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August 08, 2003

I couldn't resist

Stolen from Tammy(Tammy's Homeschooling Blog)
Homeschool Survey

1. How many children do you homeschool?

[2 boys age 7 and almost 5]

2. How many years have you been homeschooling?

[7 :-) Officially I'd say 3 or so]

3. How many homeschooling blogs do you read each day?

[one or two]

4. How many times do you check your favorite blog?

[two or three times a week]

5. What's your favorite subject to teach your kids?

[History and Religion]

6. What subject do you neglect?

[Science, I hate science experiments though the boys do many on their own and love Zoom LOL]

7. Will you take a nap today?

[Don't need one. no I won't be.]

8. Will any of your children take a nap today?

[Yes Ollie naps twice a day still]

9. How many Lego sets does your family own?

[one or two. They collect dust. My boys aren't into legos.]

10. What are the names of your pets?

[no pets, kids are allergic]

11. Age of your first kiss?

[15 yrs]

12. Any grandkids?

[I'm 28 and my oldest is 7.]

13. Are your grandkids homeschooled?

N/A

14. Breast or bottle?

[Breast until they wean on their own. Xander was 5.5 yrs, Sullivan was 3yrs, and Ollie is 14 mos and still going strong]

15. Do you participate in your homeschooling PE class?

[I have no idea what that is. My boys take ballet and clogging and this year Sully is trying soccer and Xan may try horse riding]

16. Favorite homeschooling magazine?

[Don't subscribe, though I'd love to. Any recommendations?]

17. Stupidest curriculum-buying mistake?

[I've never purchased a curriculum, so, no mistakes! :-)]

18. Worst curriculum you've tried?

[N/A]

19. Curriculum publisher that you can't believe is still in business?

[no idea]

20. Do you teach your child to tie their shoes or do you wait until they ask?

[wait until they ASK]

21. Set bedtime for your kids or not?

[Yes, they set it though. 10:00pm]

22. Favorite homeschooling bulletin board?

[http://www.yaaps.com]

23. Wood or mechanical pencils?

[wood]

24. Do you use a red pen or not?

[for what? I don't grade my kids. Either it's acceptable or it's not and they do it again. No red marks I just tell them what to fix. I think I'll use purple as they get older and need more indepth ideas and help]

25. Do your children have a bookcase of their own?

[Nope a family bookcase filled with the classics]

26. HSLDA. Good, Bad, Silly, No comment? (Those are your only choices.)

[Somewhere between good and bad LOL I don't belong and probably never will]

27. Last biography you read?

[The Real Thomas Jefferson]

28. What the last biography one of your children read?

[The ride of Paul Revere]

29. What's being studied in science right now?

[um...science what's that? actually we've been discussing the phases of matter. gas, solid, liquid etc.]

30. Did you like Miquon?

[Never tried it]

31. Do you buy school supplies around August or as you need them?

[As we need them.]

32. Do you buy from homeschool discounters or not?

[Wal Mart usually]

33. What can you see out of your front window?

[My neighbor (((waves)))]

34. What's the temperature in your home right now?

[75 degrees]

35. What time is it right now?

[5:47pm]

36. Do you buy used books?

[all the time! Half.com is my lifeline!]

37. What was the most recent spill you had to clean up?

[I don't clean spills, the spillee does.]

38. How old is your couch?

[probably 20 yrs old. It was a hand me down from my Grandmother]

39. TV or not?

[Yes but only after 3:00]

40. Schoolroom or not?

[not really, we have several rooms for different things. Art and pencil work in the dining room, reading in the living room, computer in the computer room etc]

41. Desks for each child or not?

[No desks, dining room table]

42. If you had to do it all over again, would you homeschool?

[ABSOLUTELY! I would never do it any other way]

posted by Tamra at 05:47 PM

Comments

That was fun to read! I had to borrow it and do it myself :-).

Posted by: Toni on August 11, 2003 07:54 PM

Where is your blog? The last URL you gave me didn't work. I'd love to read it. Fun little survey wasn't it? :-)

Posted by: ModernMother on August 12, 2003 08:57 AM

Here it is again...

http://home.earthlink.net/~depoise/weblog

I hope that works! If you use netscape, I don't think it does for some reason. :-(

Posted by: Toni on August 12, 2003 11:09 AM

That's the problem, I'm using netscape. :-) I'll try IE

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