OKay, so then my adding in the extra reading for filling in extra English time, and computer math games to fill in my math time when he finished early is equivalent to that. Good deal! I just miss understood it to say that we had to be actually teaching that whole hour... but its not that way right, its just that amount of time that they actually spend on Math, including seat work, instruction time etc?
Yep. But again, this is just for Missouri. And really, I understand how the judges have ruled. What was happening was that, depsite the fact that the law says "hours", people were counting lessons instead. So if they did their math lesson in 30 minutes, they were still counting that as an hour. While I see their reasoning, it wasn't what the law required. Just remember that I will probably homeschool all three of my boys through to graduation and will most likely not ever have to show anyone my records.
YEp, that was my plan as well, but now that I am doing Algerbra1 with dd (STILL!) I am looking forward to sending her to Private School next year and letting MR H teach her ! Math at least! But she may stay home and do Video Text Math, who knows, she kinda likes the home school thing and does do well with it aside from the writing thigns out but I think I am breaking that stubborn streak of laziness!
Lol you girls have had a posting frenzy while I was asleep all night! Too many to read so sorry if I repeat stuff. Thanks for clearing that up!! I thought you were telling me off for putting dance classes down as school!! I believe homeschooling is a way of life too. We are pretty relaxed but not unschoolers. I like making lesson plans and deciding on what we will learn in history. When we "Do school" it takes from 40 minutes up to 2 hours. But one hour is average. I don't like to mark our 180 day attendance chart as attended unless we have actually done what I consider to be school. Not that that has to be paper work but I have to see some educational merit to the day to mark it. If the kids are just playing I don't count it unless something happens, such as the other day my daughter found a bearded dragon lizard in the garden. Not that things like that count for an entire day, but I know little things like that do occur and I keep them in mind, then after a few such things I will put down a days attendance on a day we haven't actually done school as I felt those things added up to a days attendance if kwim? I only mark the attendance sheet because my umbrella school requires it. They only require it of me because there state requires it off them. Actually they are quite happy for unschoolers to mark days down as they see fit so I feel quite justified with what I do mark as attendance. Wow. Ah yer! If we did that haha, I would mark each day as attended. I don't have to write out anything, just put an 'A' for attended in a box on an online tracker. The way I see it is those laws were written by people that haven't a clue. All they see is *school children go to school from 9-3* (or whatever your schools do) and they think homeschool children should too. reality is if you actually did 2 hours of maths which would cover something like 3 lessons you would probably finish your year work in 4 months. So what then you have to pad it out or go to the next grade level? They don't care that your child has done the lessons just the flipping hours! So if you did all those hours of seat work like they want you to you would probably end up doing the equivalent of 40 years of school!!
This is what I'm thinking! Homeschoolers can accomplish as much or more than ps kids often in half the time. So if we have to double what we do because we already got as much or more done, and if we just keep moving forward as they finish--start on the next level, then we'd be doing at least 2 years of school every year! That still makes no sense to me!
If you guys can pull off a day's work in a few minutes to two hours, then I'm doing something seriously W R O N G! It takes us from 9-2:30 to finish on a day with no class to hurry to, and on days there is a class, we stop to go to the class, then come home, rest, get supper, then work from 6-8 to finish up. I want a two hour day!!
Becky, when my kids were in first grade, it took us about 2 hours a day sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. Not sure why yours is taking longer. But let me tell you one thing. If you DO put Jeannie in school, she's going to be miles ahead, more disciplined, and probably bored! You're teaching her so well that ps will never live up to that for her!
But how on earth do you get all the subjects done in 2 hours?? We have 8 subjects we do every day. I don't see how that can be squeezed into 2 hours. Enlighten me!
The core ones- math english science social studies spelling phonics reading Each lesson really only takes 30-45 minutes, except math. That can run an hour, but I do extras. Never longer than that, though.
ABall, what grades are you guys talking about? With ds10 I do reading, engish, spelling, math, science and History = basically every day depending on my other things to do non school time stuff etc. but with dd in highschool we do more. but it seems like less time consuming , up to thepoint where she does the writing I am finally getting done!
Becky, you're not doing it "wrong", it's just that Type A Personality kicking in! Phillip is sometimes done with 2nd grade in 3 hours! BTW (totally off topic here!), pray for us tomorrow! Carl is taking Poco in to have her put down. He's decided her spinal degeneration has progressed to where it's time. We told the kids tonight. I know you understand with Sparky and all. Thanks!
When you said you guys got a puppy a few days ago, I wondered if something happened to Poco. It was hard enough to watch Sparky die in front of me; I can't imagine having to go and put them down. Looking back, we should have done that with Sparky. He died 3 days after we were told he had cancer.
