Not only is he learning science while he hunts but probably knows more than kids his age in school. Think of everything one must know about in order to hunt. He is learning how to clean too I am sure.

I love to write, always have if given the chance I would have loved to write for television or magazines. I stink at spelling, really like need to write it out to see if it looks right, yet here I am writing a blog. I am still learning about grammar at my age. I remember nothing from school except a capital letter starts a sentence and you end with a period. I know what a noun and verb is but so what? I catch college grads who still mix up their and there.

If it was my job to know proper grammar or if I did become that writer then yes it would be important. Sky really is looking at going to a tech school. She is looking at art, computer grapics, and special effects. Since she wants to go she knows there will be things she will need to know in order to get in. She is prepared to learn those things because she wants to go just like I am still working on my grammar and spelling because I like to write.

It will take a while for him to trust you will not pull out the worksheets but he will find an interest, the world is way too interesting not to (though I think he has you just need to be able to step away from school to see it ).

For starters think how you learned what you know today. In your case I will use homeschooling as an example. How did you learn how to homeschool your girls? Did you research? Check books out from the library? Read online, find homeschooling e-mail groups to belong too? That is real learning. Something you learned all on your own because you wanted too (because nobody can *make* anyone learn anything). The same works for our children too.

Little Sis who is now 7 learned to read while playing Animal Jam on-line. In the beginning I needed to sit with her to read what other kids were asking her and typed what she wanted to say to them. After a while she began to recognize words that were used a lot like Hi, no, yes and before long was typing her own answers. She learned to read and type because *she* wanted to play Animal Jam, *she* had real reasons to want to.

Sky loves to draw and has a bucket filled with her favorite supplies she takes everywhere. She learned how to draw water drops from finding videos of rain and ripples on YouTube and watched them over and over. She turned on the water at the sink and watched how it would drop into a bowl. She looked at other artists on-line how they drew drops. She learned about water flow, rain, artists, geometry all because *she* wanted to be able to draw drops.

I really, really recommend reading the Living Joyfully Unschooling Blog.
http://livingjoyfully.ca/blog/

As far as rhythm I follow the girls lead. When Little Sis wants me to read a story we do. The girls play outside whenever they want too. We go to the Library and the girls pick out what they want. Sky is really into Marvel comics and manga so when she finds a series she likes we buy them for her. When the girls want to play a game video or a card game we play. It really is a whole lifestyle change.

Hope this helps.