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Smart Ways To Make Homeschooling Fun And Exciting

Homeschooling has become a popular choice for students and their families in recent years. In fact, there were an estimated 3.721 million homeschooled students in the United States during the 2020-2021 school year. Homeschooling offers many benefits, and one of the best ones is the freedom and flexibility when it comes to your children’s education. However, this advantage can also be a challenge to parents because to keep children engaged, it is important to make the lessons fun. Of course, the use of visual aids and Powerpoint presentations can make the lessons interesting, but there are other ways you can make your lessons fun for your kids at home. Here are some fun activities that you can do to make homeschooling more fun and exciting.

Play Games

It is no secret that kids love to play games, so it is a great tool to use when teaching lessons, especially at home. In fact, according to a study, the combination of gamification and traditional learning methods can enhance students’ learning motivation and learning effects. There are various ways to turn a lesson into a game. You can use board games like Scrabble to learn words. Teaching geography? You can play a geography game wherein you randomly pick a country and let your kids name its capital. You can use a country generator to randomly pick a country to keep the game fair. As for teaching math, you can do math bingo or math twister. Playing games will help the kids enjoy the lesson and keep them engaged.

Watch Documentaries and Films

When it comes to homeschooling, it is not necessary to use books and modules all the time. You can make it fun by making them watch documentaries and films closely related to the lesson. As you know, teachers do this in traditional classroom learning as well. According to experts, showing the students films not only provides them with a new, unique, and refreshing experience but also makes students become active learners. If you are teaching history or social issues, you can opt to watch films and documentaries together. You can do a reflection session afterward to highlight the important takeaways from the film. You can even ask your kids to write a reflection paper about what they watched, guided by a prompt or question that will lead them to the lesson you are trying to teach.

Go on Field Trips

Homeschooling does not limit learning to just your home. In fact, your kids get to have more freedom to learn outside compared to traditional schools, which is a great advantage. In fact, according to a study, 89% said educational trips have a positive, lasting impact on students’ education and career because enriching field trips made them more engaged, intellectually curious, and interested in and out of school. You can plan two or more field trips for your kids every month. You can go to museums, aquariums, and even farms. You can then ask your kids to make projects related to your trip to solidify the lesson.

Homeschooling can be fun for both you and your kids. Consider doing the above activities to make lessons exciting and engaging, and to make each day an opportunity for learning new things.

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