We joined a local homeschool coop. It was a good experience. It lasted 8 weeks for fall and will be another 8 in spring. The coop met once a week for about 4 hours. There were three classes with a lunch break with the rest of the time divided between opening devotional and class changes. It is interesting to see the large variety in everything from what people bring from lunch to how they approach homeschooling and the like. I think I am one of the more laid back homeschoolers there, I need to sit with the uptight overachievers, maybe just a little will rub off.