Home daycare while homeschooling?

[Sandbox Sally]

I homeschool my 12 yo while also doing home daycare. You will find that you are able to give lessons, assign work etc during nap times, and your child will need far less time to complete and absorb these assignments than they do at a brick and mortar institution. My daughter is on par with her non-homeschooled friends (ahead, actually), and she only does school work 2.5 hours a day. The rest of the time, she hangs with me and the dck's. She loves it!

Homeschooled children quickly become self directed learners.

[Inspired by Reggio]

....Homeschooled children quickly become self directed learners.

I agree ... and in reality with school they are not in 'class' from 9-3 .... there is lunch, recess and so forth in there and well the 'distractions' of the large groups that prevent the focus of study ... when you are at home with a small group it is easier to cover work in a short period of time!

Not to mention all the 'life lessons' learning in helping with the childcare program ... time outside in nature and so forth.

We wish we could have home schooled - downsize of 'shared' custody someone else gets a vote and with something like homeschooling their NO vote carries more weight cause school is the 'norm' and having to fight in the courts for something that is against the 'norm' not so easy He only has two more years to muddle through now though and highschool is easier for him that grade school was - so hopefully they go by with more ease!