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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is great because homeschooling is great for learning.  Wish I had homeschooled my kids.[/quote]

I totally agree!  Kids learn more and quickly when it's one on one or even a very small group.  School curriculum for each grade is available at school district websites so it's easy to figure out what you should be teaching for the grade your child is in.  Another advantage to homeschooling is that typically the teacher (you) doesn't stop teaching a topic until the kid gets it, whereas in public schools it is often the case that the class must move on to the next topic before all kids have mastered the one before.

This is all especially true for elementary school, assuming the teacher graduated from high school at least.  Upper grades might be a bit more challenging but can be done as well, the school work is all available online.

Don't spend more than 1-3 hrs per day working on academics with your kid, that's enough.  Design the rest of the day to cover all the other stuff they need, such as art, physical education, music, keyboarding, a foreign language, social skills, kindness, life skills, etc.

All of you newly homeschooling parents out there, you can do it![/quote]

It’s not the same though. I know people that homeschool and it doesn’t involve never leaving the house or interacting with other kids. They do a lot of small group meet ups, field trips, kids play on sports teams. I can keep my 12 and 14 year old up to speed academically but doing it all online without social contact is going to be very weird for my kids and probably not very motivating. 
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Isn't that type of homeschooler usually the unschooling, non vaccine crowd?[/quote]

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