Homework 10 ways to make homework creative and

Home-work! 10 ways to make homework creative and interesting

• Observe the trees in your neighbourhood, find out the names and list them. • Find out what happens to the waste generated in your neighbourhood. • Find out how much water is used in your home everyday. Observation based

• Interact with family members and make a family tree. • Speak to your grandparents and find out how food habits of the family have changed over a period of time. • Speak to people in the neighbourhood to find out about the festivals celebrated in the region. Interaction based

• Find out about any one pre-historic animal and submit a report. • Find out about a poet/scientist/author that the lesson is involved with. • Find out about the seven wonders of the world. Research based

• Find out about the prices of different products produced by different companies. • Share the information gathered and • present a comparative study of the prices. • Which is the costliest? • Which is the cheapest? • Which adds value to money? Collaboration based

• Listen to the news and report ten things from the national news in your own words. • Follow an ongoing debate on an issue for a week and report the different perspectives. Add your own opinion and justify the stand. News based

• Imagine you are a little boy living in the Sahara desert. Write about a day in your life. • Imagine a day without water. Write about the possible difficulties you would face. • Imagine you are Sindabad the sailor. Describe an imaginary adventure that you had. Imagination based

• Select your favourite lines from the poem that you read in class and draw a picture that captures those words. • Narrate the life of the Buddha through a comic strip with dialogues. • Make a poster to raise awareness about the wastage of water. Art based

Solve or prepare a word-search based on the terms related to weather and climate. Design a game to show the production and distribution of food from the field to the market. Design a brochure on a historical place, giving the details regarding its location, how to reach the place, its history, its architectural details and other interesting facts about the site. • Design based

• • Write a letter to the local authorities, with an appeal for not cutting a tree in your neighbourhood, giving your reasons for it. • Keeping in mind the nutritional value of different kinds of food, plan a mid-day meal for the entire school for a week. Application based

Select a theme for an interdisciplinary project. For example, ‘ Rivers’. The task could study rivers or a single river from a Historical, mythological, geographical, literary, scientific/environmental angles. The entire project can be shared in a group presentation or through an illustrated booklet. Theme/project based

• Think of other creative ways to give children tasks that they will be excited to do. Children don’t mind working hard when they enjoy it. Make home-work fun!