I've been homeschooling for several years now, but our first year, we did K12 with my son who was then in first grade. We didn't stick with it, but I don't regret it -- I had a lot of other things going on and needed that outside accountability and handholding. Ultimately, I decided I could homeschool him more efficiently without K12.
Each school might handle things differently, but ours was pretty strict on some things. They expected my 1st grader to spend at least 6 hours a day on schoolwork, for example. That might be what a first grader in a bricks-and-mortar school spends, but when it's 1-on-1, it takes WAY less time. So I was coming up with things for him to do because he'd finished the first grade curriculum and they wouldn't send more. Homeschooling is much easier and has much greater flexibility, but K12 is a great place to start to see what is best for you and your family.
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