I am not in charge of curriculum, itineraries, or shaping minds (the wife is getting that up and running). For the time being I am only in charge of the "classroom". I spent most of the weekend converting the South half of our family room into a home school classroom and updating our internet technology. We now have an area with 3 identical student work stations along the same wall (desk, chair, lamp, computer, bulletin board, & supplies) and a 4th set up on another wall that has a little more space but all the same stuff plus more. When our oldest home student "graduates" in 2 years that will become my desk. I also upgraded our 250 Mbps internet to 500 Mbps and our old AC3000 router is now a AX6000 (WiFi 6) router with a gigabit network switch. I am still not done with the Mrs. wanting a lot more changes. The craft closet is moving into the classroom into an old soon-to-be painted armouire, our old dining room table/chairs are moving to a central location in the room, a large US map with capitals and some additional school-like decor are going on the walls, and of course we are going to throw up a couple Wyze cams to keep tabs on things when they are e-learning. At some point when it's all up and running I will snap a picture.
The Superintendent of Home Schooling (what the Mrs. started calling herself after I joking called myself the principal) has also started networking with other homeschooling families from our church & neighborhood and has reached out with our children's public school friends to schedule regular play dates. I got the go ahead from my boss to work a short day Wednesdays so we can have a group outing every week, sometimes for education and sometimes for fun. My parents, who are moving within 30 minutes of us, have asked to help as well. They will be coming down to teach some real world stuff, cover some bible studies, and provide some lessons on US history and similar topics. We still have a lot to get worked out and will of course have to be flexible as we go, but my wife and are feeling very confident in our decision and are very much at peace knowing our children will not be exposed to near as much indoctrination and other crap.
The Superintendent of Home Schooling (what the Mrs. started calling herself after I joking called myself the principal) has also started networking with other homeschooling families from our church & neighborhood and has reached out with our children's public school friends to schedule regular play dates. I got the go ahead from my boss to work a short day Wednesdays so we can have a group outing every week, sometimes for education and sometimes for fun. My parents, who are moving within 30 minutes of us, have asked to help as well. They will be coming down to teach some real world stuff, cover some bible studies, and provide some lessons on US history and similar topics. We still have a lot to get worked out and will of course have to be flexible as we go, but my wife and are feeling very confident in our decision and are very much at peace knowing our children will not be exposed to near as much indoctrination and other crap.