This includes good manners, household skills, work habits and experience, and more. Since you are investing so much time and energy into your children, it is both fair to you and good for them to learn to clean, cook, do laundry, care for the baby, shop, do yardwork, etc. In this way, your home will function more smoothly and your children will be prepared for adult life. Although most people who decide to teach their own children are concerned first with the choice of curriculum, the issues raised earlier in this article will all affect that choice to some extent. Sizing up your limitations, considering your philosophy, looking over your priorities, evaluating your available time, considering the organization and discipline in your home - all must weigh in your decision.
Home educators have a long history of making do with whatever is available.
Hedge all bets. If for any reason your plans are thwarted before you reach the end of your list, at least your children will have gotten the basics, and can incorporate the other areas later. Language arts and math are skill subjects. That is, one skill builds upon another in sequential progression. Thus, each child will generally need to work at his own level in these subjects.