Kari has written about educational and fun summer activities in a recent blog. I highly recommend you try some of them over the summer. I believe they apply to homeschoolers as well as traditionally schooled children.
I want to add to the list some fun and educational activities that homeschoolers will want to consider for while taking a break from your normal homeschool activities. I have already written several here.
H=Handwriting. Summer is an excellent time to work on handwriting. Purchase a dry erase book for children to use when they say they are bored.
I= ice cream. Making ice cream together can also teach your child about chemistry and patience.
J= Jokes. Have the kids exercise their funny bones as well as their creative writing by working with jokes. Writing and sharing your best puns can be very stimulating. You can even create a book to share with family and friends.
K= Katrina. Take a trip to New Orleans to let your children see what happened first hand. There is no better way to learn current events than to experience it.
L= Learn Latin. Purchase a Learn Latin program. Learn and speak it as a family. Not only will it provide an interesting summer of learning and probably laughing (at mispronunciations and errors), but it will also help to improve English Vocabulary as well.
M= Magazine. Write a magazine. Put each family member in charge of a different aspect of the magazine. Have children get their friends involved as well. This is an excellent learning, exploring, and collaborating opportunity.
N= Natural. During the summer, I like to spend some time observing my kids to pick up on their natural body rhythms and inclination. This helps me to determine optimum time for educational instruction, and when I should probably leave them alone. Of course, my daughter is most alert in the wee hours of the morning, so she may be out of luck. All I can do is place appropriate reading materials in her room for late night reading.
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