[Marie Antoinette]

I'm in! I'm one of the more "relaxed" homeschoolers, I'll bet. Finally, minority status! LOL

So I'm coming out as an "unschooler" I guess. Hate that term, I prefer life learning :-) Or independent study :-)

[TxBec]

Nice to meet ya! I see you are going to start (or HOPING to) Classical Education next year. Is that a program, book, or ?? I guess we can say we have been unschoolers (or maybe more relaxed homeschoolers). We've done the Saxon and several other sources, a little of this and a little of that (Writing Strands, Streams of Civ, etc, and LOTS of History and Discovery Channel).

This next year we are going to go with more structure (I have a soon to be 9th grader), so we need to really clamp down. I'm going to be signing up with MODG (Mother of Divine Grace.) If any of you have read Laura Berquist's book, Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum, this is what we will be following.

[homeschool mama]

Marie...there are degrees of relaxed homeschooling or unschooling. In reading your screenpage you mention a classical ed philosophy...great way to go with a more relaxed approach. :o)

[Aric2000]

That is the same "curriculum" that we use!!

Unschool these poor children and teach them HOW to think!!