Don't you just love those little moments that sometimes occur during the day that make you glad you're homeschooling your children.

This morning my son said something that made me laugh out loud - not at him; but because, in a way, he was right in what he said, and it made me realize that his old Playcentre teacher was right about him! It also made me think how glad I am that he's not at school, and someone else who doesn't love him as much as me, is enjoying these funny little things he sometimes comes out with, that makes life memorable.

When we lived in a small town community for several years, I used to take him along to a little country Playcentre. It's kind of like kindergarten, but the parents are required to be there most of the time, and there is a main teacher who structures the session around something. I'm not sure if all Playcentres are like that, but we had a wonderful teacher who was of the 'old school' type and very passionate about what she did.

She did seem to take a special interest in my son Hugh, and when she knew that we were going to be homeschooling, was very supportive and helpful in passing along interesting hints and information she received. She has always told me that Hugh is an 'abstract' thinker and could be frustrating to teach at home because he thinks differently to other kids.

She said to me recently that when a 2 year old boy (she was talking about Hugh) draws parallel lines on a piece of paper and calls them railway tracks, then she knows he's got an interesting brain! (Those were her words)! After her 30-odd years of experience teaching, she said she can usually pick what area the child is going to go into later in life, but with Hugh she can't pick it!

Anyway, all that just to say that I had an ... ahem... shall I say, interesting day of schooling with Hugh today. I could say that it was frustrating, but I don't want to be negative! However, earlier this morning we were learning about opposites in his Abeka exercise book following some time reading. After a few minutes of running through the obvious list of opposites, like night/day, new/old, hot/cold etc, I asked him to tell me the opposite of 'short'.

As quick as a flash, and quite seriously, he replied with, 'trousers'!

So, you see, how could I not help but laugh out loud! I've been chuckling over it all day. I couldn't really say it was wrong, either!