I'm having one of those days. We did start earlier than normal, but we're pretty much DONE, and it's just lunchtime. We even did chores. I do want to go for a walk and look for biotic and abiotic objects, and I want to sit down and read some books to him, but otherwise.....
And this is one of those days when we don't have much to do outside of the house, so I HAVE more time to do "school".
We accomplished:
history: reading about Gilgamesh and drawing a picture of Enkidu
reading: learning about the digraph -tch and the blend -nch, and reading a phonics reader with those sounds
handwriting: making m & n with Bendaroos and then doing the workbook pages for them
math: practicing more about adding 2 one-digit numbers by first making a group of 10 including doing some workbook pages, and then practicing some math facts like for 1 minute
science: reading about biotic & abiotic, and doing some worksheets to review the topic
Spanish: he worked on Rosetta stone for a few minutes while I made lunch.
Mind, this is more worksheets than I normally do in a WEEK let alone one day, but no one lesson took more than 15-20 minutes, and most probably less [lots of interruptions from the toddler].
How do you decide how much to do in one day?
DS is 6, and like I said, I usually do NOT do that many worksheets, and even today we largely did them together as a review.
And this is one of those days when we don't have much to do outside of the house, so I HAVE more time to do "school".
We accomplished:
history: reading about Gilgamesh and drawing a picture of Enkidu
reading: learning about the digraph -tch and the blend -nch, and reading a phonics reader with those sounds
handwriting: making m & n with Bendaroos and then doing the workbook pages for them
math: practicing more about adding 2 one-digit numbers by first making a group of 10 including doing some workbook pages, and then practicing some math facts like for 1 minute
science: reading about biotic & abiotic, and doing some worksheets to review the topic
Spanish: he worked on Rosetta stone for a few minutes while I made lunch.
Mind, this is more worksheets than I normally do in a WEEK let alone one day, but no one lesson took more than 15-20 minutes, and most probably less [lots of interruptions from the toddler].
How do you decide how much to do in one day?
DS is 6, and like I said, I usually do NOT do that many worksheets, and even today we largely did them together as a review.
. The point isn't to spend any particular amount of time doing school, really, but just to gradually learn all about the world and gain access to all the tools you need to be able to do whatever you want in life. It isn't necessary for a 6 yr. old to be putting in a lot of time in order for that to come about quite easily and successfully as he grows. My grown son is an impressively knowledgeable, able, and self motivated learner, and he wasn't doing any studies at that age - it was all play and extensive use of the imagination. For that matter, a child who's in school all day long wouldn't be accomplishing any more than yours does in no time - so much of the time in school is spent in organizational and turn taking matters. As long as you're accomplishing so much, I think a good investment of time would be just exploring whatever the two of you happen to find fun and/or interesting. - Lillian
) If he enjoys that format, and you're happy, there's nothing wrong with using worksheets. 
You're also balancing them with other formats, like reading, discussion, tactile activities, computer based, etc.
be happy enjoy it. go to the park or pull out the crafts supplies! or even better go do something that you normally wouldn't be able to if you were in PS.
Yup !
We train to task not to time. Sometimes our planned activity is over in a few minutes.. sometimes it starts a rabbit hole that has us lost for the rest of the day. Either way we are ok with that - that's what homeschooling is all about for us.
