Last night our Private satellite program had it's yearly "family night" - 92 families !! It was chaos but really fun ! Anyway the director asked us this question : " You might be a homeschool family if.... " and left us all to brainstorm and fill in the blank. Some of the answers were pretty hysterical. I jotted down a few of them and wanted to share them with you all. I was wondering what you guys would have said to "fill in the blank" or simply..... you just needed a laugh to brighten your perspective of homeschooling. Here are some of the answers from last night: You might be a homeschool family if.... -you are still in your pajamas at 3pm -going to the grocery store is a field trip - you have memorized the numbers on your library card - when dinner turns into a science experiment -you have a whole drawer of pencils and none of them are sharpened or are missing the erasers - mom or kids ask for new/ different curriculum for their birthday or Christmas -Your 12 year old child has started their own business - at times your bed becomes your desk -you get deep discounts for traveling when everyone else is in school - if your 14/15 year old is taking college classes I am curious to hear other answers and hopefully this makes some of you chuckle a bit.
-if you make your kids do their own laundry and count it as home-ec. -if your husband takes the day off work because he's jealous and wants to go on a cool field trip with you. -if there are no clean surfaces anywhere in your house. They're covered with books, half done art projects, science experiments, curriculum catalogs, etc...... -somewhere in your house something is rotting - ON PURPOSE. -you have a vacuum who's sole purpose is to collect Legos off the floor. -you're rarely ever home because you take the term "HOME schooling" very loosely OR; -you're ALWAYS home because you take the term "HOME schooling" very literally!!! HA HAHA!!!! -sick days only happen when you're REALLY sick. I mean, a sore throat doesn't keep you from doing Math, really???? -you're the healthiest people you know because they don't get every germ that hits a school. And you don't see your doctor often enough to be on a first name basis with them. Hmmmm.....I got more.....I'll come back!!!!
-if you've ever answered the question of how your day went with the number of times you had to vacuum the floor. -if you've ever turned a fever into a lecture about white blood cells. -if you've ever had to say, "I know you're enjoying math, but you really need to get some sun now"
- if your children dread asking any question at all because they're pretty sure it will turn into a 30 minute lesson complete with worksheets. - if your 10 yo has saved up his birthday money to buy a reference book. - if you've ever counted folding sheets as "hours." - if you're on a first-name basis with the librarian but can't remember the superintendent's name. - if take your son/daughter to work day happens several times a year. - if your child can write and read cursive.
....you go shopping and someone you are talking with looks at their watch/clock to see if school is out yet! ....your kids talk to adults and other children about the weather, rocks, plants, and animals instead of video games. ....kids dread snow days because you stay home and do a bunch of catch up work you haven't gotten to in a while! ....your kids write the shopping list, and keep track of what to put in the cart (as well as looking for sale prices and hunting for coupon items), all while you are checking off a list in your mind (spelling--check, handwriting--check, shopping skills--check, math--check) ....your kids don't complain about being bored. ....you don't count down the days until your kids go back to school so they will get out of your hair. ....you try not to let your children's school work get in the way of true learning. ....there is no room to eat on your kitchen table.
Well here's one from my day today: You might be a homeschool family if.... You have to bribe your 5 year old to clean his room....with worksheets! Your 8 year old prefers documentaries over cartoons.
.... if vaccuming counts as PE! .... if baking cookies turns into a fractions demonstration! .... if your son tells you which book he is going to read next for literature!
If you go to Staples to have something laminated and the poor man doing the laminating and cutting has to answer a million questions
