100 Unique Homeschool Activities (Printable Checklist)

Homeschooling is all about discovering new learning ideas and trying fun activities, so we thought ‘why not create a list of some unique homeschool activities to keep things exciting and engaging?’

These 100 unique homeschool activities will be sure to fill up your homeschooling schedule with enjoyable activities for the whole family. Download the printable checklist and tick them off as you go!

100 Unique Homeschool Activities to Keep Kids Engaged

• Make a list of all your favourite activities.
• Create a homeschool activities jar.
• Do a mystery box challenge.
• Have a ‘backwards’ day.
• Make a science sensory bin.
• Create a history diorama.
• Write a homeschool postcard.
• Write a time traveller’s diary.
• Have a survival skill’s day.
• Go geocaching.
• Be a zookeeper for the day.
• Create educational bingo cards.
• Have a quiz morning and night.
• Solve maths problems outside.
• Create an ecosystem indoors.
• Try some kitchen chemistry experiments.
• Create a model solar system or planetarium.
• Create a stop-motion video on a topic of your choice.
• Collect and analyse things under a microscope.
• Invent something using random materials.
• Make a family newspaper.
• Set up a creative writing cafe.
• ‘Create a book’ workshop
• Role play as a historical figure.
• Design a world passport and stamp each country you learn about.
• Create a family time capsule.
• Have a world music jam session.
• Pretend to interview a historical person.
• ‘Learn a language’ lucky dip.
• Take a virtual tour.
• Become an entrepreneur for a week.
• Write out kindness cards for people.
• Create a weekly budget & a savings budget.
• Learn about a trade and try it out.
• Create a self-care checklist.
• Create a meditation corner.
• Do a dream job research project.
• Do a time management challenge.
• Make edible art.
• Create a museum in a box.
• Make a DIY music video.
• Create a homeschool olympics.
• Design a giant homeschool board game.
• Make an educational comic book.
• Look at cloud maps and predict the weather.
• Take a tape measure outside and compare measurements.
• Create a sun print with leaves.
• Build a mini raft or car.
• Look at tree rings.
• Make a cardboard city or monument.
• Make a working water wheel.
• Create a DIY lava lamp.
• Make a mini greenhouse or terrarium.
• Celebrate an international holiday.
• Create a global dance workshop.
• Make a surprise dinner.
• Design your dream home.
• Car maintenance 101
• Make a circuit.
• Compare food prices at different shops.
• Do an upcycling challenge.
• Practise an emergency drill.
• Create a personal mission statement.
• Try shadow tracing.
• Design your own logo.
• Make a bug hotel.
• Try some backyard experiments.
• Try mud brick making.
• Make your own compass.
• Try gummy bear osmosis.
• Do a float or sink experiment.
• Write your own set of laws.
• Design a flag.
• Study handwriting and learn calligraphy.
• Interview an elderly person.
• Plan a holiday itinerary.
• Learn basic DIY.
• Take a personality quiz.
• Create a daily debate club.
• Make your own business plan.
• Recreate a famous speech.
• Make a stethoscope.
• Create a popup book.
• Do an animal case study.
• Try nature photography.
• Try book binding.
• Write a ‘choose your own adventure’ story.
• Make a DIY air pressure rocket.
• Make a giant world map.
• Research and build a model Viking ship.
• Assemble a first aid kit.
• Do a taste test challenge.
• Do a sound challenge.
• Investigate how something works.
• Build a DIY wind turbine.
• Make chocolate.
• Create a personal timeline.
• Play a historical Guess Who game.
• Do activities starting with the first letter of your name.

100 Unique Homeschool Activities Checklist (Printable)

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