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Here are some ideas for students to use for home learning acivities. Remember that all home learning should be enjoyable.
Use this list for general ideas of things to do at home together.

Read a book together.

Plan the menus for the family for a whole week.

Find a recipe for a new dish and prepare it.

Create a page for a scrap book.

Use a magazine or a newspaper and collect ads for a type of product. After pasting them to a large piece of paper, find tha average price of the product. (Hint: add up the prices and divide by the number of items.)

Find out what phase the moon will be in tonight.

Start a new collection or organize an old one.

Do some leaf rubbings and identify the types of leaves.

Write a letter to someone in public office.

Create a house plan of your home.

Determine the number of calories in the dinner you last ate.

Create a diorama of your room, using an empty box.

Using a newspaper or magazine, find and cut out all the letters of the alphabet. Paste them in order on a piece of paper. Lable the vowels and consonents.

Make a timeline of your life. Use the scale of one foot equals one year.

Visit the Internet Public Library for Kids

Do Sudoku!

[print version]

Visit www.dailysudoku.com for more puzzles, solutions, hints, books and other resources.

Below are links to WebQuests that allow students to research topics of interest safely on the Internet.

Respect and The Grouchy Ladybug (1st and 2nd Grades)

Butterfly Life Cycle (2nd Grade)

Snakes (3rd grade level)

Flight (3rd grade level)

Chocolate (3rd Grade and up)

Learn about Thanksgiving (3rd-5th Grades)

China WebQuest (4th Grade level)

Weather (5th Grade)

The WebQuest Portal!

Below are some wonderful sites that students will enjoy exploring.

Kidwings, a site about birds.

The Global School House

Web Pages for Montessori Students

Science Activities with clear and easy directions!



Here are some virtual museums that children might want to visit.

Smithsonian Institute American History Museum

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

American Art Museum (Smithsonian)

The (Ben) Franklin Institute

The Exploratorium



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