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I am just completing my 15th year of homeschooling. Our oldest son is a second year nursing student, our only daughter is graduating from H.S. this year and is going on to college and wants to be an English professor (she has earned 38 college credit hours while in HS and is entering as a second year student.
We have two adopted sons one age 6 who is just completing kindergarten and a son 5 who will start kindergarten in the fall.
The reasons for homeschooling are as varied as each of our families and while my reasons for doing so may be interesting, they are probably not relevant to other families.
There is so much information available on this subject, and numerous vendors for curriculums that I feel I have little to add with this one exception - If I were to start homeschooling today I would start by meeting with the local school principle and see what type of assistance, or advise they would give. I wish I had done this years ago, but actually just did it in the last month - the assistance I received is outstanding - from spending an entire day in a kindergarten class room (and soon to spend a day in lst grade) to report cards (which outline the schools expectations at the various grade levels); to reading books, pencil grips, library card for elementary school, etc.
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