Reply #34: Well he's only five.

[LeftyMom]

If he were in school anyplace sane it'd only be a half day and it takes much less time to deal with one kid rather than twenty or so. Right now it's really easy to work teachable moments into our day and practice counting at the grocery store or reading when we're bored and kicked back with books. He steals the computer from me to chat or send email or plays instructional games on his own while I kill time on the internets. We watch a few Discovery/National Geographic/PBS/BBC nature documentaries a week and we go to the library a lot. It helps that he's a really smart inquisitive kid. I don't know if I'd have the energy to teach him if he were the sort of kid who resists learning, but he loves it.