Night Elf Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 My DH and I were watching HGTV last night. There was a program about a family selling their mountain home to move to a ranch. They homeschooled, and their oldest was a 6r. old boy. She had a downstairs room, a finished basement maybe, where she had a school table set up. They showed her teaching the children a little bit. I realized I was staring hard at the tv hoping to see what curriculum she was using, rather than paying attention to what they were saying about selling their home. DH laughed out loud when I told him that! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Sounds like something I'd do! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Yes, if you invite me over, I will ask to see your curriculum. And no, I will not judge it. I really am that interested.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I get a little giddy when I'm visiting another homeschooler and they have some curriculum on their shelves that I've only seen online, never in person. It's almost like a celebrity sighting. We need a curriculum petting zoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 It's the same thing I notice when I go to another person's house. I always try to look at their bookshelves. My husband laughs as he remembers one of the first questions I asked him after I met him -- "So, how many books do you have?" It's also one of the first things I want to show other homeschoolers when they visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I get a little giddy when I'm visiting another homeschooler and they have some curriculum on their shelves that I've only seen online, never in person. It's almost like a celebrity sighting. We need a curriculum petting zoo. :lol::lol::iagree: I can so relate to that. I get a bit giddy too! Well, I used to anyway...I am kind of over curriculum nowadays. I may get to play with it again next year when dd goes off, and I just have ds, but overall, I have had a good run and its good to spend money on other things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I get a little giddy when I'm visiting another homeschooler and they have some curriculum on their shelves that I've only seen online, never in person. It's almost like a celebrity sighting. Heheheh. Someone bought one of the Sonlight Cores to playgroup on Thursday and that's about how I felt. "Oh Sonlight Core, how nice it is to meet you in real life! I've heard so much about you!" :lol: Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 We need a curriculum petting zoo. :iagree: Even if I'll never use it, I love looking at all the curriculum options. The used curriculum fair is my idea of Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I get a little giddy when I'm visiting another homeschooler and they have some curriculum on their shelves that I've only seen online, never in person. It's almost like a celebrity sighting. I feel this way at curriculum fairs. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 :smilielol5::smilielol5: TY that means I am not alone!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I get a little giddy when I'm visiting another homeschooler and they have some curriculum on their shelves that I've only seen online, never in person. It's almost like a celebrity sighting. We need a curriculum petting zoo. :iagree::lol: It's the same thing I notice when I go to another person's house. I always try to look at their bookshelves. It's also one of the first things I want to show other homeschoolers when they visit. :iagree: I am not alone!:smilielol5: I have to show dh this thread tomorrow:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Me, too! I invited a friend over to help her figure out how to teach phonics, my only request was that she list all her curriculum and bring anything I had not seen!! (She's bringing Math on the Level and one history book I haven't seen.) I have a series of Belgium math books using the Cuisenaire Rods, written in French, and I don't know French! Here is a short bit about the program from someone who does speak French and saw the program being used: http://www.thephonicspage.org/Other/rods.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I have a series of Belgium math books using the Cuisenaire Rods, written in French, and I don't know French! You desperado! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 It's the same thing I notice when I go to another person's house. I always try to look at their bookshelves. My husband laughs as he remembers one of the first questions I asked him after I met him -- "So, how many books do you have?" It's also one of the first things I want to show other homeschoolers when they visit. Yep, I've even been known to wonder around their house looking at their bookshelves. Glad to know I'm not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Sounds like the same thing I'd do. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I would do the same thing. So, could you see what she was using? Birds of a feather . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Got to add a funny. For me, it's office supplies. I go to Staples so much that I have my own account representative that calls me at home and asks, "How are all the kids?" We are buddies!! She gives me some great coupons and deals but the fact that she calls the house getting my feedback on the stores, managers, etc. cracks my dcs up. I know it's sad, but this is my life....LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 :lol::lol: Heheheh. Someone bought one of the Sonlight Cores to playgroup on Thursday and that's about how I felt. "Oh Sonlight Core, how nice it is to meet you in real life! I've heard so much about you!" :lol: Rosie Rosie, you just crack me up! Are you ever coming to VA? Cause I'd say the same thing about you, Dear!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen+4dc Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Yes, if you invite me over, I will ask to see your curriculum. And no, I will not judge it. I really am that interested.:) :iagree: I get a little giddy when I'm visiting another homeschooler and they have some curriculum on their shelves that I've only seen online, never in person. It's almost like a celebrity sighting. We need a curriculum petting zoo. I'd buy a membership! :iagree: Even if I'll never use it, I love looking at all the curriculum options. The used curriculum fair is my idea of Christmas! :lol::lol: The sad part is :iagree:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I have had a good run and its good to spend money on other things! Like.....not books? I'm so in the mode' that I can't imagine that yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 You guys are all cracking me up.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroppinIt Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Got to add a funny. For me, it's office supplies. I go to Staples so much that I have my own account representative that calls me at home and asks, "How are all the kids?" We are buddies!! She gives me some great coupons and deals but the fact that she calls the house getting my feedback on the stores, managers, etc. cracks my dcs up. I know it's sad, but this is my life....LOL. :lol: I'm not quite that addicted to the smell of sticky notes, but I must admit that the back-to-school sales excite me every fall. I still have half a dozen packs of pens in my office from when they were on super sale last fall. Curriculum... oh, yes. But I'm so spoiled by all the good stuff that's available these days that when I go to garage sales and see inferior stuff I will admit that I do judge just a little. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I think my favorite part about homeschooling after years of teaching is that I have 100% control over what curriculum I use, in comparison to "make it work". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Yes, if you invite me over, I will ask to see your curriculum. And no, I will not judge it. I really am that interested.:) :iagree:Oh, me too. It may be something that wouldn't work for my family, but I really, really want to see it simply because I may never get another chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 :lol: I'm not quite that addicted to the smell of sticky notes, but I must admit that the back-to-school sales excite me every fall. I still have half a dozen packs of pens in my office from when they were on super sale last fall. OMG! I just realized I actually live in a semi-civilized area again and go to back-to-school sales! Yes! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 :lol: I would have done the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 lol! I've done that on wifeswap and super nanny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndie Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 We need a curriculum petting zoo. :iagree: I'm dragging my husband and kids two states away next weekend so they can stay with my parents while I go to a curriculum fair. I am so excited!! My husband keeps giving me nervous glances when he catches me giggling to myself. I love going to homes of other homeschoolers. At a big Christmas party last year, everyone took a tour of our friends house... I took a tour of her homeschool room. I think I drooled on her 10 foot high, wall to wall book shelves filled to the max. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 22, 2010 Author Share Posted May 22, 2010 I would do the same thing. So, could you see what she was using? No, unfortunately. Hmph! But I wondered if she was on this board! I feel like every homeschooler should be on this board. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Yes, if you invite me over, I will ask to see your curriculum. And no, I will not judge it. I really am that interested.:) Hmmmm, you don't live THAT far from me. Maybe after the move . . . Of course, I would want to come and see yours. I am always interested in what people use, and how they use it. My Name is Pam L and I am a curriculum junkie. [so much so that I actually learned how to spell the word. :tongue_smilie:] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof2girls Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 My DH and I were watching HGTV last night. There was a program about a family selling their mountain home to move to a ranch. They homeschooled, and their oldest was a 6r. old boy. She had a downstairs room, a finished basement maybe, where she had a school table set up. They showed her teaching the children a little bit. I realized I was staring hard at the tv hoping to see what curriculum she was using, rather than paying attention to what they were saying about selling their home. DH laughed out loud when I told him that! ;) :lol::lol:... I do the same thing with my homeschooling friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 We had some younger homeschool families over to lunch with several other families. One of the moms said, "Can I just go look at all your curriculum and ignore everyone?" Absolutely! :D I know the feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I was having lunch with some other homeschooling moms at the mall food court and we were enjoying watching some young women showing each other their purchases. They were rhapsodizing about one another's new shoes and jewelry. Very sweet to see. Then one of us had to go and say, "How sad. We're just like them, only with the Minimus Teacher's Guide." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricia Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I'd be doing that too. Shameful isn't it?:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Who cares about their house? Let's see how they school!! I bet a reality show on how people run a homeschool would be a huge success in a niche market! LOL I still remember the real joy I had when I met my first SLer in "real life". It was like having an instant sister! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I always look through my friends' curricula if it is something I have never seen or used before. :) I probably would have been checking out the book shelves on the TV too. I definitely do it in pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Yep, I've even been known to wonder around their house looking at their bookshelves. Glad to know I'm not alone. The homeschoolers' version of looking in the medicine cabinet? But yes, I would do the same. And ulike some of you who profess not to, I judge. ;) Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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