40 Tweets From Parents About Homeschooling Amid Coronavirus

me: *at every parent/teacher conference ever* I want passion in my kids, a joie de vivre, the desire to question everything

me: *homeschooling day 1* just sit down, shut up and I’ll ask the questions

— bacon popsicle 🥋🧟♂️ (@Gupton68) March 29, 2020

I'm not saying I'm going to suck at homeschooling my kids but my daughter just asked
"Dad, what's a synonym?"
And I replied
"It's a spice"
Have a top week, everybody

— joe heenan (@joeheenan) March 30, 2020

Quarantine Homeschool Spirit Week!

Monday: Pajama Day!
Tuesday: Pajama Day!
Wednesday: Pajama Day!
Thursday: Pajama Day!
Friday: Pajama Day!

— Taco Dragon (@tchrquotes) March 28, 2020

First week of homeschooling I felt like Ms. Frizzle. I was so excited to teach my children in fun creative ways, but now after 2 weeks of this "homeschooling" I'm just walking around with a bottle of wine yelling at things.

— Marcy G 🍕 (@BunAndLeggings) March 31, 2020

Two weeks into homeschool and my 9 year old has already broken the world record for longest amount of time spent sharpening a pencil.

— Lurkin' Mom (@LurkAtHomeMom) March 30, 2020

[Homeschool field trip to the laundry room]

Kids: Dad, what IS this place?

Me: I have absolutely no idea

— Son of Dad (@ThugRaccoons) March 31, 2020

Homeschool update day 10, no 12:

Somehow my kids are late to school. What is time!?

— Heather 🦠doo do doo do doo do doo do (@dishs_up) March 27, 2020

[spelling bee]

judge: your word is homeschool

me: ok, I've got this

judge: *laughs* do you though?

— Divergent Mama (@Divergentmama) March 26, 2020

Everyday is Crazy Hair Day at homeschool.

— Marl (@Marlebean) March 27, 2020

Homeschooling day 5

Me: don’t forget to write the date at the top of the page

7: mummy what day is it?

Me: um I think it’s Tuesday or maybe July I don’t know

— MumInBits (@MumInBits) March 27, 2020

How is your homeschooling going we are screaming at each other about parallelograms right now

— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) April 2, 2020

Homeschooling day 7: The PE teacher is not wearing a bra.

— Jessie (@mommajessiec) March 24, 2020

Homeschooling would be a lot more fun if the kid in our class wasn’t a bully.

— WTFDAD (@daddydoubts) March 30, 2020

Day two of home school: My three year-old is better than you’d expect at Grand Theft Auto.

— Julius Sharpe (@juliussharpe) March 13, 2020

Homeschooling update day 7

6 year old said she was really missing her teacher

She said it TO MY FACE

Bit rude

— ThreeTimeDaddy (@threetimedaddy) March 31, 2020

The best thing about homeschooling is that now I can add “I’ll fail you” to my repertoire of empty parenting threats

— SpacedMom (@copymama) March 27, 2020

First day of homeschool and my 13yo tried to call in sick...

— No Idea: Daddy Blog (@byclintedwards) March 30, 2020

Quarantine Day One: This could be fun! I’ve always wondered what it would be like to homeschool!

Quarantine Day One [at breakfast]: SO HELP ME GOD, MOVE YOUR FOOT AWAY FROM YOUR BROTHER’S CEREAL BOWL OR I WILL FIND A SCHOOL IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS OPEN AND DRIVE US THERE TODAY

— Lurkin' Mom (@LurkAtHomeMom) March 16, 2020

If you see my boys locked outside, mind your business.

We're having a fire drill.#homeschool

— Jack's Dad (@DaddingAround) March 24, 2020

Homeschooling day 4

Today there was a lot of yelling & crying, things were thrown around, it was anarchy.

But I calmed down and apologised to the kids and they seem ok about it

— MumInBits (@MumInBits) March 26, 2020

Homeschooling is just standing behind your kid checking their math on your phone calculator

— SpacedMom (@copymama) April 2, 2020

Homeschooling update day 2:

Helped 6 year old with telling the time. For instance, how there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 245,934,992 hours in 2 days of homeschooling

— ThreeTimeDaddy (@threetimedaddy) March 24, 2020

HOMESCHOOL HOT LUNCH

Monday: Mac n cheese with fruit cup
Tuesday: Chicken nuggets & chips
Wednesday: Mac n cheese again
Thursday: Make your own damn lunch
Friday: Cheetos

— Jessie (@mommajessiec) March 27, 2020

Day 1 of kids at home

All morning: Doing homework and reading
- No commute
- No dropoff line
- Working quietly
- Finished their projects in record time

Me: I may homeschool them from now on!!

1st free time: 60 MIN OF SCREAMING.

Me: MY GOD WHEN CAN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL

— Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) March 16, 2020

Not everyone knows this but a homeschool day is actually 40 times as long as a regular day.

— Mommy Owl (@Lhlodder) March 17, 2020

[Homeschooling]

10yo: Ugh, why do I have to do all this stupid work?
Me: So you can one day become a brilliant scientist who discovers cures for viruses and saves parents from having to homeschool.

— SpacedMom (@copymama) March 18, 2020

Homeschooling day 6

Me: write a short description about life in Roman times

7: “in Roman times they were all butt heads and farted really loudly out their big butts”

Me: I don’t think that’s quite.....oh fuck it *emails to teacher*

— MumInBits (@MumInBits) March 30, 2020

So far, the kids have had the subjects of math, reading and coloring shamrocks during our homeschool time. They’ll be well ahead of the curve after the pandemic is over.

— It'sReally10Months (@really10months) March 17, 2020

After an hour of attempting to homeschool my kids, they revolted, went off schedule and started playing nicely together. New rule! If you are playing nicely together, you can continue. If you start fighting, back to the schedule!

— Ilana Wiles (@mommyshorts) March 16, 2020

L ranked all his teachers today.

I came in last place.

So, yeah. Homeschool is going great.

— Becky Too Many Kids, Send Help (@beckyhas4kids) March 18, 2020

The hardest part of homeschooling is trying to figure out what happened to Carole Baskin’s husband at the same time.

— Paige Kellerman (@PaigeKellerman) March 30, 2020

Homeschooling isn’t going great but at least my son has learned the skill of hiding in the bathroom in case he has kids one day

— Mom On The Rocks (@mom_ontherocks) March 26, 2020

It turns out the best way to respect homeschool families is to be forced to become one.

— Sammy Rhodes (@sammyrhodes) March 21, 2020

Your kids are doing homeschool still wearing Christmas pajamas too right?

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) March 19, 2020

If there is a way to teach 4th grade fractions without a lot of crying, I don't know what it is.

— the Mom TruthBomb (@momTruthBomb) March 27, 2020

Homeschool prom gonna be lit this fall

— Sammy Rhodes (@sammyrhodes) March 24, 2020

Homeschooling day 12: Fed the math homework to the dog myself.

— Jessie (@mommajessiec) March 31, 2020

We‘re done with homeschooling we do anger management now.

— WTFDAD (@daddydoubts) April 6, 2020

Well the good news is that all those insufferably chipper homeschooling moms have stopped posting their daily schedules.

— Ramblin Mama (@ramblinma) April 6, 2020

If there’s one thing that scares me more than an apocalyptic end of the world, it’s the possibility that if my kids fail at homeschooling they have to retake it

— ThreeTimeDaddy (@threetimedaddy) March 26, 2020