At 6... how long do spend on a subject each day? I do not want to go overboard but I also don't want to do nothing, if that makes any sense at all.
Makes perfect sense.
When DW homeschooled our DD, she oriented on content and tasks, not time. The homeschool day took as long as it took. If DD wanted to read four books instead of one, they did that. If DD finished her math worksheet and asked for more or harder problems, she got that. Then again, if DD knocked out her math worksheet in five minutes and wanted to go play outside, she got to do that.
In order to ensure there was a minimum amount of instruction each week, DW created a schedule where there was one math activity per day, one LA reading and one writing activity per day, and science and social studies on particular days. Wednesdays were the exception to the above, where the only thing they did was art.
DD was free to exceed these minimums and drag DW along at any time.
