I felt SO overwhelmed with the thought of homeschooling initially. It seemed like such a huge responsibility and so many choices. Then I realized the whole point of homeschooling is to help your child love learning - you can't do that if you're frazzled, so I decided to love it to and let my kids see me having fun with it. It's contagious.
FYI- every state has different guidlines for homeschoolers. I live in Arizona, probably the most homeschooler friendly state. We do the affadavit and then we're totally free to do as we wish. No rules on what subjects we have to do, testing, etc. We also have some great local homeschooling groups that meet monthly to show curriculum, hang out, etc. There's lots of resources here. Someone mentioned Switched on Schoolhouse, which is based here. If you want a sample CD you can get one from them by calling there 1800 number, which should be on their website (do a google search).
Anyway, I commend you on your decision. I personally think high school is about the worse learning environment (with some exceptions). There's so much pressure on students in most schools to be popular, athletic, pretty, the best at this or that, and add that to the possilbe pressure to drink, do drugs, skip class, etc. It takes all day and then they get home and have to do more homework. It's just too much stress for a kid. Tell you daughter to hang in there and that I hated high school too. Let her know you love her!
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