How To Make Homeschooling Fun: 5 Simple Tips
If you are homeschooling your student on your own, it can be difficult to help them stay motivated amongst distractions, off-days, or while tackling challenging topics. There are ways to make homeschooling fun and more enjoyable for everyone! In this article, we’ve outlined 5 simple tips on how you can add some fun to your homeschooling routine.
Exploring
Every child has a natural curiosity for learning about the world around them. Help them explore and expand their minds through nature trips or by watching documentaries about different cultures in the world to experience art, food, music, science and history from various regions.
Experiential Learning
Try participation activities through experiential learning or story telling techniques to keep them interested. You’ll be able to not only teach them new skills, but allow them to take a hands-on approach in practicing those skills for better comprehension. .
Learn and Include Your Child’s Interest.
One of the easiest ways to make homeschooling fun is to involve your child in the process. Ask them questions and encourage them to do the same, have them research information on topics they are interested in, and show them how the lesson connects to their favorite activities..
Rewards
You can reward your children with a sticker, a treat, or a small prize after they have completed their work. This provides motivation for your child to complete their assignments in a fun way! When implemented correctly, rewards can be an efficient and effective way to motivate and inspire your student throughout the day. You may also try verbal rewards like acknowledging your student for doing something they find challenging. Be careful not to bribe or make the activity centered around getting the reward.
One-on-one time
One-on-one time with a teacher is more personalized and less intimidating than being in class with students. Because one-on-one time is so unique to homeschooling, use it to your advantage in order to make lessons more meaningful, relevant and engaging. Novel Education Groups offers individualized remote learning services allowing students to remain enrolled in their current school while learning with a Novel educator. Students will continue to use their school’s curriculum while learning executive functioning skills through engaging & relevant lessons, designed by our educators. Students’ school hours will be condensed as content is taught to meet your student’s learning needs. You can see our list of remote learning services here.
Homeschooling With Novel Education Group
Novel Education Group specializes in creating custom curriculums designed to meet your student’s life goals and not just academics. We personally design and guide a custom educational experience from course selection, extracurriculars, and enrichment programs to ensure the highest academic quality for your student. All of our students are hands-on in all aspects of curriculum including designing electives and course structure.
Contact Novel Education Group For Private Tutoring & Homeschooling Curriculums
Our private educators are closely vetted experts in their respective fields with high academic achievements, professional experience, and a passion for education. We ensure Novel educators are qualified and compatible with each individual student and learning style. Novel Education Group provides in-person or virtual educators, as well as traveling and on-call teachers to facilitate private one-on-one learning while accommodating any schedule and lifestyle as needed. Book a consultation with us today!
