Projects for homeschoolers?

Question

any homeschooling moms out there. im homeschooled online and i dont get to do projects. is there any projects out there that you give your kids. thanks everyone

i like anything that includes history

like diaramas

also if theres any art things you have them do for art class.and gym class please too

Answer 1

We did a unit study on the interstate system that runs throughout the U.S.  Great history, good web sites (many with photos all over the states).  You can incorporate math, history, social studies, geography, even the art & gym (we "walked" the interstate daily, walking a track but recording our miles on the map, "stopping" at various towns along the way).  

Check out http://www.interstate-guide.com/ as a good place to start.  Your only purchase needs to be a comprehensive atlas.

Answer 2

Have you created a model of the planets? You can use styrofoam balls for 3D or create it in 2 dimensions with construction paper/paints.

Use all sorts of household items and batteries to create experiments with electricity and switches.  Old Christmas lights, motors from old toys, paper clips, etc are useful for science projects.

Use balsam wood to make models of maps or houses/ buildings.  My kids worked on a doll house for their little sister one year.  They cut the pieces and  built the house then decorated it.

Make models to go with books you read.  Create dioramas of some of the most famous scenes.

My sons painted different decoys of ducks to match waterfowl in this area.

Plaster of Paris can be used to create all sorts of topographical maps.   You can also use it to "carve" some shapes.  It's inexpensive and sets up easily. One of my kids carved a Polar Bear from a plaster piece for science and wrote a report on Polar Bears to go with it.

This is gross, but..... When the kids read some of the Little House books waaayyyy back, we practiced tanning hides and making moccasins. You can do that with any book that has Indians in it too.  We used salt to tan them.

Cooking is ALWAYS a good activity to go with school.  If you are reading a book set in medieval times, then look up some old recipes and try them.  Have you ever made pickled eggs? We did it when we read King Aurthur.

Back when we read books related to the Gold Rush, we took rocks and painted them gold to mimic gold nuggets.  We later read Treasure Island and created a map to the buried nuggets for one of the smaller kids to follow and find. Making maps is always educational.

Cardboard boat regattas are always fun too.  Create boats from cardboard, duck tape and race them while you study boating terms, shapes. We did this when we read about a boy who traveled the world in a boat in Nat Geographic. (I can't remember his name, sorry.)

Have you tried burying different types of trash to see how fast they decay?  Great ecology lesson about landfills. Bury them in Sept when the school year starts then dig them up in April/May.  See what happened to each.

I am a firm believer that learning should be fun. It sticks with the child better.  I'm sorry you aren't in a more innovative homeschool program. I hate boxed curriculum because it is so boring.

One of the best, and my favorite, way to homeschool is to choose a number of novels for the year, then build around them. We do projects on science, history, geography around a novel.  Everyone is familiar with the Little House series and studies you can do with that.  It works with any book.  If you start with a well written book you can get spelling, writing, science, social sciences all from that book.  The only thing you need is Math to go with it.

Answer 3

Below are some history projects you may want to try.

Answer 4

Hey!  There are a ton of things you can do.  One big project that we did was this:  I made a list of people that had influenced my life, and the life of my daughter, then I wrote a letter to each person asking them to return a letter on a specific subject back to me.

I had a list of subjects, like finance, love, marriage, romance, family life, etc...Each person wrote a personal letter to my daughter about their subject.  We then put them in a really nice binder and she has it to this day.  She has the wisdom of all of these people on subjects that are important for life.  It was fun to do, and something she will be able to keep for a long time. I have more, but will have to add them later.

Good luck

My daughter just called and said she has a cool art project you could do.  Make a full size paper cut out of your body in a fun shape.  Get some foam board, cut it to the shape, then take magazine pics and fill in the shape.  Use your imagination and make it look any way you want.  It won't cost much, and you can get the stuff at hobby lobby or a place like that.

Answer 5

Projects are always fun.

One time when learning measurements I had my daughter construct 3-D objects with specific dimensions using straws, tape, newspaper and rulers.

I think all of my kids have made the volcano...

We don't have a lot of space to do big projects on poster boards so much so we do a lot of projects using scrapbook supplies. Check this article here on scrapbook projects: http://heartandhomeschool.googlepages.co...

Recently my 9 yr old has been doing a unit on chocolate-- read the history of chocolate, how chocolate is made from the coacoa bean, tried some chocolate recipes, read a non-fiction book on the life of Milton Hershey, did a book report on that and now is doing a scrapbook spread on the history of chocolate.

Projects can be anything you want-- what are you interested in?