daijobu Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 8 hours ago, 4KookieKids said: Dd7: I often think that I'm not real. The world is just a giant head and I'm just a thought. "Wake up!" I shout. That might work as haiku! 😉 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, daijobu said: That might work as haiku! 😉 It was just so random. Here we are driving home from ballet rehearsal and she’s eating a snack while looking out the window, and out it came. And then more silence while I tried to think of an appropriate response. Lol. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 2 hours ago, daijobu said: That might work as haiku! 😉 Oh my. I love this. That is exactly the sort of thing someone here would say 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Me (hearing weird noises in the dark): What are you doing? Sacha: Working on echolocation 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 19 hours ago, SeaConquest said: Me (hearing weird noises in the dark): What are you doing? Sacha: Working on echolocation Well, there is that blind kid that did that. He could 'see' the difference between a tree and a man by the sound of the echo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 There are multiple blind kids who do that, as well as blind adults. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Yes, Sacha informed me that it is a real thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahm Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Another homeschool family, the "Smiths" were over one day this week and we pulled out a Magic School Bus kit we'd been given to do together. The Smith children are the same ages as mine, but not accelerated. I was going over the activities, asking for guesses about what might happen, etc, giving some questions to the little ones and some to the bigger. At one point there was a silence after I asked a medium-difficulty question, and finally my six year old said "I know the answer, but this seems like a question for the Smiths. Do you know, Suzy?" Alas, Suzy didn't know. I need to explain to my daughter that she was right, but you don't say things like that in front of other people. Not sure how to do that without accidentally encouraging her to be even more patronizing, so I'm just stewing in it. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 We had one of those moments this weekend. We were doing the History Walking Tour in San Antonio. Tour guide pointed out some little statues for sale. I missed the name of that style of craft, but it was painted with little points of color. DD said. "Like Pointillism" Tour guide said, "Are you homeschoolers?" BTW, I'd recommend the tour. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 9 yr old student today “this coffee is a little too gothic” 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 6:26 PM, dmmetler said: 9 yr old student today “this coffee is a little too gothic” Reminds me of this meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/91n8a2/coffees_too_dark/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 At our end of the year science club, one of the tween boys said something insulting to one of the younger kids. DD swooped in and responded “No! You cannot talk to him like that! This is a safe place!....By the way, that was a good burn-but not here!” (The mom of the kid being verbally smacked down and I were trying hard to keep a straight face) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 This DD is 7, and DS is 5. DD: (to her brother) "Quid nomen tibi est?" DS: "Je m'appelle [Name]." DD: (rolls eyes) "No, when I ask you your name in Latin you have to answer in *Latin*, not in French." DS: "NYET!" 2 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecropia Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I don't know if DS5 is AL or not, but here's a funny story from today... DS: Today we watched another Ms. Frizzle video (Magic School Bus). It was about the food chain. A fish eats little lobsters, then that fish is eaten by another fish, then that fish is eaten by another fish... Me: ...then a person eats the fish? DS: No, Mom. People are in the middle of the food chain. A fish ate the whole school bus! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 DD, when asked about what she wants to major in “I like animals, brains and animal brains” (she’s looking at programs in behavioral ecology, cognitive science, behavioral neuroscience, ethology, etc, particularly ones that are working with herps-but the mental picture that brings to mind is more like Frankenstein!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 From one of my piano students, working on "We Three Kings". "When you put a flat on a note, it's a zombie, half dead, half alive. And in 3/4, the zombie is walking with a short leg, long-short, long-short!" Gotta love little boys..... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annegables Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 While doing Mad Libs, my kids had to list 2 famous people. They got into an argument over which 2 of the three were more famous: JK Rowling, Brandon Mull, or the #1 chess player. Someone asked my kid who his favorite super hero was. He said, "Paul Revere." The person said, "Are you homeschooled?" They heard the "We are farmers" jingle for Farmers Insurance and got super excited. "Sumus agricolae, bum ba da bum bum bum." They do not know what grade they are in. My 7yo asked me to buy the book, "Bud, Not Buddy" for his future children. They have told me that they want to marry someone who enjoys read-alouds. "Mom! Grandma didnt know (insert any Greek myth). But dont worry, I narrated it for her." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 From a homeschooled piano student today ”what are your interests?” (I always ask new kids about other activities, favorite toys, shows, video games, etc because it helps me pick music for them) ”Handicapped Chickens!” Apparently her neighbors own a hobby farm and have several rescue animals, including a special needs chicken with one leg, who this little girl just loves (they also have a three legged goat). So, now I need to find a song about a one legged chicken....uh..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) Another piano student one-a boy came in, happy to show me "Snake Dance". I commented that I loved that one, since we have pet snakes. He asked the names, and I told him a ball python named Pinkie and a corn snake named Wadjet-he said "Oh, WADJET! Like in Story of the World!" (I really love my homeschoolers 🙂 ). Edited January 30, 2020 by dmmetler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Another student one- "E minor sounds like the music is going through an angsty teen phase". As my teen put it, "She's not wrong....". 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes+Ships+SealingWax Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 DS8: What’s a weasel? Me: A skinny, long carnivore - kind of looks like a squirrel without the bushy tail. *shows photo* DS8: 😳 It’s a chipmunk that’s been spaghettified! 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Before trick-or-treating last night, we were reviewing things like what to do if someone offers you a kind of candy you don't like. 8yo: What if they offer me a NOUN? Can I decline it? *giggles hysterically* 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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