January is always a fun month to focus on the seasons. When you get snow, you can plan some fun activities with it, and it’s great to take a day off and enjoy the snow. Whether you get snow or not, here are a few fun school related activities that you could do as you enjoy this season:
1. Grow your own snowflakes: This is a fun science and art activity for January. Using borax, water, and pipe cleaners, you can make your own snowflakes. These are fun to make! Here’s a link with step by step directions: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/winter/crystalsnowflake/
2. Winter Art Projects: This is a great time of year to add a little more art into your homeschool. Art Projects for Kids is a great website with many excellent art ideas that don’t need a lot of materials and are fun to do. Surprise your kids one morning by starting with art – they will love the change in routine. :) Here’s a link to some winter art projects: http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/search/label/winter
3. Winter Acrostic Poem: Write the word WINTER down the side of your page, and describe it with words or phrases starting with each of those letters.
4. Write step by step directions for how to build a snowman, or how to build a snow fort (and then, if there is snow, try to follow those directions and build it!)
5. Find a good read aloud and curl up on the couch together and read.
If you get snowy days, enjoy them, and be sure to take some time to play outside in the snow with your kids!
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