Comments on: Your quick start guide to homeschooling this year https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Jason https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-761336 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-761336 Hi My name is Cal. Your suggestions on making homeschooling a conducive way of learning is superb. You mentioned about tough days, what obstacles have you encountered about homeschooling?

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-759982 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-759982 In reply to Jen @ Bookish Family.

Thanks, Jen! I hope that some will do that, too.

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-759979 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-759979 In reply to Maggie.

Por supuesto, Maggie! De nada.

]]> By: Jen @ Bookish Family https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-759952 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-759952 Great advice! I wish that school districts planning virtual learning would have the freedom and insight to listen to this type of guidance when planning for all the students whose parents aren’t going to homeschool.

]]> By: Maggie https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-759927 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-759927 Gracias. Los leo desde México. Tengo un hijo con TEA. síndrome de Asperger. Todo es muy util.

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-759920 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-759920 In reply to Anna.

Hi Anna! I’m not talking about total hours of learning each day, but specifically referring to the amount of academic, “bookwork” time that is developmentally appropriate for each age.

Schools do not do 5 hours of bookwork/academic work for a kindergartner, so homeschoolers shouldn’t either–it would be miserable! But we can easily meet and exceed that five hour total mark as we create a learning lifestyle at home!

You are absolutely right that we all need to consult our locale’s laws, but it is usually fairly easy to meet them without it being a huge burden.

]]> By: Anna https://simplehomeschool.net/quickstart/#comment-759919 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61866#comment-759919 The time guidelines you publish for each grade violate state homeschooling laws in some states. When we started homeschooling kindergarten, our state required us to give our word that we would do 900 hours per year – which for a 180 day school year is 5 hours a day (if you go all summer, it is less per day). Beginning homeschoolers should be sure to check & comply with state law.

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