Kiko claims it's commercial-free, but some lessons include outside links with plenty of banner ads for credit cards and merchandise. Education experts follow the advertising trend warily. We have to watch out not to use the Web as a commercial baby sitter so that it becomes more entertaining than academic. Whether homeschooling families will shell out for online classes is another unknown. You can get a year's worth of material absolutely free in one morning.
Freebie mentality is very common.
If one parent chooses to stay home for the kids, that cuts into your income. So I try to get the best resources online with as little money as possible. Ordener's approach seems to be working. For an unabridged version of this story click here . Pages will open in a new browser window External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive.