home ed: "teaching" things they don't like?

[thisisyesterday]

i was just wondering how you HE'ers tackle things that your children have little/no interest in

i mean, i get the whole learning as they are ready stuff, and incorporating learning in play and everyday situations and things like that,
but what about stuff like maths and things?
atm in school DS1 is learning about number patterns and it got me thinking that if i was HE him, how could i incorporate that?

are there certain things that you just sit down and teach them? do you try and cover everyhing in an "unschool-y" type way?

i guess i am just wondering if there are certain things that actualoy you think they NEED to learn, even if they aren't interested in them right now.... and if so, how you go about that?

I agree with you NAB about school not being necessary for someone to become educated. I just wondered where the Einstein claim came from.

Yes, I'm intrigued by its history too, as he quite clearly was not home educated!