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Thank you all for your responses. It is just something to think about, not necessarilly jumping on anything yet, but I have known people who had been homeschooled who are just as smart and social as those who go to public schools, and also as disciplined, i guess you could say, as those who go to private schools.
My 3 yr. old son blows me away at how much he has learned already- and it's mainly from family influences or computer games. I like the fact of him being in preschool for now- it is an independent school and he has so much fun learning and playing with others.
I love teaching him new things, as well as his sister (my stepdaughter). I get a rush out of it, yet I don't wish to become a public school teacher.
I think of public schools being more distracting to their learning development than it would be to homeschool- you can also have a very close relationship with your child that way and have many special outings and trips together.
It is very true that anywhere and any circumstance can be a classroom- a learning experience. I have always been able to learn more on my own and also be more interested with the hands-on experience, than someone lecturing me. My son seems to be the same way, as I am sure almost any child could. I do respect teachers out there and even have relatives that are teachers, but as my own choice and what I feel I wish my child to experience is highly considered here.
Thank you, I will do research. My husband thinks it may be a nice idea, but we will continue to discuss it.
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