Homeschooling Tips

Indoor Educational Activities

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Act out your geography orhistory lessons.

Pretend youre Egyptians living in ancient Egypt.

What will you cook?

How did the ancient Egyptians spend their days?

You dont need to be limited to history lessons.

Do the same for geography lessons.

Pretend to living in London, Paris, or Timbuktu.

Reading Together

Reading together is always popular.

Pick up some new books to enjoy with the kids.

Dont limit yourself to just chapter books.

Find good picture books, coffee table books of art, with or audio books to enjoy.

Cook up some hot chocolate, bake cookies, and pull out blankets.

Snuggle together in the living room as you read.

Everyone in the family can curl up and enjoying reading great literature together.

Enjoy Poetry

Poetry tends to be a neglected subject.

So use a day youre stuck in the house to enjoy poetry together.

Pull out your favorite poetry books.

Look up poems on the internet.

Read your favorite poets.

After spending some time enjoying great poetry together, try writing your own poems.

Hold a recital in the evening to enjoy your childrens masterpieces.

Do Art

The next time the kids are whining because theyre stuck inside, pull out the art supplies.

Have the kids make clay pots and try their hand atchalk pastels.

Dont limit yourselves to painting on paper.

The skys the limit!

Put on an art show in the evening for each other.

Exhibit the art throughout the house.

Lay out cookies, juice, and tea.

Pretend youre art critiques wandering through finding wonderful things to say about the artwork.

Science Experiments

My kids can never get enough ofscience experiments.

Mixing vinegar and baking sodato watch it explode is an experiment young children adore.

Encourage your kids to build a volcano around the mixture and add some red food coloring.

Later pull out a science book and work slowly through the experiments.

Chat about what you learned when the experiments work and discuss what may have gone wrong when they fail.

What educational activities do you enjoy when youre stuck inside?