How soon to start homeschooling?

Question:
I am planning to homeschool our son, who is 2 years old. We order some 2 year old material for him from A BEKA and are planning to start later this summer. Is that too soon. I don't want to burn him out

Answer:
I think 2 (or even 5, 6, or 7) is way too young to start any type of formal learning. There's so much you can do in the way of games and toys and kitchen stuff, and bug hunting, flowers, zoos, etc without buying curriculum for a 2 year old. Even though it may sound like I'm getting on your case I'm not. I just really dislike it when companies try to push people into formal schooling for such young kids.

Not only will a child starting that young get burned out, studies have proven that by the 4th grade any difference between the 'early starters' and their classmates who started later is pretty much non-existent. Sometimes the early kids actually do worse because they're already tired of formal schooling by the age of 8 or 9. Another thing to be aware of is that a lot of close work, like reading, before the age of 10 has been known to be a major factor in nearsightedness and the need to wear glasses.

Just something to think about. (And don't even entertain the thought that you might be a less than perfect mother. We all are. You show you care in the fact that you sought advice from other sources than the curriculum supplier.)