Top 10 things homeschoolers do while other kids are in school

May 21, 9:41 PMUnschooling ExaminerSara McGrath

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Pool party.

1. Homeschoolers get to socialize. I always laugh whenever I encounter an argument against homeschooling based on children's need to socialize. As if you get to do that in school?! As a formerly schooled child, I distinctly remember my teacher saying, "You're not here to socialize!" While most kids are in school and their parents are at work, my children and I get to socialize.
2. Homeschoolers get to go outside. My kids and I love to get outside and enjoy a beautiful day. When the sun beckons through the windows, we head out our back door, walk through the woods, and come out at the playground where we find other happy homeschoolers with the same idea. If we time it right, my daughters get to play with the private school kids during their daily 20-minute recess. It comes and goes so quick!
3. Homeschoolers get to follow their interests. My kids get to learn what they want to learn when they want to learn it. My daughters and I attended a rock and gem show and the girls got interested in rocks. We found ourselves digging for quartz at a local park. When we got home, we dug into resources on quartz and learned a ton. Then we put together some snazzy lap books showcasing what we learned. We had fun with glue, scissors, and markers, and the whole time we talked together, sharing thoughts and ideas and posing questions and thinking up ways to find the answers.

Read the rest of my top 10 things, as well as those of other homeschooling families, and add your own favorite things to do while everyone else is in school.