Outdoor time is important here. GS10 makes the rounds of checking water tanks for the cattle. He takes his dog and works on obedience training during that time. He has flute practice for 15 minutes every day. He also spends up to an hour outside in garden work, or fantasy play. That will be cut short beginning this week and use that time to prep cattle for a show in November.
He reads for an hour or more each day. Once he meets his AR goals for this quarter we will use up to an hour of that time to do Life of Fred, and Elementary Greek. And next quarter I'll make sure he has no more than 25 point goal so he can read something of substance(quality) without feeling pressured to just read for quantity.
eta: GS10 needs sleep! His bedtime is between 8:30 & 9:00, he gets up at 7:30. We may stretch it to 9-9:30 this year, that would still be 10 hours. He gets home from school at 4:30 and the TV does not come on until 7:30. That gives him 3 hours to play, work, read, eat, with 1-2 hours of TV or computer time. During the week, unless he needs to look up something, computer time comes out of TV time, since it's for recreational use.
Last edited by OHGrandma; 10/12/09 06:50 AM.
