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From the homeschooling forum - thanks 'Kat from Texas' for beginning this fun thread for us.
How about you? You might be a homeschooling family if... (add your post here)
You might be a homeschooling family if...
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... you have to explain to the park ranger that your children are not skipping school but are working on a hands on nature study. (he thought we were fishing) Dusty
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... You see your 2 1/2 year old toddle past with the magnifying glass and she tells you that today she is going to "study toys." SJACKSACK
- ... You might be a homeschooling family when
kids answer the entire question on English history. As well as American
history for family members who are trying to be wise. Egg in there faces
(yes they are learning things your kids are not.) sorry I was so happy to
see there faces, thought they were going to test my teaching still. MP3_HOST
- ... you have memorized the barcode number on
your library card from typing it in the computer every time you reserve a
book. HARMONICREAL
- ... Your son skins his knee, and after
making sure that he is okay, you encourage him to notice the different
epidermal layers!!!
... Instead of the song "Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes", you modify it to "Cranium, Mandible, Clavicle, Scapula; Clavicle, Scapula"!!! HABERFAMILY
- ... you go to the mall, where you and the
kids spend two to three hours in Border's bookstore reading books, miss
lunch and have to run home in time to get dinner started, all the
while talking about the books that everyone read as the subject of the day. MAMAKNOWS24
- ... Every time you go to Wal-Mart you buy
pencils, erasers, and notebooks. I am always searching for erasers,
and we use about a dozen pencils a month. There is always one child
needing their color coded notebooks. JUDYBONES
- ... you don't need your library card because
both you & the librarian know your card number by heart.
... your kid(s) call house work home ec 101 & they are more knowledgeable about doing laundry & grocery shopping then their friends in public school. MJMITCHEL1
- I just have to add my 2 cents to this
thread. My husband insists.
... your house has turned into a one room school house. (I know mine has. We have only been homeschooling for one year and the books and supplies are everywhere, including the bathroom.)
... the biggest treat you get is going to the local teacher supply store and getting 20% off everything on top of the 20% you already get for being a homeschooler.
... you ask relatives to give you bookstore gift certificates instead of presents for birthday and Christmas.
... your Mom asks what books your child would like and you give here a 10 page list of the books you are looking for.
... you are always asked "Why aren't your children in school?" to which you reply "They are." when you are out and about.
... you had to buy a bigger vehicle just so that you can cart around all the schoolbooks and supplies when you go to grandma's.
... you have bookshelves in every room of the house and you always need more.
... you know your credit card number by heart because you buy so many things, usually books, off Ebay.
... you get a Paypal account and credit card just so you can pay the auctions.
I think that is enough to get everyone laughing. If I think of more I will post them if ya want.
- ... You really DO have science
projects growing in the refrigerator, on the dining room table, in the
yard...
... Your 4 year old tells your mother that butterfly caterpillars make a chrysalis, not a cocoon. He knows this because he watched it happen. Your 12 year old can name 20 species of butterflies and has seen, and or "raised" most of them.
... You actually LIKE your own children and couldn't imagine any other way of life than being able to spend as much time as possible with them and consider that a joy. 2GR8KIDSMOM
- ... A Christian improv team comes to your
town asks for funny words and your 12 year old son pipes up with XANTHOSPOMOLDIA! The
guy turned to him and said what kind of school do you go to? Eric said
I'm home schooled. The comedian said figures. Xanthospomoldia is a
yellow mold, by the way. KATHLENADELE
- ... your kids are outside on a sunny spring
weekday making plaster Paris animal tracks while all the
other kids in the neighborhood are in school.
... your bookcases look like the reference section of the library.
... your 6 year old corrects the checker about the amount of change they should get back--even if they are being overpaid.
... you have ever had a mummified chicken sitting on your kitchen counter.
PS. In my defense on the corn--we were studying the digestive system and they wanted to know how long it would take for food to go through the entire system so..... I know it is a little unorthodox, but, hey, they learned something from it : )) DONNEL6
- ... you have the same addiction that I
have....books....
... instead of thinking about the in-laws you are to see on vacation you try to figure out how many field trip options are near by... HOME4THEM
- ... the pet parakeet walks around on the
desk tearing workbooks while math is ongoing. And the puppy
"sings" along during piano duets. CALGECERA
- ... you have to replace everyone's bikes
every other year because they are just plain worn out from use
... you have 6 Rubbermaid tubs in the back of your van that are never removed (1 for river stuff - tadpoles, snakes, algae, etc; 1 for stuff for nature hikes; 1 for clothes for the Y; 1 for books so they don't get wet; 1 for picnic supplies for when you don't make it home for meals; and 1 for 1st aide and emergency car repairs)
... your kitchen is filled with an ant farm, a worm farm, tadpoles and frogs, gerbils, hermit crabs, anoles, garden snakes, 3 different sizes and pairs of breeding birds, a pregnant cat, 4 aquariums with different types of fish, and 3 excited children
... your window sills aren't big enough
... you spent a month at the underdeveloped camp grounds doing the Westward expansion
... you side yard becomes one big botany experiment after another
... your children's public school friends' parents hate you because their children want to be homeschooled too
... your public school teaching husband is jealous of your freedom in teaching
... you don't understand why other parents have to go to work to get away from their own children because you enjoy yours so much BEVINIA
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