Almost everything can be counted as "school" without being a formal lesson. - Baking = Math, Home Ec, Science, Health
- Nutcracker = Fine Art, Music, Theater
- Card Making or Sending = Language Arts, Art, Social Studies (hey, if going to the post office during Christmas doesn't count as a field trip, what does?), Prayer (it's wonderful to pray for each family as you are preparing the card to be sent to them and when you receive one as well!), Geography
- Tree cutting = Nature, Science
- Decorating = Home Ec, Life skills, Art
- Reading Christmas stories = Lang Arts, Reading, History (depending on the story of course)
- Listening to Carols = Music history and appreciation
- Attending your church services and visiting other churches = Bible, History, Culture
- Family Newsletter = Language Arts, Computer skills, Photography
- Housecleaning = Home Ec, Life Skills, Hospitality
- Travel = Geography, Family History, Map skills, Weather
- Candy Making = Science, Home Ec
- Caroling/Bell Ringing = Music
- Table setting = Etiquette, Home Ec, Hospitality
- Movie viewing = Drama, Theater (especially if your family is like ours and memorizes all the lines)
- Scrapbooking = History, Photography, Art, Language Arts
- Gift buying, wrapping and giving = Service, Hospitality, Math, Consumerism, Creativity, PE (if you are walking around the shops!)
Gift making can allow you to teach every subject across the curriculum. Try your hand at glycerin soaps, create bird feeders with food, teach the children how to knit or crochet, or learn to whittle or do wood burning. How about trying mosaics on flowerpots, or putting together any of those nifty gifts-in-a-jar ideas? Paint on rocks to make personal paperweights or smooth agates for jewelry with a rock tumbler. For more ideas check out Craft-of-the-Week at www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/index3.htm and be sure to visit the Christmas section. A to Z Homeschooling has an article on this subject too and I had to laugh aloud when I read about using the Twelve Days of Christmas for Math �?it's counting backwards! That is very creative thinking! homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/120998.htm I loved the idea of using the yearly gingerbread house for geometry. See? It's all in the way you look at things! So whether you are facing the holidays, deployment, or separation for other military reasons, look at the things you are doing in daily life and see how they apply to real life learning. Some of the ideas here would work very nicely in sending care packages to Daddy or other troops and you don't have to feel you are neglecting your child's learning. Trish Nonaka Almost everything can be counted as "school" without being a formal lesson. - Baking = Math, Home Ec, Science, Health
- Nutcracker = Fine Art, Music, Theater
- Card Making or Sending = Language Arts, Art, Social Studies (hey, if going to the post office during Christmas doesn't count as a field trip, what does?), Prayer (it's wonderful to pray for each family as you are preparing the card to be sent to them and when you receive one as well!), Geography
- Tree cutting = Nature, Science
- Decorating = Home Ec, Life skills, Art
- Reading Christmas stories = Lang Arts, Reading, History (depending on the story of course)
- Listening to Carols = Music history and appreciation
- Attending your church services and visiting other churches = Bible, History, Culture
- Family Newsletter = Language Arts, Computer skills, Photography
- Housecleaning = Home Ec, Life Skills, Hospitality
- Travel = Geography, Family History, Map skills, Weather
- Candy Making = Science, Home Ec
- Caroling/Bell Ringing = Music
- Table setting = Etiquette, Home Ec, Hospitality
- Movie viewing = Drama, Theater (especially if your family is like ours and memorizes all the lines)
- Scrapbooking = History, Photography, Art, Language Arts
- Gift buying, wrapping and giving = Service, Hospitality, Math, Consumerism, Creativity, PE (if you are walking around the shops!)
Gift making can allow you to teach every subject across the curriculum. Try your hand at glycerin soaps, create bird feeders with food, teach the children how to knit or crochet, or learn to whittle or do wood burning. How about trying mosaics on flowerpots, or putting together any of those nifty gifts-in-a-jar ideas? Paint on rocks to make personal paperweights or smooth agates for jewelry with a rock tumbler. For more ideas check out Craft-of-the-Week at www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/index3.htm and be sure to visit the Christmas section.
A to Z Homeschooling has an article on this subject too and I had to laugh aloud when I read about using the Twelve Days of Christmas for Math �?it's counting backwards! That is very creative thinking! homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/120998.htm I loved the idea of using the yearly gingerbread house for geometry. See? It's all in the way you look at things!
So whether you are facing the holidays, deployment, or separation for other military reasons, look at the things you are doing in daily life and see how they apply to real life learning. Some of the ideas here would work very nicely in sending care packages to Daddy or other troops and you don't have to feel you are neglecting your child's learning.
Trish Nonaka |
Free Forum Hosting
Important Announcement
First 