To answer your quest for which method is best to follow and how to start organizing–right now while your child is 2–use this time to play with your child, read to your child, go outside in the park and look at the birds, the bugs, the different children, the grass, you name it. As for “formal” schooling (even homeschooling) the best thing you can do as mom is let your child play and be exposed to lots of language (through really good books, not the trashy stuff being sold as kids books today), and learn to use the imagination. During this time, you as mom can do some research and find out what methodology’s are allowed in the UK, what fits with your personality, the personality of your child, and the amount of time, cash, and resources you have. Not every system/method works with every family or even with every child within a family. The beauty of homeschooling is that as mom/teacher, you know your child, you see how it works or doesn’t work and can adjust accordingly. Ruth Beecher’s little booklets on how to teach your child (can’t remember their names right now, but google Ruth Beecher and they will come up) and will give you some excellent starting points for how and when to teach your child. The main thing is to enjoy your child. I wish you all the best as you begin this journey of learning for you–I think I learn more than my two kids do–and we are all loving it! Oh, and expect to change as you learn. Researching the different methodologies in the beginning I saw myself as pretty traditional. Two styles that I never would have called myself (charlotte mason and eclectic) are actually what we have morphed into. Oh–and just so you know–I use a combination of Ambleside Online and Old Fashioned Education. I don’t “follow” either exactly, but pick and chose from both to make the curriculum that works for my kids, for our situation. Cathy Duffy’s Homeschooling Reviews is also a good place to check out curriculums, teaching styles and putting together a teaching philosophy that works for you. One other thing–don’t get overwhelmed with all the information out there. There are a ton of good homeschool blogs, preschool blogs, and just good info blogs too. Take your time to find what fits and works for you and your child. In the meanwhile, go out to the park and enjoy the swings, the slides, the colors, the sounds, then find some good books from the library, snuggle up together and read to your child, talking about the story, the colors in the pictures, the number of trees, animals, etc on the page. Have fun in your journey of homeschooling. It is worth every moment!

You may want to check out easy peasy allinonehomeschool.com Lee Giles has lots of interactive links in her curriculum, and it’s different things every day so it’s always interesting. Even though she has it set up on a daily schedule, you can still work at your own pace. There are a few things in the daily work that we sometimes skip, or put on hold until we master certain concepts. Her curriculum is extremely user friendly and completely free. The only issue I have with it is there is a LOT of printing! I download things such as notes on history subjects and such in order to cut down some on the printing costs, but it is a very thorough and fun curriculum in my opinion. And even with printing it is so much cheaper than buying books from publishers.

Does anyone have info on how to schedule this curriculum out? It looks lovely but Im not finding a schedule.