Hop on over to Pleasant View Schoolhouse for some awesome perspective on homeschooling, written in Anna’s trademark concise, articulate manner.  Fwiw this is very much the philosophy I espouse these days. Particularly noteworthy is the last few lines. She asks: "Are you living an interested life?" To me this is the core question. Do you find the world fascinating? Does that fascination rub off on your children? Are you creating something on a regular basis? Do you thirst for knowledge yourself?  Remember you can’t give what you don’t have. In the end if you are living a ‘fascinated life then none of the bells and whistles curricula matter. If you aren’t, none of the bells and whistles curricula can help.