I have my own 7 yr old son and although he is not hone schooled he is off for the summer after tomorrow, the other school age boy that I had all year is not coming this summer so all the kids will be 2/3 yr olds and we live in the country so can't just go to a friends for part of the day .... So what I did was "hire" my son.... I am going to pay him to help me organize cleanup time, help to put on shoes and zip zippers for outside time, help with puzzles and read stories. That way he doesn't feel like he's in daycare cause he's not and when the kids are napping he will get to watch tv in my room or play hockey in the garage or what ever he wants to do that's quiet. He is very excited about it and he's already dreaming of all the money he's going to have at the end of summer