The first day of homeschooling after the summer break can be taxing for both the teacher and the students. Here are a few ways to ease the children back in to the school day routine.
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Start with Arts and Craft – A Grade Sheet
The younger kids love to draw and color and you can get them enthused about doing their coloring siting at their study desks and being graded for their effort. You can even start off with a craft project in which all the kids can contribute in some way. One good project would be to make a monthly grading sheet for each child having them write out their names and each subject that they will be tackling in the new academic year. This will give them a clue of what to expect in the next few weeks plus allow them to spend time coloring and decorating their sheets. When the sheets are done pin them up on the classroom notice board and fill them in as the weeks progress.
Introduce Reading next – Story Time
Listening to stories is always on the agenda for any child. Reverse the roles and tell the child to read a story to the class (parent and other siblings). This will be a sneaky way to bring in reading and spelling into the classroom while the children still have fun. You can ask each child to tell a story and provide the class with snacks and juice boxes at the same time to keep it informal and fun.
Add a Homeschool Science Experiment to the mix
Once the children have settled down to the idea of sitting in the classroom you can give them a simple homeschool science experiment to perform at their desks. A good one to use would be one based on magnetism where you can provide them with 5 different magnets which vary in size and magnetism. Then ask them to lift up iron tack pins with each magnet and count how many they were able to lift with each. The name of the magnet and number of pins must be written down to maintain a record. In the end ask them to declare which magnet was the strongest.
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