There are almost as many different methods of home-educating as there are home educators 
But here some are broad descriptions mostly found at the Homeschool.com site of home-educating to help
“Relaxed” or “Eclectic” Homeschooling
ACE (Accelerated Christian Education)
Homeschool.com site has a list of useful websites
If you are Unschooling, there are various websites including unschooling.com and livefreelearnfree.com which offer support and discussion about natural or student-initiated learning. Magazines include Life Learning (Canada) and Otherways (Victoria, Australia)
