Projects
One or two weeks, three or more subjects at once, and nothing to buy. This is the part of homeschooling a classroom cannot do — and the finished thing is the strongest item in a portfolio.
Grow a Bean
2 weeks · Pre-K–KPut a bean in a jar and watch it decide to become a plant.
🔬 Science🔢 Math🧭 Life Skills
The Shape Hunt
1 week · Pre-K–1Your whole house is made of shapes. Find them all.
🔢 Math🔬 Science🧭 Life Skills
Cook One Thing
1 week · K–2Make something the whole family eats, and be the one in charge of it.
🧭 Life Skills🔢 Math📚 Reading
Weather Watch
1 week · K–2Be the person who knows what the weather did all week.
🔬 Science🔢 Math✏️ Writing
Send a Real Letter
2 weeks · 1–2Write to someone and actually get a reply.
✏️ Writing🧭 Life Skills🌍 Social Studies
Count the Cars
1 week · K–2Find out what colour of car your street likes best.
🔢 Math🔬 Science🌍 Social Studies
Build a Bridge
1 week · 3–5Build a paper bridge that holds a stack of books. Then build a better one.
🔬 Science🔢 Math✏️ Writing
Run a Stand
2 weeks · 3–5Make something, sell it, and find out whether you actually made money.
🔢 Math🧭 Life Skills✏️ Writing
The Family Newspaper
2 weeks · 3–5One page, four stories, and everyone in the house is a source.
✏️ Writing📚 Reading🌍 Social Studies
Map Your Street
1 week · 3–4Draw a map good enough that a stranger could use it.
🌍 Social Studies🔢 Math🔬 Science
Where Does the Puddle Go?
1 week · 3–5Prove that water goes somewhere when it disappears.
🔬 Science🔢 Math✏️ Writing
Record a Story
1 week · 3–5Read a picture book aloud well enough that a younger child would listen to it twice.
📚 Reading✏️ Writing🧭 Life Skills
Energy Audit
2 weeks · 6–8Find out what in your house is actually costing money.
🔬 Science🔢 Math🧭 Life Skills
Ask Thirty People
2 weeks · 6–8Design a question, ask thirty people, and find out whether your hunch survives.
🔢 Math✏️ Writing🌍 Social Studies
Ship a Web Page
2 weeks · 7–9Build a page about something you know, and put it somewhere real.
✏️ Writing🔬 Science🧭 Life Skills
Budget a Real Trip
2 weeks · 7–10Plan a trip your family could actually afford, and prove the numbers.
🔢 Math🧭 Life Skills✏️ Writing
Argue Both Sides
2 weeks · 8–10Write the best possible case for something you disagree with.
✏️ Writing📚 Reading🌍 Social Studies
Teach It to Someone Else
1 week · 6–10You do not know it until you can teach it to a nine-year-old.
✏️ Writing🔢 Math🧭 Life Skills