Trying to keep up the normal homeschool routine during the holidays is a sure-fire way to burn yourself out.
Theres so much to do and the kids are bouncing off the walls.
Instead shift your homeschools focus and enjoyhomeschooling during the holidays.
Reading
Center your holiday reading around the holiday season.
These are wonderful holiday classics to enjoy with your children.
Use this season to focus on these and other books about the holidays.
Drop the regular writing assignments and draft your children.
Write cards for elderly in the nursing home who will be spending the holiday seasons alone.
Enjoy writing the holidays letters together, as a family.
Use geometric shapes and symmetry to create snowflakes to decorate the windows.
Have your children multiplying to ensure youve baked enough cookies for everyone at the co-op.
Social Studies
Textbooks are passe during the holiday seasons, especially when studying social studies.
Have your children compare Chinas New Years date and traditions toAmericas date and traditions.
See how New Years is celebrated in Mexico, Australia, and Italy.
Use the holiday season to learn about how other cultures celebrate during this festive time of year.
Science
Keep science studies tied into the holiday season as well.
Take a look at electricity and Christmas lights.
Old Christmas lights used series circuits.
Why would people want to switch to Christmas lights using parallel circuits?
Challenge your children to find out why.
Arts & Crafts
There are so many opportunities for arts and crafts during the holiday season.
Pull out the paints and card stock.
Create unique Christmas cards to send to family and friends.
Put out pine cone bird feeders to feed the local birds in the winter.
Use large sheets of butcher paper and markers to decorate your own wrapping paper for gifts.
Try using modeling clay or salt dough to create ornaments to give to family and friends as gifts.
Music
Music is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.
Not only does the radio play endless Christmas songs, but many of my favorite hymns are Christmas melodies.
Use this opportunity to keep Christmas music playing in your house.
Choose a couple Christmas songs to memorize.
Go caroling at a nursing home or around the neighborhood.
Most cities have the Nutcracker playing in December.
Grab your children and make a special evening going to see a live performance.
Dont have a go at burn yourself out keeping up the normal homeschool routine during the holiday season.
Instead shift your homeschools focus and enjoy the time with your children.
What is your favorite way to enjoy homeschooling during the holidays?
