Fun activities for homeschoolers are everywhere. This weekend my husband and I took our teens on a day trip to an aquarium. It was so much fun! My boys stood in a plexiglass tube watching huge fish and sharks swim in circles above, below, and to the sides. They were amazed by the experience of being almost submerged with the fish. The fish, too, seemed to really enjoy checking the boys out.
I’ve put together a giant list of screen-free activities for homeschoolers. You’ll find links to specific posts detailing a fun activity, and some referral links to Amazon when I think you’ll want to know about a particular product. Some of these activities are free, and some (like going to an aquarium) require either funds or planning.
Screen Free Activities for Homeschoolers
1) Make a Bible craft!
2) Visit an aquarium.
3) Start a business. Check out this free printable guide.
4) Create a family history together.
5) Play a history game.
6) Read a fun book about Martin Luther, the Father of the Reformation.
7) Do a unit study on Martin Luther.
8) Work on an impressionism art project.
9) Work on some fun history lapbooks.
10) Visit a firehouse (sliding down the pole is optional).
11) Conduct some LEGO® Sink or Swim experiments.
12) Learn about the Bible in a hands-on way with fun Bible study lapbooks.
13) Build a tabernacle model.
14) Do some food math.
15) Put together these history crafts to learn more about what’s come before us!
16) Make crayons.
17) Create a LEGO® chain reaction.
18) Help your kids study the doctrine of Creation with this fun, 272-page, puzzle-based Bible study! And, they’ll learn about inductive Bible study, too!
19) Homeschool using the field trip method–do it regularly.
20) Study history in a completely hands-on way. (Check out this Texas unit.)
21) Spend time checking out slides on a microscope. (These are our favorite slide sets.)
22) Make a Go on a physical high adventure. Look for companies that offer ropes courses or zip line courses.
23) Learn some Scripture music.
24) History and theology matter. Teach your 8-12 year olds about both in a fun way with a little sass.
25) Read an historical book.
26) Play a card game. (We love Bonanza.)
27) Make a potato clock.
28) Write to a pen pal.
29) Make a tin can robot.
30) Use these free history lapbooks to learn about the Reformation.
31) Draw a picture.
32) Start a nature journal.
33) Build with LEGOs.
34) Write a poem.
35) Collect and press leaves.
36) Retell Bible stories with these free printable comic book strip templates.
37) Paint with watercolors.
38) Make a family prayer box.
39) Learn to play chess.
40) Explore creation science in a fun way.
41) Put on a skit.
42) Make popsicle stick puppets. Act out a Bible story.
43) Read a Bible story.
44) Make a tessellating pattern.
45) Draw a picture of a favorite book character.
46) Memorize a Bible verse.
47) Learn how to make a simple meal.
48) Learn about life in womb with this Scripture-filled book.
49) Make a flower craft.
50) Collect stamps. Learn about their history.
51) Practice seeing with your ears (and do other bat activities).
52) Play with K’Nex. Build a historic building or vehicle.
53) Make a city out of blocks.
54) Study the Bible at home as a family.
55) Put together a floor puzzle.
56) Visit a waterfall.
57) Do a challenging dot-to-dot.
58) Play a sight words game.
59) Look through an atlas and draw a continent or country.
60) Color your way through history.
61) Visit a science museum.
62) Create edible slime.
63) Draw a map of a fantasy world from a book–like Narnia.
64) Learn how fold mountains are made.
65) Build a dam in a creek. Stay with a parent around water.
68) Do a STEAM challenge out of your challenge box.
69) Decorate a hat.
70) Make these Bible verse bookmark crafts to help you consider God’s Word.
71) Write a newspaper article.
72) Make a scrapbook.
73) Learn more about history using a timeline!
74) Hold a gingerbread house playdate.
75) Plant some seeds and care for them.
76) Make an edible heart model.
77) Back and decorate cookies or cupcakes.
78) Make and paint a birdhouse.
79) Work on fun printable Bible activities.
80) Go to the zoo.
81) Visit a children’s museum.
82) Listen to an audio adventure.
83) Visit a mountain.
84) Do some Bible object lessons.
85) Learn about the books of the Bible.
86) Write a story.
87) Play with PlayDoh.
88) Play dress-up.
89) Cook something in your play kitchen.
90) Take a family day-trip. You get to be in charge of the maps and navigation.
91) Establish a daily spiritual disciplines habit.
92) Play with a doll house.
93) Read a picture book!
94) Put on a puppet play.
95) Sword fight.
96) Play a Hop on Pop sight word game.
97) Do 12 months of quick and easy family devotions.
98) Do a geography puzzle.
99) Visit a dam and learn about how it works.
100) Explore a tidepool. (Don’t touch the creatures!)
101) Visit a police station and sit in the jail cell and police car.
102) Make a candy spine.
103) Memorize Bible verses as a family. Start with these.
104) Recreate an ancient Egyptian board game.
105) Visit a farm.
106) Draw a life-size whale or dinosaur with sidewalk chalk. Look out for cars!
107) Build an igloo.
108) Experiment with different kids of melting ice.
109) Take a road trip through the Bible!
110) Visit a creek–look for crawdads. Be sure to stay with a parent.
111) Do some Bible science experiments.
112) Go camping.
113) Dye cloth naturally using historical methods.
114) Check out fun field trips ideas for your kids and record what you’ve learned in the My Field Trip and Travel Journal!
115) Visit a factory and learn how things are made.
116) Study muscles in a real, hands-on way.
117) Read a Christian magazine–for kids or for teens.
We live in a great big world. Encourage your kids to get out there and live a little!
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