Have your children go to a library or call your local Chamber of Commerce to do some research on interesting places right in your own town. Either find a good map or have them make one to highlight the places you'll visit. Have them list the things you'll do at these places and if possible have them get a postcard from each place. Bored Jar Find an old jar or can and keep slips of paper and a marker or pen near it. Tell your children to pick an activity they would enjoy doing, write it down on the slip of paper.
Every child learns in a different way.
Some children are visual learners, and some children are auditory learners. Help your child write out and post important words and ideas. If your child is working on a certain city or state, find a map that is detailed or you can copy a map from a book and draw certain details on the map yourself. Time lines of important dates are helpful. Make flash cards to study spelling words or a foreign language.