Is home-school time consuming?

I was talking with another home-school Mom the other day.  She was saying how a lot of people (that don't homeschool) ask her how she can spend that much time every day.  She kind of laughs at it now because each school day doesn't last that long.  We are usually done with school by lunch time if SM cooperates.   Our time is actually spent learning/teaching. This isn't like public school where there are a bunch of other kids that the teacher has to keep on track.  We can focus and individualize the learning and get it done quickly because it's just one or two kids.  One of the things that I love about CC is that when LM is added to the mix we will be covering the same memory work.  The two girls will be working together on most of the material.  Then I can spend individual time on math and reading.

I do spend some time researching, but most of it is reading emails and blogs or on Pinterest.  I can spend 30 minutes here and there doing that.  I love doing the research part ... I'm bad about implementing it.  At this point in time though, SM is getting everything that she needs.  All of my research is for other things to supplement the material we are covering or some fun acitivities that I might want to try one day.  One of the big things that is stressed in CC is a "stick in the sand" mentality.  Keep it simple.  We don't need to go overboard on extra stuff.  I have a list of books that I check out of the library to supplement the topics we are covering in CC.  If we get to it, great, if we don't it's no big deal.

I love being home and being able to do this with my girls.  There are moments of frustration, but I know that this is the best thing for my girls.  This is how I want to be spending my time right now!