I say DUE DILIGENCE :-) do a bunch of research on the net.  I recommend finding home schooling blogs that discuss experiences and review curriculum.  Something like Christian Homeschooling Help.  Also read a few books like Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto and Home School by Borg Hendrikson.

I am slightly further down the track as I have a two and a four year old, but I don't think there is any preparing them at this age for school.  He knows one day he will go to big school like the neighbour, my four year old does, but the two yo has no idea, I think stick with understanding that is age appropriate.

I haven't decided where I will send my kids to school or looked into what is taught, but one thing I can say is as a public schooled child my faith and belief in creation had nothing to do with what was taught at school, rather other influences, and I know many kids who have gone both ways not based on where they went to school. 

I don't want my kids growing up in a bubble and if they live in the world I want them to have the confidence to speak their convictions and  say no to what they know is wrong.  But this is jsut an opinion and i TOTALLY respect that you want to home school and applaud you for doing it, I don't have the sanity. 

Some food for thought though, my son goes to Sunday School (the 4 yo) and kinder and childcare one day a week, we have a number of other influences around including some neighbours who we like but who share VERY different values, and my 4yo commented this morning that it kept raining and said "Is God just wasting water?" then this afternoon he said to me "Jesus does just live in heaven and heaven is a long way away, isn't it mum? Cause Jesus did just die on a big wooden cross and come back to life again and then went to heaven, didn't he mum?".  I am not trying to get you to change your mind, just letting you see that there is more than one way to approach things.

Best wishes for the coming years, whatever you choose.

Jodi

I have to say that none of my children have ever been 'taught' the evolution theory at school. Not even in science studies at high school. Nor have they been taught the creation story in anything but their religious education lessons. They have all attended State Schools and religious education is a choice, you don't have to go to it.

Leisa