I'd say it could be anywhere between 30 mins-1.5 hours here with reading and worksheets, 4 days a week(Tu-F.) It depends on how everyone is doing. I am doing kindergarten now with my 6 year old and preschool with my 4 year old. I don't think it is necessary to do too much at that age. There's certainly more learning taking place the rest of the day, but it's on a less official level.

My friend does year round. They don't do summer any different than the rest of the year. Instead, they take off time here and there throughout the year as needed. Like, if they are sick and need some time to recuperate or if someone comes to visit or if daddy has vacation time, etc. I plan on doing it the same way. I really think that makes much more sense than taking 3 months off in the summer. I just started homeschooling, so I don't have any personal experience with it yet, but it seems logical.

Kumon workbooks for 2 and up are nice. Though, I've only used it a couple of times, I really liked Hubbard's Cupboard too. http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/pre-kindergarten.html

Someone wrote in this thread about how their being spanked(specifically whipped I think) lead them and their siblings to be rebellious and away from God. I will give the opposite experience myself. I was spanked as a child(not whipped) when I did really bad things, like playing in the middle of the road once where semi-trucks were a regular and stealing over a hundred dollars from my parents at age 10. Every time I was spanked I knew exactly what I did wrong and that I shouldn't do it again. I have absolutely no resentment toward my parents for having spanked me and they never had to spank me after I was 10; in my opinion because they used it the way it should have been used until then so I knew pretty much what was write and wrong after that. So this pretty much shows if you spank from the beginning for the write reasons, then you won't even likely have to think about spanking an older child. And like others are saying, once they are an adult they are on their own. If they live under my roof and don't follow my rules as an adult, they get to move out. I just wanted to include a "positive" spanking experience(one that lead to correction of behavior) since there are so many people against it.

Oh and directly OT with the thread. I think that spanking an 18 yo is not necessary. By that age, they are an adult. If they don't follow your rules then I would personally send the out on there own. They can still be a part of my life but I'm not going to let them stay under my roof if they don't listen. That's my 2 cents.

I would say I agree with VaKim. Where in the Bible does it ever say that you should no longer spank/use the rod to spank your child? I wouldn't use a rod myself, I'm just saying. The Bible basically promotes spanking as a good form of discipline. I know some people may think the old testament is no longer relevant. But the whole Bible is relevant. Even Jesus quoted from the Old Testament. We don't have to follow the letter of the law now that we are in the new covenant, but we should take the wisdom from the old testament that still applies to today.