Mar. 9, 2009 - Workbox Ideas
My initial reaction to the workbox idea was that I would never be able to think of 12 things to put in the boxes each day. When I started looking around at my resources, though, my fear was dismissed. I probably have enough to homeschool an entire crew of children (and you probably do, too!). We just don't realize how many of our resources that we "don't have time for" or aren't using.
Here is my Workbox brainstorm list
Bible Reading
Bible Memory Work
Handwriting Without Tears Workbook
Draw Write Now
Math Lesson
Unit Study Book and Lesson(s)
Spelling Lesson
Artist Study
Garden Work
Number Writing Strips
Library Book
Audio Book
Jim Weiss CD combined with hands-on craft or art work
Nature Detective (I am making pages for this!)
Puzzle
Play Game with Mom
Spell Time
Sculpey Modeling Clay
Pattern Blocks
Tangrams
Watercolors with Watercolor Paper
Supplies for Guided Art Projects - lots of good projects here
Cooking Supplies/Project
Mad Libs
Word Finds/Crosswords/Mazes/Dot-to-Dots
Dover Sticker Books
Lapbook Review
Bare Book- write a story
Super Sentences
Schoolhouse Rocks Lapbook
Write a Letter/Make a Card
Solve a Secret Message/Code (Usborne has fun secret code cards)
Alphabetical Order Exercises (I am going to put some plastic animals in one of Elijah’s boxes for him to put in alphabetical order!)
ANYTHING from our Three R’s that needs review/more practice
Think - Weekly Challenges
Other Ideas
(gathered from other workboxing mamas!)
File Folder Games (Evan Moor has a Take-it-to-Your-Seat Series)
Computer Time
Knitting
Sewing Project
Needlework Project
Plan a meal and make a list of ingredients for mom to buy (so student can cook it!)
Wrap-ups
Scouts/4-H/Keepers projects
Knot Tying
Woodworking Project
Foreign Language Work
Science Experiment with supplies
Model Kits (cars, airplanes, etc.)
Other Kits (make your own mummy, crystal mining, dinosaur bone dig, etc.)
Journal Writing
Comic Book Creation
Leap Pad
Peggy Kaye’s Games for… will have LOTS of good ideas
Memory Work (we are doing Bible memory, but you could add a poem, speech, or whatever else!)
Make a Book
Directions for a Treasure Hunt (once in awhile this could add some super fun!)
Coins for Counting
Pet Care
Jump Rope
Awana Book
Paper Dolls
Dominoes (can be used for a variety of math games/things)
Kumon Workbooks
Animal Classification Cards (for sorting into groups)- you could also use plastic animals
Sidewalk Chalk with instructions (draw…write out math problems…)
Math Balance Work
Practice an instrument
Comments
Mar. 25, 2009 - Workboxes
Posted by Anonymous
Thank you for ALL of your posts about the workboxes! I found you through Carisa's blog and I am just in the process of setting up our workboxes. Just today I sat down to brainstorm a list of all of the activities that we have as possibilities to use in them and found your list-perfect timing! Your downloads were very nice also! Thank you, thank you!
~Maria @ http://veryblessedmommy.blogspot.com/
Apr. 6, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Ami-
These ideas are sooo right on. I wondered how I was going to fill all of the workboxes for all three of my children...after about 15 minutes in our homeschool cabinet I found soo much I think i'm going to have to chart down what do "Schedule of events for a month" for workboxes. I love it so much, we have finished our first day and got almost three times much done then in a regular school day. I'm working on my blog and will post a brainstorm of ideas we are using in the next week or so...happy workboxing everyone!
dawn p.
simpleblessings@frontiernet.net
Apr. 6, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Ami-
These ideas are sooo right on. I wondered how I was going to fill all of the workboxes for all three of my children...after about 15 minutes in our homeschool cabinet I found soo much I think i'm going to have to chart down what do "Schedule of events for a month" for workboxes. I love it so much, we have finished our first day and got almost three times much done then in a regular school day. I'm working on my blog and will post a brainstorm of ideas we are using in the next week or so...happy workboxing everyone!
dawn p.
simpleblessings@frontiernet.net
