You KNOW you are a Homeschooler When…

 

• Someone asks what grade you’re in and you’re not sure. 
• You always have snacks with lessons.
• You go to Target HOPING someone will ask you why you are not in school today.
• You don’t need permission to either teach evolution or leave it out
• You have already done the grocery-store-as-a-field-trip thing
• Your best vacations are in September, October, November…
• Socialization is NOT a thing you worry about as you get so much of it!
• You stay up past midnight to see the stars on a Monday night.
• Your favorite tool is the computer
• The librarian knows your children's names.
• Your child asks for a reference book for a birthday.
• Your children can occupy themselves for hours.
• Your favorite author is Avi, Jane Austin, Willa Cather, Herman Mehville, or Alexander Dumas.
• You own the entire “Planet Earth” series on DVD
• You can mix a batch of home made play dough from memory
• Your children wear clothing that they have designed
• You don’t have room for all of your books
• You know many genres of music.
• You ask enough questions at the dentist office that you get some “Office time”!
• You are no longer offended by the “Is it legal?” question.
• You have multiplication posters taped across from the potty
• If you forget your homework you can go get it in a minute.
• Your birthday is an official school holiday.
• You work when you are sick and take “sick days” when you are well.
• You are completely unaware of the current fads, fashions, and “cool” slang terms.
• You have no idea what a wedgie is.
• When you watch a movie, you can compare it to the book because you’ve read it.
• You dress up as historical or literary characters for Halloween, or just for fun!
• You exchange home made valentines.
• You have your parent/teacher conference in the dark before going to sleep.
• You have a rock collection, a leaf collection, a bone collection, and an insect collection.
• The librarian knows your name and suggests books to you.
• You have ever attempted to teach yourself algebra, sentence diagramming, or physics.
• You learn something new every day
• Your dictionary is dog-eared and tattered, and well used!
• Santa brings you craft books and science kids and you are happy!
• You know what Latin roots are.
• You visit website you would have NEVER found had your children not asked a question
• Your board games all have names like “Scrabble”, “Trailblazer”, “Game of Knowledge”, and “Geo Bee”.
• You have created a newer decimal system for organizing books
• You told the librarian about it and she was impressed
• You have homemade timelines and maps on your walls
• You know all of the planets’ names and have seen them
• Your favorite place to study is outside on a blanket, under a tree, anyplace flat!
• You can quote lines from Shakespeare, but not from the Disney Channel.
• You play math games and language for fun
• You own a bingo game
• You have “Not Going Back to School” parties
• The only bully you ever run into is your brother
• It takes you less than a minute to walk to school.
• Your school bus is a mini van.
• You keep paper, pens, a dictionary, Peterson Field  Guides, binoculars, compass, rock hammer, collection kit, snacks, and a change of clothing in your car.
• There are only four students in your class – and all of them are your brothers and sisters.
• You have a 12-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a toddler in the same class.
• The school nurse, principal, librarian, bus driver, and lunch lady all tuck you in at night
• You have mold growing in your refrigerator on purpose
• If you have EVER studied the contents of the vacuum bag
• You own more than one of the following:  telescope, microscope, binoculars, fax machine, copier, video camera, black board, or compass
• Every day you are thankful to have spent that day with your children
• You will NEVER regret not having spent enough time with your children
• You actually look forward to “PTA meetings” with other parents!
• Your teens make valentines for YOU.