Question for Home Schooling Kids

[bjcheung77]

I would highly recommend homeschooling. I and my six siblings were homeschooled, and we were blessed tremendously by it. For the little ones, you can buy some really cheap and absolutely great write-in books for kindergarten. For those early grades especially, there is a lot of benefit in homeschooling. First, those are the years that most shape your children. If they are around you/your wife all the time, you/your wife will be the most powerful mold that will shape them for the rest of their lives. Beyond everyday influence, they will learn better to respect you.
As far as the other grades such as 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, the story is basically the same.
In higher grades than that, we bought books that required you to do the work outside the book, I.e on a piece of lined paper. Doing so allowed us to use the same books for everyone.
Another plus of homeschooling: you can go at your own speed. Most of us graduated highschool at 16-17. What we would typically do is continue school through the summer, and take time off throughout the school year to go on vacation. You can get cheaper rates that way, an important factor for a family of nine.

That's just awesome. I have friends who have been homeschooling their children (ages 10 and 8) and they speak highly about the process. For me, I would love to do a mix of both homeschool and public school. The only thing drawing me back is the "interaction" with other people, they only learn from the parents and there are no other "students/teachers" for them to interact with such as playing sports or going to the park/playground. Other than that, I totally am on the band wagon for homeschooling.