Hello, After reading countless blogs by so many wonderful and talented people I have decided to join the craze. We are a family homeschooling in what Australian's call 'the bush' and no, that doesn't mean we are living in a bush :-)....we are living in a rural location that has - well basically no facilities. Our nearest shop is 12 kilometres away and whilst it is grandly labelled as a 'supermarket' most people would probably think of it as more of a corner store. We love it here as it is quiet and peaceful and whilst I was born and bred in Sydney I could not imagine ever returning to that thriving and noisy metropolis. We are homeschooling using a rather ecclectic mix of Charlotte Mason and Montessori ideas. Our 'schoolroom' is our whole house and yard but usually we do most of our activities in our combined kitchen/dining/lounge room. We have our own library mostly within what was a bedroom, but we have so many books that they have spilled out into every other room in the house. enough for now Jane