It's that time again! We've rounded up some great ways to celebrate your first day of the new homeschool year, whether you want to keep it simple at home or take a big adventure together.
- Go roller skating.
- Visit a paint-your-own pottery studio to create a special back-to-school souvenir.
- Have a backyard campout.
- Give everyone a small budget, and hit a flea market to refresh your homeschool space for the new year.
- Spend the whole day in your pajamas.
- Work on a volunteer project together.
- Plant a container garden.
- Drive to the nearest river and go tubing.
- Set your alarm to wake up and watch the sunrise together. (You can take a nap later!)
- Go out for a fancy brunch.
- Ask everyone to make a First Day of School mixtape and trade your mixes.
- Take a hot air balloon ride.
- Have a karaoke party.
- Make a first-day-of-school time capsule.
- Take back-to-school photos.
- Compete in a backyard Olympics competition.
- Write a letter to yourself to open on the last day of the school year.
- Go geocaching.
- Pull out your art supplies, and create self-portraits.
- Make new school year’s resolutions.
- Take a day hike.
- Have a karaoke party.
- Paint a mural.
- Dress up in last year's Halloween costumes.
- See a movie matinee.
- Have a backyard luau.
- Build and launch rockets.
- Bake and decorate a back-to-school cake.
- Have a tea party.
- Wash your car.
- Decorate your driveway with sidewalk chalk.
- Take a personality test, and compare results. (Try the Enneagram or the Myers Briggs test.)
- Fill up your wall calendar with holidays, birthdays, events, and celebrations you are looking forward to this year.
- Solve a jigsaw puzzle together.
- Write your autobiography.
- Go shopping for school supplies.
- Make official school t-shirts.