Deschooling?

I really thought about doing this whole heartedly when my son first came home to school but I was honestly afraid. I'm afraid of him falling behind and not reaching his full potential.

Well, I think in some ways I should have done this. I've read about what to do when they first come home and this is suggested over and over. Then I joined this online group and recently it stated that this is what someone else did. She brought her one of children home at about the same age as mine so ... What to do? I'm so afraid of him falling behind.

Often I worry that we aren't doing good enough as it is and then I worry that I'm pushing too hard and that we need to relax so that learning can be fun again. Oh the decisions we mothers must make.

I just keep thinking that there have got to be other more active and fun ways of learning. I wanted so badly to use the classical style but I'm finding that there are things that my son is interested in now (such as history) and he is impatient to learn it. SO... any suggestions?

My son would be happy to just do history all the time and he'd just skip all over the place! So, do I let him? Or do we stick with the classical style of doing it in order?

Decisions, decisions...