Who said that homework cannot be fun? Family Homework projects are great incentives to get the whole family involved in a fun homework activity. My students are always so proud to bring back their completed project. I always hang their creations somewhere in or outside of my classroom, for all to see!Here are some Parent Letters that go along with the projects. I send this home and usually give a 1-2 week deadline for the project to be returned.
Family Homework Project – Transformed Gingerbread
Family Homework Project-Heroes in Our Hearts – Parent Letter
Family Homework Project 100 Days of School – Parent letter
Family Homework Project – Pumpkin Letter
Family Homework Project – Turkey Parent Letter
Family Homework Project- favorite book character
Family Homework Project-birthday hat
This was the first homework project for the school year. Families were asked to help decorate a “little person” cut out to represent their child. Each one that returned back truly looked like each of the kiddos in my class. Aren’t they adorable?
“Decorate the Pumpkin” family homework project. This are so cute and creative!
“Decorate the Snowman” Family Project Student Products
“Transformed Gingerbread” Student products
Turkey Project
100 Day of School Project
Homework Choice “Menu’s”
I, too, do family projects. Like you said-it’s a great way to involve family members in a fun way. I do many of the ones you listed, but am “borrowing” the birthday hat and hero ones. I also liked the decorating the child.That would be cute to send home at meet the teacher. We do a “me” box that is a decorated shoe box that the kids display for 1 week in the library, then it is sent home to use as a home reader box to store books they make and keep.
I also LOVE family projects. I too, have done an “All About Me” box where I had the child decorate a shoe box and add 3 items items-to tell about themselves. I did this at the start of the year. It worked great too!
I have recently started to home school my 4 year old twins (boy and girl). I have started to use some of the lesson and worksheet from you site and my son (the difficult of the two, /different learn style) has have much more fun. thank you so much.
Shanika,
I am so glad to hear that the materials I have shared, are working so well with your children! Wow-homeschooling twins-you sound like a super mom!!!!!! -Andrea