>  My favorite part of school were the lyceums,
 > assemblies, pep rallies and field trips.  Can you supplement her with
 > activities that are similar to what she likes to do?
             (snip)
 >  Could you home-school one without home-schooling her
 > sister?  Would  the other child feel left out?
            (snip)
 >  this out?  How do you make the home-schooling
 > decision?  My oldest isn't
Admittedly I have yet to make any decisions except indecision. I do have a 
good reason tho - we cannot do without my income. We are waiting to see if my 
business grows, or short of that, what happens on my outside employment 
situation. Unfortunately cost of living for housing is so high here that, 
short of moving to an apartment (which we have had some bad experiences with, 
so that's not an option), we may as well stay in our house.
In the meantime, I am supplementing - last night I worked with my oldest 
daughter on her geography homework - I think I covered it better than her 
teacher (she didn't even know how to do the homework, much less the 
information needed to do the homework). Last weekend we had a library lesson 
- they weren't exactly the most cooperative but I think I finally got my 
youngest's attention when I mentioned library catalogue being on computer. 
(That one loves the computer.)
As for how one makes the homeschooling decision - in my house, before we do 
*anything* - major purchases, trying a new hobby, or whatever - we attempt to 
get as much information about it as we can and then decide from there. 
Homeschooling isn't much different for us.
                                 -donna
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