I am lucky in that in Ontario we have very relaxed "laws" regarding HSing. We don't have to log hours, or follow the government curriculums, if audited you have to show "satisfactory instruction" and that's basically it. I am doing a combination of unschooling and textbook work. We access our local schools library once a week to do "outside research" also it is a way to be seen in the "school" community hehehe.. and it's free, and a 5 min walk vs a 9$ bus ride to the local library!

I am so happy about the HS routines now, in fact, this morning I decided to let the girls wake up when they were ready to wake up versus getting them up at 8am to start the day. My oldest is up now, eating breaky, my other one is still sleeping. lol.. I however have been up since 6am ish. and been on pc all morning.. lol..

I am keeping a log of attendance basically logging the days we spend "learning" something.. but, I suppose one could log everyday for that as we generally learn something new daily, dont we? heheh... and I have an "unschooling weekly log" I got from homeschoolmoms website.. they have tons of freebies.. actually I found a great website that does freebies mon-fri that you just download.. great resource.

there are so many homeschooling resources on the web it was daunting at first when I started doing heavy research into it. But I have many book marked.

We can actually download the Ontario Curriculum from the ministry of ed's web site, I think I will get it, just as a guideline so to speak.. but I doubt I will actually follow it, one of my reason for homeschooling was I didnt' feel comfy with the rigid classroom structure, and I don't want to recreate that at home, it defeats the purpose doesn't it? I guess some like it, but it's not our cup of tea.

My oldest was dx'd depression/adhd. however, since discontinuing her meds, the adhd doesnt' exist and depression is history.. however, she fits the model for NVLD which is aspergers in a lessor form. I am not however going to pigeon hole her into that... labels are good in one way, but can be limiting in others.

However, I'm rambling on here..

Blessings
Mischka