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Readers Respond: You might be a homeschooling family if...

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By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

You might be a homeschooling family if... How would you finish the sentence? It's your turn to share. Finish the Sentence

You might be a homeschooling family if..

you are at the supermarket at 9:00 am comparing prices, value and sizes with a seven years old.
—raising_a_star

You have questions...

that don't have Right Answers, like How do you know? or What is important?
—Guest Edward Mokurai Cherlin

You ever learned more by yourself

than in school, about anything, whether by reading, talking to people, watching, or trying something.
—Guest Edward Mokurai Cherlin

You might be a HS'ing family if...

you learn more from teaching your kids, than you did in public school yourself!
—Guest LifeLessons

You might be a HS'ing family if...

When your son's idea of a "great read", is sitting down with an encyclopedia set.
—Guest LifeLessons

You Might Be A Homeschooling family if..

your son stands in the front yard watching all the other kids get on the bus and it leaves without him. Or in my case the bus itself uses the front of your house to practice parallel parking!
—Guest Lisa

You might be a homeschooling family if.

Your child knows more details on the animals at the zoo than the exhibit states.
—Guest threechicks

You might be a homeschooling family if.

your children say "Wake me up early Mom, so I can do my schoolwork". But mom doesn't wake up till 9 am.!
—Guest threechicks

You might be a homeschooling family if..

you tell the kids to get their books for some study time...and they run, come back to the dinner table eager to start!
—Guest The Artajo's

Scouts

You squeal with joy when you find out the Cub/Boy Scout program is providing you with most of your curriculum clear through graduation!
—Guest Vicky

My home is my school

If it is a must. The mission of a school is to give a new learning experience for the kids. The mission of a family is to prepare the best for the kids. The control is in the curriculum. At school, it is commonly set up to accomplished particular curriculum for the whole school years. To homeschool, it is also reasonable to set programmed plans similar to any schooling system with a more freedom-based learning. Discipline is also applicable to the homeschool in our house. Parents are teachers, kids are students. They can build a good partnership in this.
—nugieshare

You might be a home schooling family if.

...you have 238 empty toilet paper tubes to build a Greek temple with....some day.
—Guest Christian Mom

You might be a homeschooling family if..

Your teacher gets you started in math and then runs off to take a shower.
—Guest LemonHeads

Science

You've dissected the remains of the Christmas turkey; You stop at fallen trees to examine the roots; You capture spiders and study them before putting them outside (never squashing)
—metalpat

You might be a homeschooling family if..

both son's think it's cool to skip! the eldest is 21 and the youngest is 8.
—Archaeologygirl

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You might be a homeschooling family if...

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