What we wanted them to know. How we wanted them to act. And, of course, what the Bible said about it. Most phonics programs are able to transfer information to help a child learn to read. Your enthusiam will transfer to your child and if you grasp the concept, you'll impart it to your child successfully.
Interaction is of course important.
I have control over how much i expose them to, but not what they actually learn. Teaching children to experience the joy of making discoveries for themselves and teaching them that learning is much more closely related to pleasure than it is to punishment. We want our children to make that discovery and know that our job, and their job, will be easier in the years to come. But perhaps our greatest obstacle, our biggest challenge, as we begin the journey of homeschooling is to learn to relax and enjoy the journey itself. If we can avoid burying them because of our own anxieties and our own insecurities, they WILL learn.