Activities – DIY Homeschooler

Activity: Rhyming Couplets

16 Sep 202120 Sep 2021

Over time we will be adding activities that focus on helping your child/student write something every day. Let's start off with something really simple: rhyming couplets. Rhyming couplets are two…

Activity: Storytelling

26 Aug 202126 Aug 2021

There are many benefits to learning the art of storytelling. And storytelling is one of those "soft skills" our children will want to take with them into life. Here are…

20 Fun Holiday Activities

10 Dec 202017 Nov 2021

It's that time of year! Christmas joy and celebrations. Here are 20 fun holiday activities to enjoy with your family: Make a tree-shaped photo collage by including family members that…

Activity: Measure Length and Distance

Young learners can greatly benefit by having many opportunities to measure things: to learn how heavy something is, or how much liquid there is, or how far something is. It…

Holiday Fun Activity: 20 DIY Thanksgiving Treats!

15 Nov 201823 Oct 2021

Love these 20 fun DIY Thanksgiving treats at Taste of Home! You and your kids can create pretzel turkeys or chocolate caramel turkey legs (Yum!), adorable pilgrim hats or pumpkin…

Activity: Make a DIY Pumpkin Bird Feeder

It is October. And October makes us think of pumpkins! Here is a fun DIY nature activity for you and your family to enjoy this fall: Make a pumpkin bird…

Activity: Apple Study & Thematic Resources

17 Sep 201815 Sep 2021

Fall! And fall makes us think apples! Ages ago we rounded up four favorite apple units (you'll want to check that page out for more resources). Meanwhile, enjoy these other…

10 Activities: Winter Nature Study

17 Jan 201810 Nov 2021

It's cold. What type of nature study activities can you do in the winter? Here are several ideas pulled from a variety of sources: 1. Make a bird feeder. There…

12 Fun Ways to Learn with Kites

April is National Kite Month. With little ones antsy to get out and enjoy the warmer weather and get a head start on celebrating the end of a learning term,…

Activity: Make a Bird Feeder

18 Nov 201523 Oct 2021

It's nearly winter! Time to consider putting up a bird feeder. Birds need that extra energy in times of temperature extremes and when natural sources of food may not be…

Holiday Fun Activity: Thankful Pumpkins

Now this is original! This holiday fun activity from Country Woman Magazine shows how each member of the family can engrave something that they are thankful for on a pumpkin.…

Activity: Create a Timeline Notebook

One of the notebooks we used extensively was our timeline notebook. Each child had a notebook where everything studied went inside the binder in chronological order. Children just learning to…

34 Things to Do With Your Preschooler

So you have a natural beginning in mind. Here are 34 concrete ideas or things to do with your preschooler that go hand in hand with the basic natural framework:…

Activity: Preparing a 1040 Income Tax Form

April 15 is known in the United States as Tax Day -- the deadline for individual tax returns to be submitted to the federal government. As soon as your child…

Activity: Collect Vocabulary

We've already provided 5 ideas toward a richer vocabulary. The takeaway is that developing a rich vocabulary is directly correlated to the amount of attention paid to it. In other…

Activity: Learn to Sew

There are few skills so valuable as the ability to sew — whether stitching a tear, hemming a garment, mending a ripped shirt, creating household accessories, or fashioning a new…

Activity: Slicing Verbs

Sometimes it is a good idea to illustrate or reinforce a concept with a hands-on approach. If nothing else, a hands-on activity provides a nice change of pace. We cooked…

12 Days of Christmas {Activities}

18 Dec 201424 Nov 2021

Everyone is probably familiar with the popular Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" originally published in the late 1700s. The song lists the gifts someone gave to his or…

Holiday Fun Activity: Pumpkin Pie in a Cup

Here is a fun and easy way to celebrate Thanksgiving a little early. Make pumpkin pie in a cup! There are several variations on this Kraft recipe but the ingredients…

Activity: Pyramid Poem {Learning Alliteration}

Here is a fun way to help students learn alliteration — a literary device where words in a sentence or phrase begin with the same beginning sound. Have your student…

Activity: Diamond Poem {Parts of Speech Practice}

15 Oct 201427 Sep 2021

Here is a fun and easy way to practice identifying parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives). Have your child create a diamond poem! A diamond poem (also known as…

Activity: Dictionary Skills

If your child is learning to learn on his own, he'll need to develop a set of research skills — including finding his way through a dictionary. The dictionary is…

Activity: Calculating Interest

There are a few things our children should know how to do before they leave home. One of these is to know how to calculate interest. Back in the day…

Activity: Feel Your Adjectives

For those kinesthetic students, it is sometimes easier to explain a concept by using one of the five senses. (And even those visual students will find a hands-on activity a…