The winter months can lead to a complete loss of outdoor activities for homeschooling families. It is very important for homeschool students to be able to blow off steam and keep physically active. These are some fun games that will allow the homeschool parent to keep the kids entertained.
Sock Wrestling
Get your homeschool students together for a bout of fun filled wrestling. Have a carpet laid down on the floor in a cleared out area. Now get the kids to face off each other fully dressed and with their socks on, but shoes off. The winner of the wrestling match is the one who manages to get both the opponents socks off. Do ensure that the children understand about basic safety rules during the wrestling match.
Indoor Obstacle Training
For your younger children displace the furniture and let them move through the area as an obstacle course.The need to hop over cushions on the floor, go under the tables and alternate between the chairs. Make up the course as interesting as you can. Ensure that you have a demo before you have the actual race to time them. The person with the shortest time wins.
Queen of Sheba Wants
Another great indoor game that can generate a lot of action is “Queen of Sheba”. Appoint yourself self proclaimed royalty and let your loyal subjects aka homeschool students know what you desire. The homeschooling mother must ask the kids to do different activities by declaring “The Queen of Sheba wants…” followed by an action. It can be anything from fetching her a glass of water or entertaining her with a dance or a song.
Sort the Skittles with a Straw
The best part about candy games is that they can end up as a snack after the game is over. Here empty out a couple of packets of skittles in a plate and give the homeschool student a straw. The idea is that the kid can not touch the skittles directly with his hand. The sorting of the skittles into different colored piles needs to be done using the straw. Again shortest time wins.