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!

1.   Make a page for your nature journal
2.   Check out The Handbook of Nature Study newsletter for this month
3.   Start  a rock collection
4.   Plan a night of stargazing (what to look for-planets, constellations, etc.)
5.  Work on a project from Artistic Pursuits or Discovering Great Artists
6.  Start a journal or diary
7.  Write a letter to someone. Or draw a picture and mail it
8.  Design and mail your own postcard
9. Join the Flat Stanley project
10. Create a treasure hunt (with map!)
11. Go for a walk in the woods
12. Take photos and assemble a photo album
13. Start a scrapbook
14. Create a lapbook
15. Play a game
16. Make up a board game on poster paper
17. Create a poster about a topic that interests you
18. Add to your list of things you'd like to do
19. Bake something
20. Make homemade clay
21. Make treats for the birds
22. Teach the dog a new trick
23. Plan a field trip to a place we've never visited
24. Choose a state park to visit-what can we do there?
25. Watch a documentary
26. Look for bugs
27. Try keeping a bug as a pet
28. Practice piano
29. Practice recorder
30. Do Starfall with your little sister
31. Make a gift or card for an upcoming birthday
32. Make cookies for the dog
33. Play Boggle
34. Play Scrabble
35. Play chess or checkers
36. Paint with watercolors
37. Draw with oil pastels
38. Learn a magic trick
39. Visit the library and check out books on a new topic
40. Send an email to someone
41. Learn to type
42. Print out a coloring page about a topic you like
43. Write a story
44. Write a poem or haiku
45. Make up knock-knock jokes to tell Daddy later
46. Start a blog
47. Choose a letterbox we can visit
48. Read a book that has a movie version...
49. Then watch the movie and compare the two
50. Take the microscope outside to look at leaves, flowers, dirt, etc.