Melodique,

In Texas, h/s is considered a private school and the law states you have to teach 5 subjects.  It is a great state to h/s in.  I have 2  years before ds graduates.  I won't know what to do with my time when he is done.  This is all we have done for 21 years.  I sure am glad I have a 1 yo dgd.  I sure hope she likes to play school.

Mary, I know how you feel!  We just received our very last box of books as dd is a senior this year - I can't believe that our homeschooling years are nearly over!  When we began over 18 years ago, homeschooling three little ones loomed large over us and some days it seemed like we'd be doing this forever. But time does pass quickly and here we are...

Melodique, we're in Illinois and only have two h/sing rules - teach the core subjects and teach them in English.  We have no paperwork to file, no approval to seek, no one knocking at our door.  We are considered a private school here as well.  Our sister state, Missouri, is also easy to teach in and IIRC the parents file a curriculum plan each year but it's nothing burdensome.  Best of luck to you...Liz 

Hi dutch treat ,

Just wanted to drop off a quick e-mail to say Im sorry for spouting off like that yes I didn't really grow up in the states half europe and here in the states...

Yes I have been to holland hey its great there you guys got a killer pastery to die for...

Some times my mouth goes off before thinking and whammo get myself in trouble sometime,but homeschooling around the states goverment likes into intoferre on a sore subjexct homeschooling,I had to have it before I went to public school sometimes I had to wonder about school systems I was way ahead of myself by the time 5th grade came around well moved back to the u.s. the school system really messed me up the bennafit from homeschool helped me to catch up in school I say thanks for bring up whhat you have said we need different openions here makes me think thanks dutch treat...

thanks

cynthia   :)

My kids are public schooled, however, my husband and I make a lot of effort to expose them to as much as we can. I was volunteer room mother for a Halloween party and I had different objects in paper  bags for the kids and their parents to stick their hands into and guess what it was. Some people did not know what a clove of garlic was, even after I took it out of the bag. Ditto for a kiwi fruit. I wouldn't want those folks homeschooling...I have had a lot of contact with homeschooled kids through my kid's violin class. Some have definitely benefited, others , not so much.  think if the motivation is to isolate your child from the rest of the world, or control their every move, this is very harmful . I do know several very well rounded, happy homeschoolled kids whose parents did it for the right reasons.