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Spring Education Fair

March 14, 2011 By Kris Bales · PRINTABLES TIP: Always go toward the end of a post to find the printable. · Disclosure: This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. {I may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.}

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Every year, about this time, spring fever starts to set in. We start getting a handful of warm, sunny days and nobody wants to even think about schoolwork.  Unfortunately, we have several weeks of school left in order to meet our state’s attendance requirements.  So, what’s an antsy mom and her restless kids to do?

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photo by Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers

Well, often, if we can convince a few families in our homeschool group — and we usually can — we’ll plan a spring fair.  Some of the fairs we’ve done or considered in the past include:

  • Presidents – Each family chooses a president to study and showcase.
  • States – Instead of a president, choose a state to learn more about.  (You could do countries, too, but our group does an annual Around the World Day in the fall which covers the countries, so this hasn’t come up as a spring event.)
  • Biographies – Choose a famous person to share with others.  This one works out nicely for families who don’t want to take a break from their current studies since they can choose a person who ties in with what they’re already doing.
  • People/Places – Can’t decide?  Don’t!  A people and places fair is a lot of fun and gives the kids a lot of room to creatively follow their own interests.
  • Art – Let the kids showcase their creative side by putting on an art show.  All mediums are welcome!
  • Highlights – Instead of coming up with an all-new something, let the kids choose some of their favorite projects, reports, artwork, or assignments from the school year to share with their friends.  For those of you who have to do portfolios, this could be a fun way to start compiling your portfolio for the year.
  • Night at the Museum – We did a Night at the Museum fair one year, which was tons of fun.  All the kids picked a character from the movie to portray.  One family even did a display on New York City, since what was the setting for the movie.
  • Math Day – Each family could come up with a fun, hands-on, math-related activity.  Your kids might be surprised to find that math really can be fun.
  • Science – Of course, not to be left out, is the ever-popular science fair.  It could be the traditional share-your-findings type or a hands-on event with different stations set up for kids to explore.

Now, that you’ve decided what type of fair you want to have, you’ll want to make sure you’ve worked out a few details, such as:

  • Location. Often one of the most difficult aspects of planning a homeschool group event is finding a place to hold it.  Some ideas might include: a church gym or fellowship hall, a library meeting hall, a city hall public access room, or a covered pavilion at a local park.
  • Presentation. How will the students display their work?  We like to use those tri-fold presentation boards.  They’re portable and the size tends to give kids some direction for their work — it’s not as overwhelming when you know it only has to fit in those three sections.  Will students need to bring their own tables or will those be provided?
  • Food. At most of our events, it goes without saying that food is a definite plus.  Some ideas include food representative of the state or country being presented, the president or biographical figures’ favorite foods, or a snack from the historical period being presented.
  • Handouts. We like to encourage hand-outs at our group fairs — fact sheets that sum up what your students have learned so that their friends can follow-up when they go home.

Has your homeschool group ever done an event like this?  If so, what worked and what didn’t for your group?

Kris is the sweet-tea-drinking, classically eclectic, slightly Charlotte Mason mom to her three Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.  To date, she’s lost 68 pounds and shares her weight-loss journey at Eclipsed.

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About Kris Bales

Kris Bales is the quirky, Christ-following, painfully honest voice that founded Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. She and her husband are parents of three amazing homeschool grads. Kris has a pretty serious addiction to sweet tea and Words with Friends. She also seems intent on becoming the crazy cat lady long before she's old and alone.

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  1. alison says

    March 14, 2011 at 7:55 am

    our co-op almost always does some sort of spring fair or program…this year, since we’re studying shakespeare and his times, we are doing a renaissance fair, which is why your opening photo grabbed my attention…we’ll have food, jugglers, a one act play (by will, of course) and even some medieval games…can’t wait and thanks for the encouragement!

    blessings,

    alison
    stuff and nonsense

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  2. Rachel T. says

    March 14, 2011 at 8:43 am

    Great idea! I have wanted to do this for awhile. I think I will share your thoughts with my local homeschool group and see if we can put something together!

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  3. Sarah at SmallWorld says

    March 14, 2011 at 10:40 am

    Our group used to do a Festival of Nations about this time of year. It was fantastic! Probably 15-20 families set up tables with food, clothing, display boards, etc. about different countries. I’ve heard talk lately of resurrecting that, and I hope someone does!

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  4. Kathi Weiss says

    March 14, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    We had so much fun at our group’s geography fair last year. We presented Guatemala. We are fortunate to have several Guatemalan stores in our area so we were able to bring some fresh baked goods. They were the hit of the fair.

    Kathi Sewing, Knitting, Candle Making, Homeschooling Mama

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  5. Janet from Creative Writing says

    March 15, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    These are wonderful ideas! Our local co-operative holds a yearly cratfs festival about this time of year, which is always well-attended, but I do like some of the more “academic” suggestions mentioned, as well.

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