Hi I'm currently homeschooling 3 of my four kids ( my little one is 11 months old).

There are so many versions of homeschooling - that can be very liberating!

I've met unschoolers, natural learners, formal learners, Buddhist homeschoolers, steiner, montessori, Charlotte Mason, Christian homeschoolers, Atheist/secular homeschoolers, wealthy homeschoolers (who take their children to the Louvre for an art excursion), homeschoolers who are doing it on the cheap (me usually), homeschooling parents with masters degrees and doctorates and homeschooling parents with a year 8 education - all kinds of people homeschool for all kinds of reasons - it's lots of fun. we all share a passion for our children and a love of learning as we go along! It's an educational/philosophical journey!

Some books I'd reccomend:

Getting Started with Homeschooling - by Beverly Paine (best practical Aus how to)

Dumbing Us Down - by John Gatto Taylor

and lots of people love books by John Holt (I find him a bit boring)

Unschooling: Make the world your child's classroom

The Teenage Liberation Handbook....

There are heaps of others..........can't think of any more off the top of my head!

I'm happy to answer any questions.

:-)
Banshi
xox