[Fedora]

I like the way your Mom taught, too :) I especially like the trying food from different places/eras thing--I never thought of that :) My parents also tried to do stuff like that. They were both teachers, as well as interested in nature and history, so we'd often go to especially zoos, aquariums, and museums. I was always learning stuff, but didn't think of it as learning, I was just having fun--I think that was one big key to why it was interesting to me.

[RosieCotton]

I was always learning stuff, but didn't think of it as learning, I was just having fun

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