Thanks Tulane. With regards to the homeschooling,I like to think of it as an integrated approach to education. For example, when teaching the renaissance I have in mind to spend a couple of months renting a place in Florence. It will help bring the history and the ideas alive, not to mention giving her/them the opportunity to brush up on Italian(she is half Italian) and experience Italian culture. Throw in side trips to visit places of interest, some singing lessons, a cooking class, some opera's, and so on and so forth, and I hope it will make for a very rich and broad learning experience. One that she will spend several months preparing for by doing everything from reading about people like Dante, Manzoni, Galileo, Verdi, and Machivelli, to name a few, to the budgeting, planning, and logistics for the trip. All the while writing about her learning experience and sharing it via her web site and in person with her friends.