mamamia,
Since you've been posting quite a bit about some concerns with your day lately, I went back and reread your original thread. Since you are obviously a very loving, caring mom with your son's best interests at heart, I'm going to take the time to address some of the things I noticed when re-reading your previous thread. I cannot get my quote feature to cooperate, so I'm going to intersperse your comments with mine. WARNING: This is long, so bear with me!
You said: "I visit this board daily! It's been a source of motivation on my many(lately)discouraging days. I keep saying "I can do it!"My DS will be turning 6 soon. I have both the LHFHG and BLHFHG in anticipation of the fall. This is what I am wondering...I have noticed that many of you have a schedule. Some seem to get all the work done in one sitting."
My reply: First of all, it seems like you are discouraged by the fact that you are not using a schedule. As I shared with you in a previous thread, we had a looser schedule when my first son was the only one schooling, however one of the down-sides of an unschooling approach is that kiddos who are not used to any kind of schedule will often balk at anything they perceive as "formal school".
You said: "We seem to be randomly working through things throughout the day. For example...this morning he got up and played while I vacuumed. Then during breakfast he did a couple of ETC workbook pages on his own(at his own choosing). He played a bit more then we did the continent song(in the appendix). Now he is on his computer."
My reply: When you use a random schedule, kiddos don't know what to expect. So, any time you are doing anything school-related, you will be pulling them away from their playtime. None of my boys ever like to be pulled away from their play either, as they will always choose to play or to do their own things rather than work. When you have a routine in place, kiddos know what to expect. They know when work time is, and they know when playtime is. That way work isn't intruding on play.
You said: "I have many books including all the supplements around the house. As the day goes on he may ask to read with me or look through the book. I may start talking about something in the history or science book etc. More play throughout the day(I have math manipulatives around etc)."
My reply: It sounds as if you are usually waiting on your little guy's cues to do your school-time, and even then you feel the need to cloak school as a care-free discussion to keep his interest. If children are used to being given the choice of whether to work or not, they can't understand later when they suddenly aren't able to choose, and it feels as if someone is forcing "school" or "work" on them.
You said: "Then at bedtime we will read and talk about a Bible story, read from the science or whatever other book."
My reply: Most young ones do their best schooling in the mid-morning, before lunch, when they are at their best. Bedtimes are good for reading aloud, but usually for pleasure. Reading their science or scheduled school-books at bedtime is setting those books up for failure because they require concentration (which is really lacking as kiddos and mom wind down for the evening). As kiddos are winding down, it isn't the easiest time to try to insert formal schooling.
You said: "Last night while reading he started talking about noun,verbs, adverbs etc. We made a poster that we list our scripture we are learning. I also made a creation poster. I'll do random things like that to grab his interest. Is it ok to be so unstructured? Am I doing enough?"
My reply: My concern with randomely doing things to grab your child's attention is that the skills that are truly needed for life-long learning are often not covered this way. It is saying that the child is the leader and is able to be the "course-setter" for their education, which is a heavy load for a 6 year old.
You said: "I'm starting to think that I lean toward unschooling. It seems we do the work but not always in the order of the manual."
My reply: "You do very well sound like right now you are leaning toward unschooling in your approach. If that is truly where your heart is, then I will tell you in all love and respect that Heart of Dakota may not be the best fit for you. Our guides do fall easily into many different teaching approaches, but unschooling with HOD would be a stretch.
If, however, you are just trying to find your way, and actually would be more comfortable with some sort of schedule, then you can definitely make the Heart of Dakota guide work for you.
The guides certainly do not need to have the "boxes" of each day done in a certain order or at a certain time. They do, however, require formal teaching. This is not written as a delight-directed or a child-directed study. Our guides do require some scheduled focused, teacher/student time.
Many loosely scheduled moms use our guides, and many very scheduled moms use our guides. But without any schedule, you will struggle with HOD.
Our guides are designed to be short and to the point, so your child has time left-over to pursue their God-given interests. The lessons and activities in HOD are meant to spark your child's passions and interests.
For example, due to the activities in "Bigger..." this year, my middle son has used his free time in the afternoons and evenings to become an avid sketcher of birds and nature, has experimented endlessly with paper planes and lift, is currently writing poetry about everything (using meter, rhyme, and other poetry devices all on his own), made flip-books about George Washington and the Revolutionary War, recorded one of our read-aloud books on tape complete with sound effects and voices, and made puppet shows about different biographical characters we've read about in "Bigger...". All of these ideas were his own and were delight-directed or child-directed.
I do believe that our guides inspire that kind of learning, yet I still believe their needs to be formal teaching. Your belief system may be very different, and that's o.k.
It really comes down to your teaching style and philosophy in finding the best fit for you and your family. I would never have responded so thoroughly, except I genuinely wish to help you sort through your beliefs and find what will work for you.
Blessings,
Carrie
It's not that I think you can't do it or that you're doing it all wrong, it's just a matter of wanting to help you sort out where the stumbling blocks might be in your day. 
I will say having a schedule not only keeps the kids accountable, but it keeps me accountable as well. I have to confess that I know now, in retrospect, that it was that accountability I was afraid of.