Decide on the age you will begin homeschooling. If you want to create a preschool routine, you can do so without any legal requirements. Once your child reaches the age of 6, however, he must be registered to attend school, whether public, private or home.
Create your calendar. Although 180 days is a normal public school year, homeschooling parents have some leeway. As a "nonpublic" school, parents can determine the amount of school days required to move on to the next grade level.
Choose your classes. Mississippi does not require any particular content areas, so there is freedom to teach whatever you and your child deem as necessary subjects and fun electives. Some parents like to stick with traditional public school content, while others teach the basic skills of reading and math and work more creatively with science and social studies.
File a certificate of enrollment with the county school attendance officer by Sept. 15 of each school year. Once you have developed the schedule and content of your program, you must register your contact information, birth dates of all children being homeschooled and a description of your planned program. This is to ensure that all school-age children are receiving an education somewhere.
Assess your child’s progress in the way you see most fit. There is no standardized testing requirement for homeschooling students in Mississippi. If you decide to measure your child's knowledge against the norms of that particular age group, you can schedule a time to do so. The test will be proctored by someone other than the parents and sent away for secure assessment.