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Project Fair – an educational amusement park!
Projects are a great way for kids to learn. They involve research, investigations, writing, drawing, experiments and more.
Combine as many subjects as possible to a project for a cross-curricular lesson. For example, a clay rendition of a frog’s life cycle (art/science), a field trip report on a visit to a pond (geography), a graph as to how many frogs were counted at the pond (math), a book report on a story about frogs (english) and so on.
Make the project ready for display and have a little project fair so your student can share their work with others (can be with family, friends or join in with other homeschoolers.) You can make certificates to award for certain topics – scariest topic, biggest project etc. Presenting their project in a fair style encourages them to express what they have learned as well as giving them an opportunity to speak in front of others. It will give them a feeling of pride for their accomplishment as well as allow others to offer encouragement and appreciation for the work.
A project lesson can take several weeks – time spent learning and having fun!