After teaching in public schools for 10 years I was baffled when I started to get to know homeschooling families.
Many of them only do a couple hours of “school” a day, the rest of the time the kids are playing in tree forts, digging holes, helping out around the house, learning to hunt, playing with musical instruments, reading whatever they want to read. The most successful families simply have a culture of reading and learning that permeates the household.
And Homeschooled students average score 15 to 30 percentile points above national norms across all standardized tests.