Homeschool: 3-7 days a week

Officially my daughters do their schoolwork an average of 3 days a week. Even with my plan of schooling year-round, this doesn't add up to the public school requirement of 180 days a year. However, I'm not hours probably match or surpass those of a peer in the public school, 4) a lot of our activities on "non-school" days would legitimately be considered "specials" or "field days" or otherwise appropriate school days if done within a public school context and 5) that average of 3 days only counts reading, handwriting, and maybe math. Other subjects are covered as many as 7 days in a week, I just don't think of them immediately as "schoolwork" because they are done within the context of our family life.
worried because 1) both are working at a level 1-3 grades above their official grade level in every subject, 2) the average number of school days each week will increase as they get older, 3) 180 days of pre-k or kindergarten isn't really the same number of hours as 180 days of a more advanced grade, so their
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If I examined a typical public (or private) school schedule, I would hopefully find read-aloud time included for at least 15 minutes a day. A typical day in our home includes 2 read-aloud sessions, each measuring 15-30 minutes.
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I could hardly keep my girls from creating artwork if I tried. How many hours in those 180 days are devoted to art, especially in pre-k and kindergarten? We surely double them, both in guided work and in free time creations. We include sketching, coloring, painting, specific art techniques, cutting with scissors, computer graphics, appreciation of natural beauty, copywork, sculpting, and use of special materials such as frosting, egg dye, cotton balls, and tissue paper.
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Science fascinates my girls. "How" and "why" are hourly questions in our home. We look for the answers in books, online encyclopedias, via experiments, guided questions, and outright answers from someone who knows. We encourage inquisitive minds, and we get the questions from them that match the curiosity we've encouraged in them. Some science comes from our family activities: throughout the summer, for instance, we grow a garden and our girls are a part of it, from the preparation of the soil to the harvesting of the fruits. When they help in the kitchen, we talk about what we're doing and why (both science and math). Other situations come up that provide excellent opportunities: they tied a teddy to a balloon string, hoping it would catch a ride up to the ceiling. When it fell to the floor instead, I prompted them to find another object that would weigh less which the balloon would successfully lift. They probably spent 45-60 minutes trying out various items, testing which weighed too much, which weighed little enough, which weighed just enough to rise but then brought the balloon slowly back down.
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Like most kids their age, our girls like to "extracise" regularly as long as it's presented as a fun activity. We enroll them a couple times a year in a homeschool swim/gym combo class. Not being in a session right now, they ask nearly every week when they'll return. They're eager to go back as soon as our schedule allows it. In the meantime, they have time in their day to run around outside, run around inside, go for walks, and imitate me in my exercise routines.
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We visit a local library nearly every week.
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Music is far more thoroughly covered than it would be in a public school, through family worship time, music played in the afternoon, somewhat casual (at this point) ukulele lessons, and weekly church choir practice.
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What is not covered at home that would be in a typical classroom setting? Standing in line, raising hands to use the bathroom, waiting for classmates to finish an assignment, rushing to finish lunch in the 10 minutes or so that are allotted for them to eat. I don't mind if my kids miss all that. The most important in the list, waiting patiently in line, they get a bit of practice at while grocery shopping, visiting the post office, Sunday School, and other opportunities here and there. I don't think it's a skill they need to practice as much as most kids are forced to.

What is not generally covered at school which we make time for in our family? Bible reading and instruction, memorization, foreign language, visiting adopted grandparents, recitation, hospitality training, childcare instruction, applied math, practical service, home ec, personal responsibility, character development. As they advance to higher grades I will keep more precise records of their school time, for our protection. But I have no doubt that by including all the activities that I don't normally think of as official "school", which really do qualify for those 180 days/year, we will have no trouble surpassing the legal requirements of our state, both in our number of school days and in the quantity/quality of each individual subject.
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