[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...

[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 :)