How Much Seatwork???

Is this what it looks like for young children? We seem to have a fair share
of seatwork....math, grammar, writing, history, science, reading blah, blah,
blah. It is difficult to break free from the regular school mode when there
is simply so much to learn!

I try to limit the amount of seatwork. At their ages, you might try 1-2 hours and the rest of your day should be love of learning type activities (another 1-2 hours). Our history and literature at that age was read alouds and the kids were busy with quiet projects. Science IMHO should be completely hands-on at this age, too. All we do for seatwork at younger ages is spelling, and writing. We even wait to do math and grammar until after they are 10.

Kerry Beck

More info about relaxed learning at an early age is found in Teaching the Trivium and A Thomas Jefferson Education.