Homeschooling

Yes, I have been homeschooling my own daughter since she was two years old cause she had some learning disabilities. I didn't want to wait for her to start learning until she got in school, cause that would mean at least three missed years of learning opportunities. So we started with the basics VERY young and by the time she was five years old, she was well above the average kindergartner in her studies. That's when I made the decision to keep her out at least one more year until the first grade so she could mature socially. And, when first grade time came around, she was still doing very well in homeschool and she was given the choice to go to public school or continue with homeschooling and wanted to stay at home. So we've been doing the homeschooling ever since.

Some people say it's very expensive to do homeschooling. And, that's simply not true. I'm not saying you can't buy expensive curriculum, cause it's available if you want. But, there are many free and low cost textbooks and resources available both offline and online that can be used to properly instruct a child on the basics.

The local library is an excellent resource for the homeschooling mom and dad.

Also, there are thousands of online homeschool learning sites for younger and older children, plus many youtube videos that break the tougher concepts down into easily understood lessons.

Homeschooling can be lots of fun for both child and parent, depending on the parent's attitude. Home school is not supposed to be a clone of public school. There's a reason a parents choose to keep the child out of the public school and that is to give them the educational advantage, not impose public school ideas on them.

In other words, homeschooling is more home learning without the need to conform to the group.

Anyway, life is a rich learning process without books. The books help explain ideas, but the experiences make them real and relevant to the child.