Unexpected things I love about homeschooling.
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There was a post on the Homeschool Lounge asking what was our ONE, unexpected, favorite thing about homeschooling... I, obviously, couldn't stop at one. :)
Unexpected things I love about homeschooling:
1- Eating breakfast at noon, and not being late for anything.
2- Doing schoolwork on the trampoline in the fall, fighting with the little boys to not bounce us so much!
3- Starting school at 3pm because that movie we've been dieing to see came on after breakfast.
4- Spending an entire day watching cheerleading videos with my little girls.
5- Being able to go shopping when the stores are empty and...
6- Doing schoolwork in the car between stores in our new fuzzy slippers in broad daylight.
7- Watching the light bulb going off in my kids head after they've struggled with something for a while.
8- Listening to the children have educated (for 5 & 6 yos anyway!) conversations about things I didn't realize they'd learned.
9- Forgetting about grammar and science to spend the afternoon learning how to make coins.
10- My six year old teaching an adult stranger about the Native Americans.
11- Listening to my oldest daughter read Treasure Island for the first time when she doesn't realize I'm listening.
12- Staying up until 3 am making jewelry on a school night.
13- Having my son count to 100 one hundred times a day.
14- Experiencing the pain of my first 'drop your child off and drive away' line, and being thankful it's an extremely rare experience.
15- When my two year old, not-even-in-preschool, son reads a book to me.
16- Homeschool Days at museums.
17- Homeschool Days at amusement parks.
18- Homeschool Days at popular attractions.
19- Teacher discounts.
20- Having a child who starts a business at age 6, and actually makes money at it.
21- The look of surprise on public school parents' faces when I tell them my very socially adept children are homeschooled.
22- The look of amazement on teachers' faces when I tell them my children are homeschooled.
23- Finding all the coolest, free hangouts and being able to call them 'field-trips' while we all get to meet awesome people and play all day.
24- "Go ask your Dad."
25- Piled up in pallets in the living room watching Star Wars and Lord of the Ring marathons.
26- Other homeschooling families.
27- Kids who enjoy tramping around old historic sites and Revolutionary War Cemeteries.
28- Being able to catch the earlier tour b/c we're not tied to desks.
29- Being able to catch the later show b/c we're not governed by alarm clocks.
30- Waking up to six kids cuddled under the blankets watching the Wizard of Oz at 4am because there's a thunderstorm outside, then sneaking out of bed at 10 while the kids snooze away.
31- Being the one who sees all the 'firsts': the first smile, the first step, the first picture, the first story read all by theirselves, the first addition problem, the first pangs of their independence.
Unexpected things I love about homeschooling:
1- Eating breakfast at noon, and not being late for anything.
2- Doing schoolwork on the trampoline in the fall, fighting with the little boys to not bounce us so much!
3- Starting school at 3pm because that movie we've been dieing to see came on after breakfast.
4- Spending an entire day watching cheerleading videos with my little girls.
5- Being able to go shopping when the stores are empty and...
6- Doing schoolwork in the car between stores in our new fuzzy slippers in broad daylight.
7- Watching the light bulb going off in my kids head after they've struggled with something for a while.
8- Listening to the children have educated (for 5 & 6 yos anyway!) conversations about things I didn't realize they'd learned.
9- Forgetting about grammar and science to spend the afternoon learning how to make coins.
10- My six year old teaching an adult stranger about the Native Americans.
11- Listening to my oldest daughter read Treasure Island for the first time when she doesn't realize I'm listening.
12- Staying up until 3 am making jewelry on a school night.
13- Having my son count to 100 one hundred times a day.
14- Experiencing the pain of my first 'drop your child off and drive away' line, and being thankful it's an extremely rare experience.
15- When my two year old, not-even-in-preschool, son reads a book to me.
16- Homeschool Days at museums.
17- Homeschool Days at amusement parks.
18- Homeschool Days at popular attractions.
19- Teacher discounts.
20- Having a child who starts a business at age 6, and actually makes money at it.
21- The look of surprise on public school parents' faces when I tell them my very socially adept children are homeschooled.
22- The look of amazement on teachers' faces when I tell them my children are homeschooled.
23- Finding all the coolest, free hangouts and being able to call them 'field-trips' while we all get to meet awesome people and play all day.
24- "Go ask your Dad."
25- Piled up in pallets in the living room watching Star Wars and Lord of the Ring marathons.
26- Other homeschooling families.
27- Kids who enjoy tramping around old historic sites and Revolutionary War Cemeteries.
28- Being able to catch the earlier tour b/c we're not tied to desks.
29- Being able to catch the later show b/c we're not governed by alarm clocks.
30- Waking up to six kids cuddled under the blankets watching the Wizard of Oz at 4am because there's a thunderstorm outside, then sneaking out of bed at 10 while the kids snooze away.
31- Being the one who sees all the 'firsts': the first smile, the first step, the first picture, the first story read all by theirselves, the first addition problem, the first pangs of their independence.
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