Homeschool Humor
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We had just finished a large unit on pirates and were having a big presentation night and party. During dinner one of my sons burped and I chided him. Another son piped up, "Um, tonight we're pirates and pirates don't have good manners, so we can burp all we want!" Hm. He had a point. So I said, "Well, I'm Captain Mom and I order you not to burp." The son who had started this whole thing then said, "Oh, sorry. I can only take orders from the Quartermaster. The Captain is only in charge during battle! Too bad." Well, at least I know they were paying attention.
Sasha Takis
Nibley, Utah
We are in the middle of a remodel of sorts at our house. When we pulled up the carpet in the girls room there were some strange black oriental looking markings in the corner. I wondered if maybe someone had put a Chinese blessing of sorts on the house. Our family has an ongoing interest in Chinese since we did a unit on China a few years ago. We have books that we practice writing Chinese from and learning the characters. I called the kids over to look at them and was going to see if we could somehow look up what they might mean when my husband came over. He cocked his head funny and said, "Oh, I can tell you what that says..." He grinned at my surprised anticipation of his answer (he is not usually interested in foreign languages) and said, "It says 12' 7 1/2", the length of the wall!" It was upside down.
I will stick to painting instead and leave the floors to him from now on! He is still chuckling at me.
Jacobi Bird
Renton, Washington
We were all gathered around our schoolroom table one day. My preschooler was in the next room playing with some toys. I was reading a book to the kids when all of a sudden; my preschooler comes into the room announcing, very indignantly, that her name was not "Sara Monious" but Sara Howlett. We all looked at each other, very puzzled. What was she talking about? I reassured her that she was right and she went back to playing and I went back to reading. As I read, my eyes fell on the word "ceremonious", and I burst out laughing! I mentioned it to the children and we all had a great laugh. We had no idea our little Sara was even listening!
Sherlyn Howlett
Keller, Texas
A local nature center offers monthly classes for homeschoolers. During one session we were learning about weather. In an effort to show us what happens when cold air and warm air clash, the scientist poured cold, blue-colored water into hot, yellow-colored water so we could watch the cold water move beneath the hot After the demonstration, we were asked, "So what happens when cold and warm air meet?" A darling little girl answered smartly, "It turns green!"
Sasha Takis
Nibley, Utah
I had just begun teaching letter sounds to my preschoolers when our third child was born. After a few weeks' break to adjust to the new baby, I began again in earnest to teach pre-reading skills to his older siblings. Apparently we were still in adjustment mode. When I asked my four year old, "What is the first sound you hear in 'baby'," she quickly replied, "Crying!"
Loretta Hay
Allen, Texas
When my kids were little (ages 3 & 4) we were trying to learn our ABC's. We would sing them together among other things. One day, my son Victor, asked me out of the blue, "Mom, what's a 'ninnow'?" After having him repeat the word several times, I replied that I had never heard of a 'ninnow' and asked him where he had heard the word. He immediately started singing his ABC's: "A-B-C-D-E-F-G, H-I-J-K-L-a ninnow- P..."
Tana Flores
Georgia
I asked my children to list all the types of berries they could think of. “Straw,” said one child. “Rasp,” said another. “Goose,” said another amid the chuckles of his siblings. “Black,” said the oldest as he looked at the scratches on his arms from cutting them back in our back yard. “Lie,” said my five year old daughter. I looked at her kind of funny. She responded, “You know, where we go every Tuesday and get books.”
Doreen Blanding
Redmond, Washington
One evening I was sitting with my 4 year old daughter, Sage, going over beginning word sounds. We would look at a picture and I would ask her what it was a picture of, what was the first sound she heard when we said that word, and what letter made that sound. I pointed to a picture of a nose and asked her, "What is this a picture of?" She said, "I don't know." I pointed to my own nose and said "Well, what is this?" With a huge grin on her face she looked up at me with the innocence of an angel and said "OH! Cartilage!"
Heather M. Kubitski
Richmond,VA
On the long drive home from Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment last night I mentioned to my son that he had no school tomorrow. Next thing I know he is screaming and crying while telling me that that is a bad idea and he wants to do school. So I said, "I'm sorry son, we are having school, I was mistaken. We are going to learn home economics and basic cooking. Your school work will be to help mommy can pumpkin butter and clean the house." My son immediately stops crying and smiles and says, "Okay mom."
Amy Daniels
Virginia
At the end of our school year my children like to chant the old-time rhyme, "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks." We do a Word of the Day each day over the summer, and I didn't know how well they remembered words from last year until I heard my seven-year-old chanting, "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ nefarious looks."
Shelly Davis
Spanish Fork, Utah
I love it when kids grasp concepts like compound words! The other day as we were preparing to leave on a trip to Blackfoot, Idaho for a baseball tournament, my 6-year-old asked me, "Mom, when you go to Blackfoot, do all the people there have black feet?"
Sasha Takis
Nibley, Utah
My nine year old son was having a problem with his personal hygiene. I made a point of taking time to teach all my children about personal care during the week. I stressed that when we shower or bath we must use soap and wash our bodies and hair. Every time the children came out of the bath or shower I made sure that they were clean. My son was sent back each time to try again and to use soap. Sunday morning my son asked if he could take a shower "Yes" said his Dad "but you don't have time to soak". With a big smile he said "Great!" and hurried into the shower. Twenty minutes later his dad told him that he had to get out of the shower. The water shut off immediately so dad questioned if he was clean. "Did you use soap" he asked. "No Dad you said I didn't have time for soap!"
Jean Canepari
Sacramento, California
Until recently we had satellite TV service in our home and enjoyed the convenience of being able to record, pause, and rewind the programs we liked, not to mention being able to fast-forward through commercials. We would watch all sorts of educational TV shows this way, pushing the "pause" button whenever there was an interruption.
One day I was reading a chapter of A History of Us to my children. My four year old daughter hopped up and said "mommy, I have to use the potty, Can you pause it?"
Julie Finlayson
Greenville, North Carolina
We are in the middle of a remodel of sorts at our house. When we pulled up the carpet in the girl's room there were some strange black oriental looking markings in the corner. I wondered if maybe someone had put a Chinese blessing of sorts on the house. Our family has an ongoing interest in Chinese since we did a unit on China a few years ago. We have books that we practice writing Chinese from and learning the characters. I called the kids over to look at them and was going to see if we could somehow look up what they might mean when my husband came over. He cocked his head funny and said, "Oh, I can tell you what that says..." He grinned at my surprised anticipation of his answer (he is not usually interested in foreign languages) and said, "It says 12' 7 1/2", the length of the wall!" It was upside down.
I will stick to painting instead and leave the floors to him from now on! He is still chuckling at me.
Jacobi Bird
Renton, Washington
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