Homeschooling Answers to Questions

When I was homeschooling we would get the usual questions, below are some answers that I used.

If we were at the shopping centre and were asked "Why aren't your kids at school?" I would say that it's a pupil free day.

When my children were asked what year they were in they would answer 2010 (whatever the calendar year was).

When asked about socialisation I would say that I was raised on a farm and socialised with my family, grandparents, working men, shearing contractors etc. and I consider myself socialised.

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I would ask what social skills could a six year old teach my children and then say that social skills are learnt from adults who teach young children.

Do they have to have a curriculum? I would answer that I was aware of what my children were really interested in and then follow their interests...they were learning what was relevant to them. I would tell them that I was using a Maths Book and realised that the Maths in the book had absolutely no relevance to my children's lives at that time, so I got rid of the book and we would learn the maths needed to pursue/facilitate their current interests.