Yes, and no.
Unschooling is a specific form of homeschooling. Of course, many homeschoolers hate to be labeled. We all have more than a little bit of rebel in us or we wouldn't be homeschooling!
Homeschooling is simply trying to meet the needs of your family - so to label it and dissect it is distasteful. However, in an effort to allow like minded individuals to come together, the following attempt at clarification will be made.
Homeschoolers come in many different varieties. There are as many styles and methods as there are families who homeschool, because we all are homeschooling in order to meet our unique families unique needs. None of us is 'doing' homeschooling wrong if we are happy and functioning as a learning family.
Many homeschoolers choose to follow a structured curriculum approach similar to what they are familiar with in the schools they attended and that their children may have attended in earlier years. This approach is often referred to as "School-at-Home"
Many others follow a somewhat structured program but allow an amount of educational freedom for each child to peruse individual interests. This approach comes by many names, and fits comfortably in the middle. Everything from Charlotte Mason to Montessori to unit study fits well within this definition.
Many follow a child-initiated unstructured approach where the adult's role is as a facilitator and the child's role is as a guide. This last approach, this great leap of faith, is known as unschooling.
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