The main lesson I “teach” my kids is how to learn. Not math, or science, or any specific subject, although I do teach them those things. But how to learn. You will never cover everything, no school can, private, public or home. But I teach them how to learn and they are given the tools with which to learn whatever they need at any time.
Not to sit in a chair and be fed information, but to seek it out themselves.
I just wanted to let you know that I always enjoy and appreciate your posts!
DeLaine, you are exactly right. It is the process of learning that is the biggest skill homeschoolers possess. It isn’t about knowing all subjects. It is teaching kids to be self sufficient, reliant, etc.
modest proposal, might I suggest www.hometrainingtools.com for you in regards to science labs. We can’t get enough of this site. All of the way through highschool science. And homeschoolers are becoming so organized in regards to coops as others have pointed out. In the next few months I will need to donate years worth of science supplies since we will be finished with our work. Getting ready to enter the next exciting phases of our lives.