Want an easy button for homeschooling?

Are you looking for ways to make your homeschool days a bit easier? We all want our kids to retain what they learn and enjoy the process. Is that asking too much? There’s an easy button when it comes to learning…we’re going to let you in on the secret.

According to research from Dr. Karyn Purvis, it takes over 400 repetitions for the brain to create a new synapse (a vital part of learning and memory formation).

Here’s where you can take advantage of an easy button for learning; it takes over 400 repetitions unless it’s done through play! Then it only takes 10-20! If a gym could promise the same fitness results from 10-20 reps versus 400, they’d have a line around the block. 

A few ideas to incorporate play into everyday learning:

• Use cards or dice games to teach counting 
  
• Use letter games for phonics 
  
• Let your child retell a story you’ve read
  
• Paint spelling words on the driveway or garage door with water and a paintbrush outside (vs pencil and paper at the table) 
  
• Play MadLibs or Possum instead of doing a grammar worksheet
  
• Sing math facts or create rhymes…6 x 8 is 48, that’s really great!
  
  
  
  
  

  Check out the Five in a Row, Play-based Learning Pinterest Board for more ideas to incorporate play into your homeschool day.
  
  
  
  
  

  Look for ways to turn lessons into play—it’ll be more fun and save you and your child time and energy—it’s like pressing an easy button! You’ll find that many Five in a Row lessons are designed to utilize play-based learning. From role-playing opportunities to vocabulary charades, from scavenger hunts to crossword puzzles…Five in a Row helps you make lessons memorable by utilizing play!