In Think Outside the Classroom, I included about 5 “idea corners” to spark creativity. I thought I’d share one of those here…
Idea Corner:
Pick a “word of the day” and see how many times you can use it in the day, and encourage your children to do the same. Make up a song about the word. While reading Winnie the Pooh, I ran across the word “revolving”. I stopped and said, “Do you know what revolving means? It means to go in circles, or spin around.” And then I asked one of my children to stand in the middle of the floor and spin in circles. While she did that, I sang a chorus to the tune of “A Tisket, a Tasket” that went:
“Revolving, revolving…Alexa is revolving…’round and ’round, she spins around, Alexa is revolving.”
After taking a “school break” this summer during the end of my pregnancy and while we adjusted to a new little one, though we don’t really ever consider ourselves in or out of school, I’m eager to add more motivation to our days soon. And though we usually school year-round, I know many homeschoolers begin in August and so I’m eager to post some inspirational and practical homeschool help over the next few weeks.
