A question/opinion -
How can a parent/guardian teach something he/she does not know ?
We hear about kids not having manners or morals?
If parents/guardians do not have them - or are not home because they are at work or wherever - how can a child learn these things?
Is it up to a teacher (non parent or guardian) to train the kids?
I think kids pick up a lot from their environments (home - daycare ) from a very young age.
Kids are being "home-schooled" when we hold up two fingers and ask "how many fingers am I holding up?" or "Do you want the green or the red balloon?"
Back to the original question that KalamaQuilts asked: The only "experience" I have had with home schooling is observing a group of girls that were learning sewing at a church in Florida being taught by a volunteer. The girls that wanted to learn made some awesome items. (I had heard that a dozen girls signed up, but only six were there when I started going to the sewing group.) The girls were brought to the church by their parents and picked up about 2.5 hours later. They each had their own sewing machine. All those girls have "graduated" now and no sewing class at the moment.