This is exactly why unschooling isn't for us. I think it's a great option for some families and kids and I love seeing it work, but I feel like I couldn't teach my kids enough. I would like to do it, but I feel like the standard is high and I would be constantly worried that I'm not doing enough for my kids. I mean I can come up with things to do for part of the day, but to try and have them learning and doing the activities I've seen, I don't feel like I could do it. I totally respect those of you that do.
It's a big responsibility but it is definitely way easier than it sounds/looks/seems! There is so much information and support out there too which helps a lot. And I think it is much simpler than committing to the schedule and requirements of school personally. I would find it so hard having the bulk of my interaction with my kids during the week be centered around school; getting up and ready and to school, the afternoon routine and homework, getting to bed 'on time' and even more so if these are things the child is resisting. Kindy days were always kind of stressful for us and that was only a couple of days a week. Now we are busy but we aren't rushed and it makes all the difference.

I always seem to have quite a lot of free time really. I think a little bit of preparation goes a long way and what you see of people's lives (FB, blogs, whatever) is always just a snapshot. Say the art explorations I set up; that would be once or twice a day, maybe 10minutes to chuck together and then the kids might play with it about an hour and then 10-15mins cleaning up (and I just throw everything in the shower - kids, paint brushes, string, sponges, rocks, whatever we have used so I don't really have to do much there even). My kids are up around 8am and in bed around 6pm so with 10 awake hours that's a pretty small portion of the day! A lot of time is spent outside - climbing, bike riding, jumping on the trampoline, running around and kicking a ball, looking for insects or rocks or sticks or leaves, water and sand and mud play - all things that I don't really need to have much input in. Then they spend a lot of time just playing together - setting up farms, pretending to be superheroes, puzzles, musical instruments, doll house, lego, marbles, trains, blocks and they have free range of a lot of art supplies that I don't need to help them with like glue and collage materials, water colours (I just refill their water at the end of the day or maybe once in the middle if they've been particularly busy there), textas and pencils and crayons, tape and scissors, playdough so I could be spending a lot of time doing other things or just watching, I kind of like playing though so I do a bit of that haha.

You do sort of settle into a natural rhythm and it actually flows very easily. And you play to your strengths too I think, mine is art and conveniently my girls take to it also but there are so many other great ways people connect and learn with their children, you just have to find it and tap into it. Actually little cute story, DP and DD1 were playing with their new blocks and DD1 asked what he would like to make and he said he wasn't sure, that he wasn't really creative like this like mummy and you and DD2 are, that he was creative with food, in cooking and so DD1 said well, use that, let's make food with the blocks -- and that's just what you do, you find your thing (and your kids) and you use it to explore other things.