Well, Ive been homeschooled for 7 years now, so Ill give in some small thoughts.
If you are going to homeschool, or are thinking about it, in my opinion DO NOT try to recreate public school in your house. All you ended up doing was worse because its still the same boring stuff but without your friends. I did it for 2 years and hated it. It also causes parents to be micromanaging the whole thing.
When you have kids at home all the time, messes are inevitable. You'll have to assign "daily jobs" and stuff like that.
Try to get all the important stuff done in the morning, because usually you will plan all the extra stuff (sports, classes, friends) in the evening when public school gets out.
The point of all homeschooling is to create a Love of Learning environment and help your kids see all the possibilities this world has to offer. Look around at all the methodologies that are like this and follow one as best as you can. Our family does TJed for about 4 years and we love it.
If you are going to homeschool, or are thinking about it, in my opinion DO NOT try to recreate public school in your house. All you ended up doing was worse because its still the same boring stuff but without your friends. I did it for 2 years and hated it. It also causes parents to be micromanaging the whole thing.
When you have kids at home all the time, messes are inevitable. You'll have to assign "daily jobs" and stuff like that.
Try to get all the important stuff done in the morning, because usually you will plan all the extra stuff (sports, classes, friends) in the evening when public school gets out.
The point of all homeschooling is to create a Love of Learning environment and help your kids see all the possibilities this world has to offer. Look around at all the methodologies that are like this and follow one as best as you can. Our family does TJed for about 4 years and we love it.