She will learn as she goes.
I was very intimidated about whether or not I could homeschool myself, and I have a college degree. (not in education)
Chances are, you two have already been homeschooling all along without even really realizing it. The instruction does not have to be formal classroom kind of instruction and it does not take hours a day. At his age, he’s learning to read and write and calculate and I’ll bet you’ve been helping him along so far.
You should find a homescool support group in your area. They will be able to give you good advice on curriculum and give you a lot of encouragement. Also, although the state laws vary about who gives the actual instruction, as far as I know, there is nothing that says that the parent HAS to do all the instruction by himself/herself. For example, we hired out most of the music in piano lessons and the kids were on the local Y swim team, which took care of most of PE.
You ought to join HSLDA, Home School Legal Defense Association. Here’s a link to their website:
People have overcome greater obstacles to homeschooling than the one’s you’re facing and I doubt there are many people who start out homeschooling confident that they can. Perhaps that newer generation who was raised homeschooling themselves and are now second generation homeschoolers. The rest of us, however, went through the same thing you are.
I keep on wondering whether Snowden, the whistleblower is a homeschooler.
He is taking a tack that is similar to the Uncle Eric series.