If you’re struggling with homeschooling, you’re definitely not alone. It’s difficult to keep kids on task and still teach them without you or your children getting burnt out and losing focus.
However, there are some great ways to keep education fun and interesting, or ways to add small break activities to the days. Here are some helpful ideas for breaks or fun education in homeschooling your kids.
Fun Educational Ideas for Homeschooling
Snack or Candy Math
Having trouble keeping your child focused on math problems? It’s not just you. However, you can make that a lot easier with the help of their favorite snack or candy. There are loads of worksheets and ideas out there for creating math problems using small objects like candies.
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It’s also a great way to help children visualize what they’re doing and grasp the topic better. You don’t have to use candy either, cut up fruits and veggies or grapes could also be great options! Although these are more useful in fairly basic math problems, you could also use the snacks as rewards for completed work.
Break Activities
Sometimes, you and your kiddo just need a break. While normal breaks are great, you can also still keep their brain working during this time by playing games or doing fun activities. For example, Candlewick Press launched a Where’s Waldo web portal that features activity sheets, videos, and more.
You can also follow the brand’s social media for prompts to hide Waldo around the house and share your fun using #FindWaldoAtHome. This is an interactive, fun, exciting way to spend time together in between schooling times.
Focus on Science
Science is one subject you most often can count on for keeping kids entertained no matter their age or likes. From simple to extensive, there are tons of interactive science activities you can find online that can have little to no cost or prep.
A lot of science projects and experiments use objects and materials you already have on hand, so it’s not super stressful for parents to focus more on it. Since science is so open to alteration and personalized lessons, this subject will always have your back when you need to refocus kids or have an educational experience that still feels fun.
Explore Cultures
Have you ever considered education about the rest of the world’s cultures? The Book Of Cultures introduces kids ages 3 and up to diversity in the world through pictures and 30 fictional stories. Follow a character through different countries, learning about unique parts of their cultures.
This teaches special differences and important similarities that connect us all, encouraging open-minded thinking. The book also launched free activity kits for making the book even more educational and interactive in homeschooling use. For more information go here.
Arts and Crafts
You may not consider this super educational, but art can be a perfect way to have fun and expand your homeschooling a little. Art is technically a normal topic in schools, and arts and crafts can lean towards other subjects like math or science.
Your children can have a lot more freedom in expressing themselves through these activities and you can have a break from rigorous lessons. Not only that, but art is a great subject for improving creativity, fine motor skills, brain activity, and more. The benefits of including these in your routine are never-ending.
Homeschool Crafts and Activity Kits for Kids
- Play The Forest School Way: Woodland Games and Crafts for Adventurous Kids
- Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build
- Kid Made Modern Aquatic Craft Kit
- 4M Weather Station Kit – Climate Change, Global Warming, Lab
Have you considered trying any of these? Hopefully at least one of the ideas can be something you can use in your household or schedule to ease the craziness of these times.
The best thing is they’re also able to be altered or expanded upon to suit your child’s ages, interests, or attention span best. Wishing you all the best of luck with keeping home school fun and keeping everyone’s sanity on this journey!
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