Every year on the day our local public schools
start back, we have our very own Not Back to School Party which usually involves
eating out for breakfast, a trip to the big city to visit a museum or the zoo,
and I try to come up with a fun way to kick off our school year. Last year I
created a Homeschool Supplies Scavenger Hunt which the kids LOVED! In fact, the
minute they noticed the school supplies being rolled out in the stores, they
started asking if we were doing the scavenger hunt again. We had technically
already started back to school for the year at that point, so new school
supplies had already been purchased and were in use, but I wanted to do another
scavenger hunt with them. But what would be the prize at the end?
Since Grace is participating in her first
homeschool classes two days a week this year, I will be doing quite a bit of
schooling at local libraries with the kids, which obviously means they need
some cute backpacks. I’d never bought backpacks for them before, but that
seemed like the perfect prize to be waiting at the end of our library scavenger
hunt (yes, we’re doing it in the library this year so they can practice some
library skills while hunting). Knowing how my kids think, though, the first thing
they will do when they find the backpacks is open them expecting something to
be inside. I didn’t want to spend more money, so instead I came up with
Homeschool Coupons, and they are going to be perfect!
There are 19 coupons in all with two of them
being “free” days where your child can choose what to do. The coupons include
things like having ice cream for lunch, going bowling instead of having science
class, skipping your least favorite subject for the day, etc. I know that the
kids are going to have so much fun with these! However to make sure things didn’t
get too out of hand, I have a disclaimer on the front of the coupon pack that
says only one coupon may be turned in each week, including siblings’ coupons.
So my kids are going to have to work together to decide exactly who is getting
to use their coupon that week.
I’ve thought of a few ways to use these coupons.
I hole-punched ours and put them on a binder ring. I gave each girl their own
set of coupons while Levi is getting the four “Your Choice” coupons out of his
sisters’ coupon books. You could also take the 19 coupons and divide them among
your children so they all have different ones personalized for them. Another
way to use these would be for good behavior/attitude rewards. Put all the coupons
in a basket and allow your child to draw one out each week if they’ve had good
attitude and behavior during school time.
I can’t wait for my kids to get their Homeschool
Coupon books in a couple of weeks! And because I love my blog readers, you can
download yours right now though; just click on the link below.
What
fun things do you do to get your children excited about starting a new homeschool
year?
Chelli
Love this idea and I am going to share! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the share!
DeleteWhat a cute idea! Every child needs a little reward from time to time!
ReplyDeleteAll work and no play... :)
DeleteThose are great! I'll have to print them out.
ReplyDelete--Gena
Please do! I'm so excited for my kids to start using them!
DeleteWe school all year and don't do anything special for "back-to-school," but my kids have August birthdays and this would make a great little addition to their birthday presents. Also would make great stocking stuffer addition to any homeschooled child :) Thank you for sharing them with us, Chelli.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your kids! Presents and stocking stuffers are good ideas.
DeleteWhat a great idea! I love it.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteWhat a great idea! Thank you for sharing. Even big kids need little incentives like this. Love it!
ReplyDeleteWe ALL need a little boost now and then!
DeleteI love this! :) Such a great idea and very motivating for the kids!
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