Captain Me Planet

Posted this. And I will copy it here. Because I’m like that. A big ol’ copy cat. On things I really like.

Here is a sample, there is more:

How does a homeschooler change a lightbulb?

First, Mom checks three books on electricity out of the library, then the kids make models of light bulbs, read a biography of Thomas Edison, and do a skit based on his life.

Next, everyone studies the history of lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their own candles.

Next, everyone takes a trip to the store where they compare types of lightbulbs, as well as prices, and figure out how much change they’ll get if they buy two bulbs for $1.99 and pay with a five-dollar bill.

On the way home, a discussion develops over the history of money and also Abraham Lincoln, as his picture is on the five-dollar bill.

Finally, after building a homemade ladder out of branches dragged from the woods, the lightbulb is installed.

And there is light…which begins a Bible study on the days of Creation.

You Know You’re A Homeschool Mom When…

When a child busts a lip, and after seeing she’s okay, you round up some Scotch tape to capture some blood and look at it under the microscope.

You find dead animals and actually consider saving them to dissect later…

Your husband can walk in at the end of a long day and tell how the science experiment went just by looking at the house…

The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is to cook…

Your formal dining room now has a computer, copy machine, and many book shelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the walls…

You have meal worms growing in a container….on purpose…

You take off for a teacher in-service day because the principal needs clean underwear…

Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you put on your car…

You live in a one-house schoolroom.