Today, Home Education Week contributors take a look at what their children think about home education.

This morning, I asked each child, “What do you think about homeschooling?” Here is what they said in their own words.

The D (age 11/grade 5):

It’s great.

He’s a boy of few words. Actually, he’s not; he’s a chatty one. He just woke up though, which leads me to believe that his favorite part of homeschooling is being able to sleep in late.

Big E (age 9/grade4):

I think it’s cool because I can work at my own pace - unless I am doing a timed quiz - and I don’t have to wait for the other kids to finish. And it’s much more challenging than the work I did at public school.

Yes, he really does talk like that in real life. We’re all a bunch of geeks around here. Part of the reason we decided to homeschool was that the boys were really bored in school though, especially Big E.

Little E (age 4):

Hmmm, pretty good. [Then, in teasing voice, while giving the evil grin to Big E,] because I get to play on the computer when they do school work.

Yeah, he is the classic little brother, always trying to get a rise out of his big brothers. He’s very good at it, too. He has his dad’s wit.

Head on over to Principled Discovery to see what other homeschooled children have to say in their own words.