Activities illustrate a learning lifestyle. Sometimes you need a new way to present a concept or encourage an interest or simply keep little hands busy. Here are our top ten reader favorites from the 2025–2026 archives:
12 Days of Christmas {Activities}
12 Days of Christmas activities and resources!
Activity: Balancing a Checkbook
Some may say it is an old, technologically-outdated activity, but if your child does not understand how checkbook balancing works, he is at the mercy of his bank!
Map and Compass Activities ~ Summer Fun Activity
Summer is a great time to get outside and practice orienteering skills!
Following Directions ~ 7 Simple Activities
We don’t need workbooks and worksheets to teach our children how to follow directions! 7 simple activities.
Activity: Create a Timeline Notebook
Once your children have their reading and writing skills down, they may benefit from creating a timeline notebook to hold everything studied in chronological order.
Activity: Compare and Contrast
Develop the skill of being able to compare and contrast two or more things.
Activity: Explore Electronics
Explore electronics to promote learning skills while encouraging creativity and problem-solving.
Activity: Chart the Weather
Charting the weather is a learning lifestyle activity — learning the natural way! Everything you need to get started.
Summer Fun Activity: Build a Sunspot Viewer
A way to view the sunspots on the sun without looking directly at the sun.
Activity: Rhyming Couplets
Rhyming couplets are two consecutive lines of poetry that have the same sound at the end.
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