As we head into a new year, here are 17 ways to enrich learning — enriching ideas for developing writing, improving thinking skills, teaching reading, rounding out studies, and lots more!

1. Naturally implement a critical thinking focus.
2. Improve your student’s writing: Autobiographies.
3. Improve your student’s writing: Biographies.
4. Improve your student’s writing: Letters.
5. Improve your student’s writing: Limericks.
6. Improve your student’s writing: Book reviews.
7. Improve your student’s writing: How-to essay.
8. Incorporate narration ideas.
9. Create engaging history studies.
10. Incorporate music appreciation.
11. Teach reading with Noah Webster’s reading handbook.
12. Effectively use literature-based studies.
13. Mark a book to get more from reading.
14. Learn during car time.
15. Get creative with your child’s artwork.
16. Make sure your children have everything they need before they leave home!
17. Create an educational bucket list.