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How long should I spend on homeschooling?

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letsjog · 25/03/2020 10:52

My DS is 5 so reception. He was getting extra support as behind a bit with writing in particular / fine motor skills and a little with speech.
The teacher was making a plan to try and get him up to speed by year 1 but that's obviously now gone to pot.

We are getting weekly packs from school, nothing crazy, same for the whole class. I'd like to help him get up to speed with everything so he starts year 1 at an even keel with his peers.
Question - how long should we realistically spend a day on structured homeschooling?

I also have a 2.5yr old and we will be doing outdoor play as we are lucky to have a garden and I will get them to help me make lunches/bake and we've got a craft pack coming so will be doing lots of art. We painted some rocks yesterday and DS did dot to dot, some writing and reading and play dough independently.
He also watched lots of TV and played with his normal toys most of the day 😂

I want to make it a bit more structured to actually purposefully work on improving the things he's behind on but I don't want to put him off by overdoing it.
Any tips/advice would be really welcome.

HebeMumsnet · 25/03/2020 12:05

Agree with other posters, OP. I'd do 2 hours max spread across the day but make most of it activities he doesn't feel are 'school work', eg baking, painting, outdoor things, simple games like snap, pretend shops etc. Maybe do the odd worksheet from school just so he gets into the idea of sitting down and writing or doing some light sums for the start of year one but I wouldn't sweat it if he hates the idea. They'll all be in the same boat when they go back.

I think schools are just trying to help keep them busy so the parents don't all lose it trying to find things to entertain them all day!

Hope it's going well. What you're doing now sounds lovely! (Mine are currently drawing pigeons and writing rude words on the patio while I work.) Blush

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