Question 1: Go to HSLDA website and find out laws for your state.

Question 2: I studied homeschooling from the time my son was in 3rd grade until he was in first of 8th grade. My husband drove a school bus for 2 weeks and came home and told me it was time to home school. I put the intent form into the mail the next day. The notice of intent is a requirement of our state. My husband’s reason was bad behavior and disrespect he saw in other students. My reason was because our son was not learning in school.

Question 3: Our state requires high school diploma or GED for the parent.

Question 4: 2 to 6 hours a day. It all depends. I work outside the home with untypical schedule.

Question 5: Yes. When he was in public school, I was spending 4-6 hours a day helping him with his homework after school. This was not the best time for me, but if a person has the energy, it would work. I am a morning person, and we try to get the instructional part of day over by 11:00 AM. He can do assignments anytime during the day or night.

For grades 1-6, you can easily accomplish school work within a 3-hour time period. And yes, you could do work with them in the evenings. Of course, that would mean that you would have to have someone else care for your kids, which kind of takes away from the homeschooling experience–so do it yourself, if you can. I bet you could set up some sort of part-time business through your home or do some sort of dietetic consulting from home. If you can’t, then yes, you could set things up to do school work with them at home or even have them do some during the day with whomever is taking care of them and a bit at night with you.

Lastly,there are no silly questions if you are seeking knowledge.