Today was a very busy day for me.  I am just getting back into the swing of things from a week in CA.  My kids were with my Mom for the week, and I let them have the week off from school.  I should have at least packed them with review work, because the last two days have been difficult.  I'm trying to balance Abeka along with "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons"  which I am finally getting down implimenting the phonics of Abeka into 100.  The biggest struggle for me has been the short vowels.  They get them so confused because they sound so similar.  I also struggle between the two girls because my five year old is a little behind, where my 4 year old is light years ahead.  And I want them both to feel adequate and secure.  But I'm constantly receiving feedback (sometimes in front of them) that Faith, the 4 year old is "so smart".  And I know that it makes Rhema, my 5 year old feel inferior, and makes Faith feel superior.  I myself get frusterated with Rhema because she literally will read a word right 4 times and get it wrong the 5th.  Or she'll "guess" read, instead of taking the time to sound out.  She also struggles with the cursive in Abeka, because she learned print at 4.  Faith however never learned print and is soaring in cursive.  Again another reason that the two of them compare eachother.   Next year I think I'm going to do two seperate curriculums for the two of them. 

Anyways, I'm trying to figure out the whole concept of "unschooling".  I find myself wondering, "if they aren't schooled, how will they learn to tell time, find numbers in the phone book, and make simple cookies?  Or am I not exploring the subject enough.