All study and no fun can make your homeschool students dull. So here are some ideas to add fun in a reasonable and cost effective manner to your homeschooling family. Maybe these will spark your imagination to come up with more activities of your own that are better suited to your homeschool students.
The Food and Drink Bar
Have a table set up with snacks and beverage fixings in the homeschool classroom once a week. It can be accessed as a reward for a job well done, the homeschool student can place an order for something on the food and drink bar. This is in addition to whatever snack for the day is already being provided. You can add some cookies, crisps, or homemade favorites to the items on the bar. Setting it up is a weekly fun activity that everyone can look forward to. You may even ask the kids for help in the kitchen to make the more popular items ordered often from the bar!
The Ambiance Setting
If it’s a special occasion such as an upcoming festival or birthday, it may be fun to decorate the homeschool classroom for it. The art class could be used to make handmade decorations. Make the decorations festival appropriate, for instance black cats and orange pumpkins for Halloween, painted eggs and bunnies for Easter, and so on. The balloons and streamers can never go wrong to help cheer up a room, so keep some on hand for an instant transformation. Get the kids involved and ask for their ideas. You will be pleasantly surprised at what they come up with.
The Homeschool Vision Board
This is not to be confused with the notice board that displays scheduled lessons and productive art work. This is a space where homeschool goals are displayed in visual form. So if there’s a plan to go to see a specific monument, it can go up on the board. If there homeschool teacher wants the kids to do well in their studies, a mock report card with their names and all A+ grades written next to the subjects can go up. Think of what else can go on your homeschool vision board and update it regularly once a month.
