[Fedora]

See, that's often one of the major components of homeschooling, too. People were shocked because we didn't sit at a table from eight to three...but the way my parents did it, we didn't have to. Yes, we did have "sit down" learning, but we also learned while doing everything else.

Sounds cool! Now you've got me curious, since I wasn't homeschooled (or I should say, I also went to regular school even though maybe what my parents did amounted to informal homeschooling): what exactly did you do for your homeschooling? Was it organized into specific courses and curriculums or if not how did that work?

I learned a lot about multiplying and diving fractions from doubling and tripling recipes...or halving them, which didn't happen nearly as often...

LOL! I learned a lot about fractions from playing numbers games. Also I'd watch those Schoolhouse Rock programs that put the multiplication tables into song form--would always sing those songs in my head during math class :)

[RosieCotton]

what exactly did you do for your homeschooling? Was it organized into specific courses and curriculums or if not how did that work?

Well...you'll find that there are as many methods as there are homeschooling families. We started out with a very formal program - a full curriculum we got from a homeschooling program. We did that for two years, as I recall. Over time my parents' views on schooling changed and we a) built our own curriculum, and b) became somewhat more relaxed about schooling in general - incorporating more life experiences and using more "real books" and fewer text books.

I could go on for a long time, but I know it's a tricky subject in a lot of ways since people tend to have strong opinions when it comes to education. ;-)

[RosieCotton]

BTW, Schoolhouse Rock is now out on DVD.

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