31 Clever And Inexpensive Ideas For Teaching Your Child At Home

Whether you’re casually brushing up on lessons or full-on homeschooling, these activities are so fun your kid will barely realize they’re learning.

01. Organize each day with numbered art bins.

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Keep the supplies for the first lesson in #1 and so on and so forth. It’ll help keep the day on track and things from getting lost.

02. Use a shoe rack for storing supplies.

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03. Learn about all the discounts available to home school educators.

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A lot them are the same as the ones that other teachers qualify for.

04. Draw inspiration from these simple yet effective in-home classrooms.

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07. (And this definitely-less-practical-but-totally-cute one.)

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Hey, if you happen to have a spare boarded up fireplace and a vintage desk on hand, what’s to stop you?

08. If you don’t have room for a fully devoted classroom, a workspace is great too.

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09. Know that classroom setup doesn’t have to be expensive.

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Ikea’s got you covered.

10. Have an activity jar for breaks or rainy days.

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That way, you’ll never run out of ideas or fall prey to the dreaded cries of “I’M BOOOOOOORED.”

11. And make a physical activity cube to make sure you’re moving.

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Find out how here.

12. Keep a basket of small toys and figures for visual storytelling.

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13. Make suncatchers to learn about colors and shapes.

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Directions here (in Portuguese).

14. Magnetic alphabet trays make learning on the go a breeze.

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Here is how to make your own.

15. Use paint chips to make this color-matching game.

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Directions here.

16. Keep track of chores and assignments for the day with a big board.

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It works best if it’s in a place where everyone spends a lot of time, like the front hall or kitchen.

17. Print out this free United States puzzle for geography lessons.

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Get it here.

18. Try this cool (and indoor) condensation experiment.

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Make it rain here.

20. Cardboard to teach shoe-tying…

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Here is how to make the board.

21. Snack Time to teach the solar system…

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22. And rice to teach relative weights.

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Or really any small item that you happen to have a large amount of.

23. Practice this handy trick for mastering the 9-times table.

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24. Track your child’s height and teach measurements with a giant ruler.

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25. Use a word cube to talk about word roots.

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Directions here.

26. Cut out letters from magazines and newspapers for spelling lessons.

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27. Use plastic Easter eggs to practice spelling as well.

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Put a surprise inside for when your child has successfully read each possible word.

28. Styrofoam carry-out containers make great printing blocks for art lessons.

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29. Subtraction bowling is wicked fun (and doesn’t actually make noise).

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Find out how to do it here.

30. And even though sometimes you just have to whip out the Silent Sprinkles…

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This teacher has tons of cool, fun ideas for keeping a class on track.

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