It takes patience, dedication, and hard work on the part of your wife, if she is the teacher/administrator. The good thing is, the curriculum possibilities are almost endless it seems. We started a couple years ago with our seventh grade daughter and have now brought the 5th grader home as well. They are both doing excellent and will test 1-2 grades above their grade level if they were to enter high school when the time comes. We are big fans of classical education around here, but don't use just one curriculum. We mix and match and have our girls do science and some math with some homeschool friends in town.

Once you hit sixth/seventh grade get them going on Veritas Press' Omnibus curriculum. It is some truly fantastic classical ed that will push them in logic and rhetoric. This curriculum counts for a literature, history, and theology credit in one year. There is a lot of reading involved, but their knowledge of world and American history and the classic literature will blow you away. I would also recommend their early history courses along with a logic course for your younger kids. We are such big fans of the Omnibus curriculum that we were able to get our high school son to take one this year and get credits in the local public school rather than the watered down English/literature classes offered there.

I wouldn't say it's easy, a lot of dedication is required, but so far we feel it's well worth it. Our daughters both play volleyball and do Scholastic Bowl and speech team as part of the local junior high school, and we are thankful the district will accommodate the homeschool families in this way.

Highly recommend some self -paced or online classroom stuff (more expensive). It will take a lot of pressure off of the teacher. Problem is, there isn't as much stuff like that for the younger ages so there will be more hands on for the teacher. Hope you have some friends that are doing this as well as that makes it more of a group thing and your wife will have a sounding board.

We have only been at it a couple years but have friends and family that have done it quit a bit longer. We are really excited about how it's going so far, but I definitively don't have all the answers. We are learning as we go! 

Feel free to reach out if you have any question though! would love to share with anyone what we have learned so far.

Some of what we are doing:

  https://iew.com/  this is a great quick and simple way to teach grammar and writing, we know a lot of people using this and a private school that just started with it.

https://mathusee.com/products/math-u-see-curriculum/     this math curriculum has worked well for us

https://store.veritaspress.com/   - Veritas press is a one stop shop for pretty much anything you need for homeschooling K-12. If you have the time, money, and dedication I believe using their recommendations your child would have one of the best K-12 educations you could get. (and it won't cost you as much as a high dollar private school). A lot of Christian Classical schools use some of their materials, particularly the Omnibus I mentioned above. Great, helpful people to work with as well!

https://store.veritaspress.com/omnibus-i-primary-self-paced-course.html  Omnibus 1 Primary that my oldest daughter is doing. This is ancient history. Check out the reading list.

https://store.veritaspress.com/omnibus-iii-primary-self-paced-course.html 

https://store.veritaspress.com/omnibus-iii-secondary-self-paced-course.html  - My sophomore is doing these two in public school instead of the English class they offer. Click around to see what they're reading. It's really amazing.