What is your best advice for a new homeschooler?

[PurpleButterfly]

Don't worry about curriculum, workbooks, or anything "school-ish" right now.

Allow plenty of time - at least two months - for deschooling to occur. Even if your child has never been to school, you probably have.

Relax, enjoy the time together, play and explore your community! Rather than re-create school at home, turn the world into your classroom!

Invest in some wonderful art supplies.

Seek out local play and support groups and look for the gentle, relaxed mamas and children when you get there.

Check out all the amazing resources in your neighborhood: libraries, museums, co-ops, support groups, playgrounds, parks, nature centers, wildlife rehabs, forests, beaches, it's endlessly delightful through a child's eyes!

Don't feel like you have to "do" school or lessons or anything that others are inevitably going to ask you about. Just smile and tell them you're both enjoying the adventure and learning lots along the way. You don't owe anyone proof of anything.

Remember that you will never, ever have this special time with your child again. Children grow up quickly and then before you realize what's happened, they're off in the world on their own.

Savor every moment.