It will be nice to look back on and to say – "look at what you did, Sam! You're an incredible learner." So, I am going to keep records – perhaps not by week – that would be too tedious for me with the demands of my twin daughters, however, I think I will start month by month and add things as we go along and start new books, watch new videos, experience new things together. However, for my own sanity, I think I am going to keep track. Of course, I don't have any registration requirements whatsoever and don't have any need to keep track of what is being learned. So – today I started an Evernote – We haven't much to put in it but a lot more than I thought I would have to comment on. I believe we are currently at around 1.1 million children being homeschooled in the U.S. Although currently the percentage of homeschooled children is only 4% of all school children nationwide, the number of primary school kids whose parents choose to forgo traditional education is growing seven times faster than the number of kids enrolling in K-12 every year." – See more at: Since 1999, the number of children who are being homeschooled has increased by 75%. education system grows, so too does the number of homeschoolers in America. This excerpt states, "As the dissatisfaction among parents with the U.S. It is a very interesting subject matter here in the US – but the trend is growing. Each state has their own requirements – South Dakota and Oklahoma being the least rigorous, California and Pennsylvania being quite rigorous. I'm so glad homeschooling is an option for us! Living in South Dakota, USA, there are no requirements as you speak of for homeschooling except that we test our children every 5th grade, 8th grade and 11th grade of school and submit those tests to the State. This is my first year of homeschooling my 9 year old son – he was previously "educated" in government schools, which caused him such anxiety that he began stuttering severely and fell behind the other students in many areas. Sue – A lightbulb went off in my head when I heard your podcast about using Evernote for records keeping.
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