Quiz to Assist in Identifying Philosophy & Goals for Home Educators

Write down your answers to each of the following questions. Move through the quiz fairly quickly, writing the first things that come to your mind, but spending as long as necessary on each question to capture all your thoughts and ideas.

There are no right or wrong answers. You may wish to go back and add more thoughts and ideas over the next few days as you think more about this. Use the information that surfaced from this quiz to develop a statement about your philosophy for your home education and to help you identify short and long term goals for your children.

• List the top three reasons you are homeschooling.
• Name two things you were passionate about when you were a child of the age your child(ren) is now. How are those things still a part of your life?
• When my child(ren) is 25, I want for him/her...
• List two things each of your children are passionate about right now.
• List five things you wish you had learned in school.
• The skills and knowledge I feel are absolutely essential in life are...
• The primary purpose of education for <insert your child's age here> is ...
• Five things I've learned in the past two years...
• In order to be a responsible, fully contributing citizen, a person needs to know...
• Success is...
• A childhood education that overlooks the teaching of these things fails...
• Name five things a child "best" learns:
  • before age 3.
  • before age 10.
  • before age 14.
  • before age 18.
• Name three main ways that your childhood education continues to influence / impact your life today.