Agreed!! The balancing act is.....tricky. Yes, if our little one goes to public school we plan on doing all those "supplemental" things for sure. And, I think getting outside is so important. We try to do a lot of that, and will in the future. :) That is AWESOME you have access to 4-H activities, homeschool co-op. If your kids end up going to the homeschool co-op, I'd love to read a post about how it works, what they do, etc. Thanks!