of me reading literature out loud to them and a 15-minute snack break in the middle of school. We do literature, history, math, science, phonics, reading, and WWE, but not each of those every day. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura W. Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Right now my 1st grader averages 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day. Blessings, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I don't have my WTM book out to verify this, but I think this is what TWTM recommends in the earlier edition (I don't have the new edition). I had typed this out in a checklist format for days per week, minutes per day, and the task to do. Sorry if the formatting doesn't come through. Language M T W Th F Mins/Day Day Task qqqq 10 M-Th Spelling Workout A - Seatwork qqqq 15 M-Th First Language Lessons (Grammar) qqqq 30 M-Th Read to Mom & make notebook page qqqq 30 M-Th Read to self – fun books - afternoon qq 10 M/W Write notes to relatives &/or friends qq 10 Tu/Th Copy short sentences – Bible or History Mathematics qqqq 30 M-Th Math-U-See Foundations, Alpha or Beta History qqqq 45 M-Th SOTW CD, Narration, Notebook Pg Science qqqq 30 M-Th Animals, humans, plants – Notebook Pg Bible qqqq 15 M-Th Listen to Bible Story Art q 60 F Drawing with Children, Picture study Music qqqq 15 M-Th Listen to classical music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Our first grade boils down to about 2 - 3 hours a day, 4 days per week. In the morning we have an hour to an hour and a half for math, phonics, spelling, any geography review to go with our history, and about 15 minutes for dd to read aloud. In the afternoon we have about another hour to cover history or science. Music and art are included informally along the way in the afternoons. I do a literature read-aloud at bedtime for another half hour or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K&Rs Mom Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Wow, you all spend a lot more time than we do! My oldest just finished 1st, and we spent just under an hour most days, maybe up to 1.5 hr if there was a really involved project/experiment. That was for spelling, history, science, religion, math, Latin, writing/grammar, and sometimes art. We do a 4-day week, and she does lots of reading on her own plus a read-aloud when I remember to get one from the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 My son takes about 3 hrs. a day: Bible, math, handwriting, language/spelling/phonics in the morning; then some lunch and playtime. In the afternoon, he and his brother do science/history/fine arts together for about 45 min. Then more reading and more playing for the rest of the day. We often do more reading together after supper--just for fun! We all take turns choosing:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcara Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Here's the amount of time my 1st grader spends per subject: Math - 45/60 min, M-F Grammar - 10 min, M-W WWE - 10/15 min, M-R Spelling - 10/15 min, M-F Religion - 15 min, M-F Reading - 30+ min, M-F History - 30-60 min, M, R, F Science - 60 min, T,W Piano practice - 10 min, M-F Cursive - 5/10 min, M-F Art - 30/60 min, 1x/week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reya Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I've been doing a lot of planning for 1st grade this fall. K takes us about 1-1.5 hours a day. I know 1st will take longer. About how long does 1st take for you/your dc? I have to plan some of our day around ds taking a nap and I'm wondering how much we can plan to get done while he sleeps. 2-4 hours, depending. LOTS of play time--this is broken into 3 segments. (I guess you can call it "1st" as well as anything...) This includes EVERYTHING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumtoo3 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 We do little lessons from 5 to 15 min blocks and we do about 12 to 15 lessons a day so it takes about 1.5 to 2.5 hours a day. Plus we do trampolining, cheer leading, gymnastics, art group, sport group and another homeschool group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Two to three hours, as far as I remember. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psm73 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ours was different than most posted here because Mon-Wed were heavier days and Thursday and Friday were very light. I did this by design because I'm an up and at 'em person on Mondays but as the week goes on, I knew I wanted a lighter schedule. We did about 2-2.5 hours Mon-Wed. By Thursday, we only did about an hour. Friday we didn't do any (or would make up work missed earlier in the week). Mon-Wed we did Handwriting, Spelling, Language Arts, Science, History, Math, and reading. By Thursday we only had to do Spelling Test, Math, and a small bit of Science or Health. By Friday, we were finished with all our schoolwork. Friday was our library day. We followed what is recommended in TWTM for library books. My dd was able to check out as many as she wanted to check out on her own but I also had her check out many (if not all) of the history selections recommended in SOTW Vol. 1 as well as books on animals, sea life, etc. Today (in 3rd grade) my dd is a voracious reader and I credit those weekly trips to the library early on when she was first grabbing on to reading. Also, Friday was often our field trip day: the zoo, aquarium, science museum, etc. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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