Help please---homeschooling?

Question

hey y'all i'm homeschooled with about five other kids were all stuck in one room all day is there anything we could do to make it more interesting???

Answer 1

E-mail me. [e-mail]

I've got a metric buttload of ideas for you and your friends/classmates, but it's just way too much to list here. Send me an e-mail and we can work together and think of some fun projects and lessons and such. Small groups are GREAT for making education fun.

Answer 2

It's really hard to say based on the little info you give.

Are you "stuck" in a room all day for a reason? Can you really not go out? If you can get out, plan field trips-- museums, nature walks (bring some field guides and some journals!), local plays or concerts. Take classes together at community centers. Volunteer. Join 4H and get into a project.

Maybe you kids can start up your own business like building dog houses or making crafts and selling them at craft fairs. Maybe do something to help your community like organizing the clean-up of a natural area, having a fund raiser for a local charity. Maybe you can get a performance troupe going and make up an act and take it to local nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Maybe you can and plant a big garden in someone's yard and then share the bounty or donate it to the local homeless shelter or soup kitchen.

Do you have teachers/facilitators/parents supervising you? Are they just giving you boring work? Are they new to homeschooling maybe and not used to teaching?

Maybe you could bring some ideas to the table and ask them to spice it up-- group projects, mock trials, dramatic presentations, creative endeavors like murals or videotaping documentaries, etc. Google some websites for educational projects or lessons and bring some ideas with you.

There really is so much homeschoolers can do, even if you are stuck inside all day-- especially when there is a group of you.  Talk to your adult.

Answer 3

For science I would suggest you do experiments.

Go to www.google.com and put in for example "Science experiments for 7th graders"

By the way...what grade are you?

You can also make models...

This is a great site for 7th grade science projects >> http://www.terimore.com/7th-grade-scienc...

Who is your "teacher"? If it is your mom or a relative or even someone that visits your house a lot, say I found this experement...could we do it?

If the 5 kids are different ages try to get a project where everyone can help.

Go here for 4th and 5th grade ideas >> http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest...

Here are projects for all ages >> http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest...

Don't be turned off by a website if it says "Science fair ideas" because they can be great projects

WWW.GOOGLE.COM  Would help you a lot...and I can help you more if you can tell me the grades of the 5 kids and you.

Answer 4

You have five brothers and sisters?  

Or are you part of a co-op or charter school of some kind?

Regardless, homeschoolling should not be sitting in one room all the time.  Yes there is a certain amount of book work to be done, but there are also things like field trips, P.E., Science experiments, hanging out with friends, etc.

Talk to your parents about mixing it up a little!

Answer 5

Is there anything you could do that wouldn’t make that more interesting? Yikes! Try anything.

    You could set aside one day just for spending out. You can run errands, go to the park, galleries, etc. You could take classes through a local parks and recreation program or join clubs centered on your individual interests.

   Ever ridden a city bus? If not, take a day to learn how to use the public transport in your town, and then spend the day on the bus. It might not be a party, but it is different.

   Remember, homeschool is not a chain gang or solitary confinement. Scholarship can happen out in the open air, or in the mall. Percentages = sales, Algebra can be found in gas mileage. What you are learning has real life applications. Find them and I bet there is something to learn for all the kids, regardless of age. Take a trip to an educational area, like a fort, a battle field an aquarium or a museum. Make all the planning up to the kids. Need $, organize ways to make the $. That can include cutting back on household bills. You plan what you will eat, what route you will take, how long you will be gone and how many stops you will need along the way. This trip can be a much fun as your imagination and budget allows .Use maps, websites, and family members as guides. You can each take disposable cameras and make scrap books when you get home. While you learn the history, science or art you are also learning everything else. John Lennon said that life is what happens when you are making other plans. So, make the journey more important than the destination. You'll have a ball!

EDIT: I second the science experiment suggestion! Go crazy with it, really do something fun. With the help of an adult and some safety goggles, you could get quite ambitious. Think "Myth Busters" and go all out.

Be safe. Be smart. I know a man who blew up his basement as a boy. He survived by a miracle. He ended up missing a thumb nail and his eyebrows. It sounds funny now, but he really destroyed part of his house and almost lost his life. He was trying to make rocket fuel. Guess what? He did. His parents, the police and the FBI were not thrilled.

Answer 6

If you're stuck in a room, there's not much you're going to be able to do to make it more interesting....  You've gotta get out!  Like others said.. on a nice day, go out to the park... why don't you head out to a coffee shop  (one of those barnes&noble with the starbucks attached are perfect) and read/study.  

Oh yeah, and don't forget that there are summer camps for teens ( http://nbtsc.org/ ) And here's a state by state list of homeschool proms/dances (you only have to be 14) . you know.. it's something to look forward to!

PS.. Maybe I'm wrong, but maybe you should talk to your folks about ways to changes things... you're at an age where the previous way of doing things just aren't going to work. I'm sure your parents would love to hear your suggestions!!

Answer 7

Do some of it at a real school with real classes and other kids!  Then u learn wat u will have to do in college!

Answer 8

You're homeschooled, all high school kids, and stuck in one room all day? What??? That doesn't sound like homeschooling! It's impossible for me to provide concrete suggestions without further explanation from your side. Other than change whatever it is you are doing so you're not stuck in a room all day long.

Answer 9

Of course, there is PLENTY!

Go to the park once a week to change it up.

A field trip to the museum.

Go to each others houses, alternate days.

Have art time.......even up through high school it is good to be creative and have little art projects to work on.

Answer 10

Who's actually teaching you? This sounds really odd for homeschooling, do you mean you're enrolled in a co-op class or something? How long is all day? Like from 5am til 9pm? Is it every single day? Is it for the work week? Do you go on the weekends too? Do you have to eat lunch in there? When do you go to the bathroom?

We can't really make suggestions unless there are more details. I mean, in our home there are seven kids unschooling, and they spend most of the day playing boardgames, reading to each other, going on trips and outings, volunteering, etc. Mostly I would suggest talking to the adults in whose charge you are...explaining that you would like more experiences that mirror the academic knowledge you are assuredly attaining.

anyway, good luck....