How much time does it take to homeschool?
The Department of Education has acknowledged that for students who are enrolled in public-school “homebound” programs (for long-term illness that prevents regular public school attendance), three hours of one-on-one instruction per week is considered to be “equivalent” for their purposes. While HERO doesn’t recommend spending only three hours a week learning, many homeschoolers find that learning subjects at home takes much less time than learning in an institutional school setting, since parents are able to provide individualized attention with few distractions. Younger homeschooled children typically spend very little time in formalized studies; older children spend more time. School children’s actual “on-task” time is considerably less than the six hours spent in the school building. A great deal of school time is spent in waiting, behavior management, administrative tasks, and in moving in an orderly fashion from one location to the next. Learners who master subjects quickly waste
