This has been the standard for as long as TV was in the classroom. When I was a kid I slept through this crap, too. I also slept through their other propaganda stuff. I don't know if it is because I hated it(almost everyone did) or if I have always had a hard time being up so early in the morning. A lot of kids need more rest in the early AM hours than the school hours permit. I have two early risers and one that is slap exhausted until 10-11a.m. they all sleep at the same time. Teachers putting a boring piece on and turning off lights. Recipe for sleep. Glad you're pulling them out. Hope they're still really young. What state are you in? Only ask because some states are easier for compliance. You'll be a bit taken aback when you realize how many teachable moments happen in a day, and how many of them are *moral and value* opportunities. While you might teach your children a bit when you're home with them, 8 hours with teachers and peers who accept what the teachers say will have much heavier weight than what a parent can squeeze in after work, before bedtime, while everyone rushes to get fed, do chores, homework, possibly extra curricular activities. Plus being tired takes away the patience and even the ease of picking up on the teachable moments. I've always been a stay at home mother. I haven't had the exhaustion other parents get from working all day, so I've been able to be mentally fresh for my children. I pulled mine out when my oldest was in third and my middle was in second. I wish I had never put them in. They were eager learners before that with just me, the school made them hate certain subjects and took away their confidence in them. We do not do anything that resembles normal schooling. I meet people all the time who say, you can always tell when you're dealing with home schooled children, they're so much more respectful, responsible, knowledgeable, and use logic. It's the truth. I make my kids think all day, every chance we get, to figure things out. They also are responsible all day for life events around the house, turkeys escaped again? Go catch or herd them in. Patrol the property and check for problems regularly. Help prepare dinner. Anticipate feed needs and accurately bring home the right amount of each kind. Consequences of failure aren't as big when you can be there to correct mistakes, but you can thoroughly talk about what happens if the mistakes aren't caught. It was really hard to get my husband on board with home schooling. He's convinced they will never be able to go to college. It's very clear that's not true; many start college in early to mid teen years and finish before some finish high school. It depends on their motivation. I don't want mine in college anyway. I want them to find what they feel a purpose in and pursue that specifically. If it's something like becoming a doctor, then sure go to college. (Mine will not pursue that, they know all about big pharma). My eldest son currently works for his horse lessons and loves it. My middle, a daughter, hasn't found her niche yet, but she's only twelve. Make sure you don't make learning a chore. Make it enjoyable. Any subject that comes up that is interesting can be a teaching moment and you can use it to get any subject covered. For example, animal feed: science of nutrients, math of cost, projected cost, trends of cost, really can make it as complicated as you want, social studies of the kinds of people who buy feed, the impacts of people having animals and self sufficiency, the history of husbandry, etc. You don't need a program is all I'm saying. Be present, curious, patient. Have fun! They grow up way too fast!!!