Florida schools need 150 min of PE/wk

This law was actually passed, before the 07/08 school year, but public schools are not following it. Now legislature is considering making the law more enforceable. The law says public schools, must provide at least 150 min of PE per week, or about 30 min per day. Most schools say this is uninforceable. So far, Florida does not have a requirement for PE, for homeschooled children, but it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't too far away.

What age do children have to be schooled?

In case you were wondering. In the state of Florida, a child does not have to be officially schooled until age 6. So if you are choosing to homeschool, you dont have to start until they are age 6, by Feb 1st of that year. Here is the official law pertinent to this topic:
If a child is between 6 and 16 years of age, he is legally required to be in a school of some sort. If a child will turn six by Feb. 1st of a given school year, he is required to be in school at the beginning of that school year.This means, that if your child is under five years old, you are NOT legally required to have him in school yet. If your child is five (and will NOT turn six until AFTER February 1st of this school year), he is not required to be in school yet this school year. If a child is five but will turn six BEFORE Feb. 1st of this school year, then he MUST be in school this school year (or you must send in a letter to the school superintendent indicating that you are homeschooling him).(Note that this means that a child who *could* enter public school kindergarten may not legally *have* to be in school. Homeschooling is based on the child's age, not his "grade level.")

Family School House

Here is a great site, that has educational games, with printables for members. You can get alot of them for free, but to access some you have to be a member. Membership is 99 dollars for a year, for two children. We use this site, mostly for the Social Studies, state map learning game. If you want to check it out, click the link http://www.familyschoolhouse.com/default.asp?f=t

Funbrain

This site is great, and 100 percent free. We use it for homeschooling, but it is also great for a child with ADD that has a hard time learning by traditional methods. Kids who need help in certain subjects will find this website very helpful as well. Check it out at http://www.funbrain.com/