We are in our first year of homeschooling. My oldest daughter, who is six, had completed a year of kindergarten in public school. That turned out to be a disaster from the first day. She struggled and I would help her when she got home from school each night. She would spend all day at school and two to three hours working on school stuff when she got home. She had no time to play or be a kid. She and I were both miserable all year long and she ended up not passing. So after much soul searching, I decided to homeschool her. I had planned on going to college to pursue a career, that would involve alot of traveling, and decided that was no longer important. My children come first! I was very nervous at first, but we have now completed our first week and I could not be happier with my decision. We are using Calvert's ATS kindergarten program and are very pleased with it so far. She has learned alot already and has really enjoyed it. I have two other children as well that are following along. They are four and two and they have enjoyed it as well. I am enjoying this experience. I guess all the time I spent as a child playing school with my younger brother is paying off now!ha!ha!