Okay, if anyone was looking in, it would have seemed as if we were simply doing housework all day.  But really, we were working on life skills! 

cleaning bedrooms=sorting, stewardship, decision making, organizing, etc.

Setting up bookshelf=sorting, prioritizing, thinking ahead, organizing, decision making

cooking (Daniel made a chocolate cake with only visual supervision and Alycia made rolls using the bread machine and hands on help)=math, reading, analyzing, time, etc.

Seriously, I really do incorporate this kind of stuff in our school.  Okay, so we did it in one big day so as to be ready for dinner guests, but overall, I truly believe that one of the reasons I homeschool is so that my children get these opportunities as well as "book learning".  They enjoy learning it now, I am available to help them, they won't have to struggle through learning only by trial and error when they're adults.  Before school, everyone is required to have their chores done and then they get a short play time between chore time and school time.  They may think I'm a "slave driver" now, but in the long run I hope they will see the blessing in developing good habits at a young age.