For a while now, I've enjoyed reading about what Elizabeth Foss, author of Real Learning, does in her home.  She provides booklists and ideas for a gentle approach to home education in the home.  Now, she is providing a forum for us to encourage one another in this endeavor.

I've been busily planning the school year that never ends.  Well, it sort of does.  We school year round because we take many small breaks throughout the year.  It works for us very well because the kids don't get into the no school for 3 months rut which turns into meltdown city when we do…