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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starting around 2nd grade, many home schooled kids are in a co OP.  The parents pay a fee and the kids go 1-2 partial 
days a week to a place (rec. Center room, library meeting room, church room) with lots of other kids for certain subjects.  Also, there are whole catalogues of home school materials available so it isn't like these families are recreating a curriculum.  They teach subjects from a book.  VA requires home schooled kids to be tested (by the parents) to determine where they are, but I do know one family who specifically home schools so their kids don't have to take the SOLs.

I know several home schooled families.  This is what I've seen:

They have difficulty in group settings BUT in subtle ways.  If asked to ask a QUESTION the kids will start with a story.  (Typical for preschool and kindergarten, but usually by first grade a kid knows a question begins with who, what when, where, why, esp is the adult has already given the instruction more than once)

More difficulty navigating relationships with peers - again in subtle ways:  a friend says to knock something off as it is annoying (repeated humming), the home schooled kid continues it smiling, not to be annoying, but just not picking up in the social cue that the friend meant it. If doesn't get his or her way immediately runs to tell the parent in the room (at the age of 9), example "mom, I wanted to play battleship but the 3 others said let's play tag."

They report they are "done" with school in 2 hours a day.  Obviously even with time wasted in school, that's a lot of missed learning time.

More immature (by a lot)

Easily overwhelmed in larger setting - cry easily, run to mom and dad, etc.

BUT:

Wonderful manners

Very family focused

Have wonderful experiences (more day time hours to explore museums, try different sports, [/quote]

In Fairfax, the homeschool requirement for K is 7 hrs of one on one time a week. So a kid that finishes in two hours a day is getting a the learning a public school kid gets. One on one is an efficient way to learn. And public schools have a lot of time spent on lining up, transitioning, etc that you wouldn't have at home. 
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7 hours/week is disgraceful.  Yes, there is non-academic time in elementary school, but not the equivalent of 6 hours/day.[/quote]

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