Shelly Pond expects her children at the breakfast table at 8 a.m. for Berry Burst Cheerios and a Bible lesson, followed by servings of geography, language arts and multiplication. The Ponds' wooden dining room table doubles as a desk for research, an art table for collages and a workbench where science experiments sometimes go wrong. LIFE LESSONS: Shelly Pond of Plantation home-schools her three children - Ally, 5; Kathy, 8; and Kyle 10 - at their dining-room table. They are among about 3,000 home-schooled youngsters in Broward. CANDACE WEST/HERALD STAFF The Pond children are among an estimated 3,000 home-schooled children...
