We’re a month into this and roughly a month left. Some creative ideas to help add some fresh energy into the homeschool day!
Reward Chest
Wrap some small items and fill a box or chest with them for use a small reward. Allow the child to pick one each time they accomplish a goal – finish the assignment for a particularly hard subject. Sit still during a distance learning webinar. Manage to make it through a time period without annoying their siblings, etc. Wrap each item so it’s a surprise.
Reward Chest:
- Themed Pens - $1.99
- Polly Pocket Sand Secrets - $7.99
- Hello Kitty Surprise Plush - $9.99
- 5 Surprise Mini Brands - $11.99
School Supplies
Who doesn’t love fresh, interesting school supplies! These are small ways to encourage your kids to keep on school, especially as the days warm up and they’re tired of being in the house.
School Supplies
- Chroma Blends Watercolors Travel Set - $26.99
- Ninja Erasers - $3.99
- Chroma Blends Watercolor Pad - $12.99
- Unicorn Scented Erasers - $3.99
- Chroma Blends Circular Watercolor pad - $14.99
- Mewmaid Scented Erasers - $4.99
- Lil paint Brushes - $8.99Cutie Pops
- Scented Erasers - $3.99
- Lil Paint Pods Watercolors - $10.99
- Icy Pops Erasers - $3.99
- Write Bite and Great Write Pencil Sharpeners - $8.99
- Macaron Scented Erasers - $3.99
- Switch-eroo Color Changing Markers - $9.99
- Note Pals - $2.99
- EARaser - $4.99
- Comic Attack Pencils - $4.99
- Uncanny Pickle Erasers - $2.99
- Sweet Things Pencils - $4.99
- Think Again Brain Eraser - $5.99
- Fresh Popcorn Eraser - $7.99
- Crayon Gem - $7.99
- Rock Crayons - $12.99
- Giant Crazy Crayon - $7.99
- Ice Cream Crayon - $7.99
Younger Kid Skills
- Strengthen their fine motor skills, improve hand-eye coordination, develop patience and increase attention span. Strengthen hand muscles, pincer grip, and develop early life skills.
- Shoe lacing, telling time, zippers, and buttons, pasting, cutting and stickers. Toys and activities are so fun, kids won’t even realize they are working on development areas.
- Wikki Stix – Tactile, Sensory, Engaging. Wikki Stix are a much beloved craft for kids with endless possibilities. For younger kids, use a coloring book with large pictures and let the kids trace over the lines with the Wikki Stix. Bonus: They’re reusable!
YOUNGER KID SKILLS
- Basic Skills Board - $19.99
- Sensory Stickers - $9.99
- Primary Lacing Beads - $14.99
- Transfer Sticker Scenes - $4.99
- Lacing Shoe - $12.99
- Transfer Magic - $6.99
- Turn & Tell Clock - $14.99
- Wikki Stix - Color Pack - $7.99
- Jumbo Stickers - $7.95
- Wikki Stix Super Pack - $21.99
- Illustrated Books of Life Skills - $15.99
- Retro Miss Weather Colorforms - $9.99
- Kumon Book of Pasting and Cutting - $7.95
- Paw Patrol Colorforms - $9.99
- Faber-Castell Child Safe Scissors - $7.99
- Melissa & Doug Child Safe Scissors - $3.99
- Wikki Stix Rainy Day Pack - $25.99
- Wikki Stix Armchair Fun - 421.99
- Wikki Stix Multi Sensory Resource - $19.99
Non-Screen Reward Items: Some fun non-screen reward items for a job well-done will stimulate creativity, curiosity and imagination. Try some of these fun kits, activities and projects - including magic and science kits and craft books
Fun kits, activities, and projects that are non screen related. Encourage creativity, imagination, and curiosity.
NON-SCREEN REWARD ITEMS
- The Shrinky Dinks Books - $14.95
- Make Your Own Shrink Fun - $6.99
- Shrink Fun Refill Kit - $6.99
- Shrinkies Sweet Treats - $9.99
- Shrinkies Ultimate - $9.99
- Cat’s Cradle Book - $9.95
- Potholders Book - $19.99
- Magical Horses Book - $19.99
- Magical Mermaids Book - $19.99
- Yarn Art Book - $22.99
- Sew Your Own Furry Llama Pillow - $21.99
- Fabulous Flowers Book - $19.99
- Glaze Craze Charms Book - $21.99
- Kidz Labs Magic Kit - $11.99
- Magic Science - $19.99
- Science Magic Invisible Test Tube - $11.99
- Science Magic Waterproof Wonders - $11.99
- Toysmith Pocket Magic Packs - $3.99
- Butterfly Surprise - $4.99
- Shock Pen - $5.99
- Shock Gum - $5.99
- No Tear Toilet Paper - $4.99
- Hand Slimitizer - $3.99
- Whoopee Cushion - $2.99
Older Kid Fidget Toys/Life Skills
Items designed to keep hands busy. Fidgeting is shown to improve learning benefits, reduce anxiety and stress, enhance dexterity, improve coordination and fine motor skills.
OLDER KID FIDGET TOYS
- SPEKs - $27.99
- Unblocks - $14.99
- SPEKs Super - $14.99
- Dyad Twist Brain Teaser - $14.99
- Tangle Jr - $3.99
- Super Nee Doh - $11.99
- Nee Doh - $3.99
- Nee Doh Groovy Fruit - $7.99
- Skwishy Space Cat - $9.99
SUMMER REVIEW AND PREP
Kumon Books - $9.95
Adults or Older Kids
Parent’s need a reward too! And we don’t sell wine ;) “It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a vineyard to homeschool them.”
ADULTS OR OLDER KIDS REWARDS
- Face Coasters - $6.99
- Celebrity Face Mats - $6.99
- What Do You Meme? - $31.99
What Do You Meme Expansion Packs - $14.99 - Exploding Kittens - $29.99
- Dude - $14.99
- Friends - Trivia Quiz - $16.99
PERFECT FOR PARENTS
- Winer Dogs - $10.99
- Wine Lives - $10.99
- Tin of Golf - $7.99
- Desktop Basketball - $7.99
- Pumped Up Phone Stand - $9.99
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