It Is Too School

A List of ideas that are (a) not worksheets and (b) legitimate learning opportunities:

Art Projects

Nature Walks

Strategy or Counting Board games like Rummikub

Cooking

Mixing Concoctions in the Backyard (I know you’ve got extra vinegar and baking soda)

Emailing Grandparents or Family Friends

Learning New Songs

Color Mixing

Reading

Making Lists for Mom

Building of any Kind

Playing

Imagining

Making a Plan

Telling Stories

Creating an Obstacle Course

Spring Planting

Raising Tadpoles or Caterpillars…or Digging for Worms

Ask Questions to an Expert

Planning a Celebration or Family Trip including Budgeting

Crafts

Make a Video

Practice an Instrument or Make an Instrument

Make Clues for a Treasure Hunt

Make a Treasure Map

Stage a Safe Sword Fight

Learn How to Use a Compass

Watch Daily Changes in Your Yard

Look for Star Constellations

Look Through the Telescope

Watch a Documentary

Create a Documentary

Make up a Dance or Learn One

Teach a Trick to a Pet

Experiment with Magnets

Play “Does it Sink or Float?”

What Freezes? What Doesn’t?

Pick Apart a Plant for Parts

Watch a Bee in the Yard

Time Yourself at a Task

Check your Running Speed

Interview Anyone

Recreate Any Scene from History

Make a Roly-Poly House

Feed and Observe the Birds

Play Games under the Sprinkler

Recite Facts or Verses to a Rhythm

Sort Anything

Talk in Analogies or Metaphors to be Silly

Watch an Episode of Muzzy (BBC Language Program) on Youtube

Watch an episode of Magic School Bus, Curious George, Wild Kratts, or Sid the Science Kid

Lego Anything

Dividing Anything Tasty into Fair Portions

Weighing and Measuring Objects

Make a Pulley System

Explore Dangerous Things with an Adult (think Dry Ice or Fire)

Can you think of more?