I don't know about you, but do your children always want lessons to be fun? Mine do, just even this morning E prayed that school would be fun. I remember a high school teacher who taught geography and economics, going off one day about children expecting learning to be fun and entertaining. "Fun" is a pet peeve of mine. Yes, I want my children to be excited about their learning and engaged with each topic, but "fun" is not always possible or beneficial. Since the beginning of time we were placed on this Earth to work. Remember after all, God gave Adam a garden to tend. I have read many books, blogs and articles in an effort to bring interest and fun to our learning but never the less, boredom (there has even been boredom to tears), disinterest and negative attitudes sometimes prevail. I have given up, sometimes learning is not fun and just has to be done. "Boring" lessons is where character training begins and for me that is the hardest thing about homeschooling. The character training never goes away, whether in the home, out of the home, during lessons or not during lessons, these people, myself included, need to be trained to persevere even when they have a job that is not fun.
All that being said, here is a look a some of my attempts to bringing "fun" to our learning.
Math Games
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| Fraction Contraption from Lakeshore Learning (sorry, I couldn't find the link). This game teaches fraction equivalents. |
Geography Games
So dust off the games and try bringing some "fun" to your home learning day. Our fun for the day--watching
Drive Thru History: Greece and the World and maybe a bit of
file folder games.
I'm linking up with
Montessori Monday.
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