Tidbits Of Our Life

12 Blogs Of Christmas Contest

Thought it would be fun to try this :)  Here's the link to the original blog post about it:

Yes, I'm link/html impaired and hope you'll copy/paste this lol.

My Answers:

1. How many children do you have / homeschool? 5 of my almost (pg) 16 cuties.  Currently being homeschooled are Allison & Angela (almost 4), Alex (7.5), Devon (10 end of month) and Nicole (12.5). 16 yr. old ds graduated on his b-day and now attends comm. college classes p/t.
2. How long have you been homeschooling? Closing in on the end of 20th year.
3. Have they always been homeschooled, or did they ever go to public/private school? All of my dc have only been homeschooled, this has worked wonderfully for all of us :)
4. Do you plan on homeschooling until graduation? Absolutely! 4 have already graduated.
5. Do you belong to a co-op? No, never felt a need for them.
6. Do you school all year long, or use some other schedule? We school all year and take off whenever we feel the need.  Have done this almost since the beginning.
7. Do you use textbooks only, or do you like to supplement with other materials? I used textbooks in the early years, didn't like them and now we do Sonlight along with the computer.
8. Are field trips included in your school plans, or are they just family time? For the most part I don't feel a need to label anything a "field trip", we just do nice family outings to places of interest.
9. Do you and your kids do crafty stuff together for school time? Yes, my children really enjoy this and it's a regular part of most days.
10. Would you consider everyday household life stuff ‘home ec’? Yes and I believe it is an important/valuable part of school.
11. Do you have any advice for new homeschoolers? Relax! Ease into it and don't be in a hurry to push your dc ahead.  Don't compare yourself to other homeschoolers, everyone has their own style that evolves over time and everyone's children are unique.
12. Do you have advice for homeschoolers with little ones under foot? Do the most difficult work during naps, include them in your schooling, have special activities that they can do along side you during school times, have an older child occupy a younger one while you work with someone. Train your older dc to be able to work w/the noise Littles make....few of us get totally quiet workplaces as adults.