Children are different with different needs. Some need minimal instruction some need constant supervision. On average children under seven need one or two hours. Older children need about four hours a day. College prep students should be working mostly on their own with parental guidance for planning and correction.
Many moms learn to organize their time once they begin to homeschool.
As we teach our children to study, research, and write, they are establishing and perfecting tools that they will one day use to God s glory, depending on their unique, individual talents. Read the article One Needful Thing . Interruptions Homeschoolers occasionally have a crisis or major life change that takes time away from daily school work. Illness, physical injury, sick relatives, or even death in the family. Its possible that Mom is in no emotional or physical state to teach for a while.