Show your children north, south, east, and west by using your home as a reference point. Perhaps you can see the sun rising in the morning through a bedroom window that faces east and setting at night through a kitchen window on the west. You can go on a walk and collect natural materials such as acorns and leaves to use for an art project. Map the location where you found those items. You can create a treasure map for children to find hidden treats in the yard or inside your home.
History is a story well told.
Through storytelling children can understand what's involved in writing the stories that make history. For this activity you'll need family members and friends, a fairy tale or folk tale, and a history log. Choose a person you know to be the focus of the story or choose a well-known person to be the center of the story. Decide who will begin, and go clockwise from there with each person adding to the story. Set a time limit so that you must end the story somewhere.