- Make a page for your nature journal
- Check out The Handbook of Nature Study newsletter for this month
- Start a rock collection
- Plan a night of stargazing (what to look for-planets, constellations, etc.)
- Work on a project from Artistic Pursuits or Discovering Great Artists
- Start a journal or diary
- Write a letter to someone. Or draw a picture and mail it
- Design and mail your own postcard
- Join the Flat Stanley project
- Create a treasure hunt (with map!)
- Go for a walk in the woods
- Take photos and assemble a photo album
- Start a scrapbook
- Create a lapbook
- Play a game
- Make up a board game on poster paper
- Create a poster about a topic that interests you
- Add to your list of things you'd like to do
- Bake something
- Make homemade clay
- Make treats for the birds
- Teach the dog a new trick
- Plan a field trip to a place we've never visited
- Choose a state park to visit-what can we do there?
- Watch a documentary
- Look for bugs
- Try keeping a bug as a pet
- Practice piano
- Practice recorder
- Do Starfall with your little sister
- Make a gift or card for an upcoming birthday
- Make cookies for the dog
- Play Boggle
- Play Scrabble
- Play chess or checkers
- Paint with watercolors
- Draw with oil pastels
- Learn a magic trick
- Visit the library and check out books on a new topic
- Send an email to someone
- Learn to type
- Print out a coloring page about a topic you like
- Write a story
- Write a poem or haiku
- Make up knock-knock jokes to tell Daddy later
- Start a blog
- Choose a letterbox we can visit
- Read a book that has a movie version...
- Then watch the movie and compare the two
- Take the microscope outside to look at leaves, flowers, dirt, etc.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
50 Relaxed Learning Ideas
The other day I began keeping a a running list of relaxed learning ideas. This isn't a "to-do" list, but rather just a place to keep track of ideas I read about in books and on blogs...stuff that could help kick-start a child who is unsure what to do during our time of relaxed homeschooling. These are my first 50 ideas....lots more coming!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
These are great ideas - keep them coming! After yet another week of trying to somewhat schedule history and science, I have given up for the moment. I'm just requiring math and writing/phonics/spelling next week and everything else can be free learning, so I'll be checking back here for more great ideas!
ReplyDeleteStopping in to say hello and thank you for blogging about your journey with relaxed learning. I'm along the same path with my seven and three year olds and it sure is nice to know I'm not alone. :-)
ReplyDelete