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. ;-)
Feel free to go on if you want!--I'd like to hear more about it :) I like to compare different methods of education so I can learn from each of them. One thing I always wonder about with homeschooling is how the "grades" are set up. When I went to school the grading structure really held me back because I was always learning something at a different level than my grade level, so they'd have to put me in special classes and stuff. I would've been so much happier if I was in a structure where I could learn at my own pace.
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Naw, agree with me, and all will be fine!