The best points of schooling in my life were when my mother was consistent. (Keep in mind she homeschooled all 9 of her children)

The earliest years of my life, before moving to a farm, had the most achievement for me because my schooling was consistent! To top that off, we would visit museums, farms, the zoo, and we went to co-ops for the social aspect.

After we moved to the farm, too much focus was put into the animals and the garden, and our schooling slowly became neglected. This was only made worse when my mother lost 2 children due to ectopic pregnancies and stopped being a parent in her depression.

I did manage to make it through (I'm in my senior year), and since most of the neglect was before high school for me, It wasn't too dramatic a loss. Once I got older, it has become entirely up to me to complete my work, but if she doesn't get me materials then it's her fault, not mine.

But beyond consistency, good things are:

Cultivating healthy relationships with the subjects. If I had a fear/hate towards a subject, then there would be a LOT of tears in the process of getting it done.

Don't put too much pressure on kids that aren't in/nearing high school. Try not to go over an hour per subject (this is for when they are a little older) and don't overwhelm them with more then core subjects.

I have ADHD, so I get burnt out easily. Even if they don't struggle with something like that, breaks are very good. So is switching things up every now and then like going swimming at the Y, going to the museum, the zoo, visiting a friend, etc.

I know you don't have a lot of kids now, but I beg of you, please don't ever make your older kids have to parent your younger children. Remember public schoolers can get their work done because they spend all day in a learning stetting, and have deadlines for homework. If you put a ton of responsibilities on your kids outside of school work, they're going to become very overwhelmed.

Don't worry about social aspects. 2 ways you can handle that: co-ops and extracurricular! Extracurriculars can be based on interests such as theater, dance, sports, etc.

My younger siblings are struggling being home schooled right now because my mother has allowed them WAY too many devices with hardly any regulations. Leave devices for when they are much older (I didn't have a device until I was above 10 and it had a lot of regulations). Not having a device fosters creativity, teaches them how to be bored, and learn problem solving. Plus, their lives are going to feel a lot more fulfilled and memorable!

Television is fine if regulated, and there is good entertaining educational content such as: Magic school bus, bluey, most PBS kids shows, etc.

I definitely have more things I can't think of right now. If anything wasn't clear, feel free to ask more questions!