| If you have read some of my project-led learning | | | | - Read great books. |
| articles and believe that project-led learning just | | | | - Write short stories. |
| might work for your child, I include here a list of | | | | - Write poetry. |
| possible project ideas under each of the ten | | | | - Write and publish a newsletter (this newsletter |
| learning categories. These are ideas only, you are | | | | could be directly related to a project from a |
| more than welcome to use them or to extend | | | | different category). |
| these ideas to other similar things your child might | | | | Vocational |
| be interested in doing. | | | | - Make woodworking projects. |
| Natural | | | | - Make metalworking projects. |
| - Take care of an animal (could include a 4-H | | | | - Do crafts. |
| project). | | | | - Take apart a car engine and put it back |
| - Study wild plants or animals of the local region, | | | | together again. (Note that this could also fall under |
| go wildcrafting, or searching for tracks and habitat. | | | | Technology). |
| - Mark off an area in the back yard or woods and | | | | - Learn to cook a variety of foods. |
| study the ecology of all life found in that area. | | | | - Make clothing and other sewing or knitting work. |
| - Plant and tend a garden, vegetables or flowers. | | | | Artistic |
| Put food on the table, or cut flower arrangements | | | | - Paint pictures. |
| to cheer the home. | | | | - Draw sketches. |
| - Plant, tend, and gather herbs. Learn the uses of | | | | - Play an instrument, join a band, or sing in a choir. |
| medicinal or culinary herbs. | | | | - Learn a style of dance. (Note that this also falls |
| Physical | | | | under Physical.) |
| - Learn and play football. | | | | - Learn acting with a theater group. |
| - Learn and play basketball. | | | | - Take pictures, focusing on the artistic side of |
| - Learn and play baseball. | | | | photography. |
| - Learn swimming. | | | | Social |
| - Learn and play golf. | | | | - Read quality historical fiction. |
| - Learn a style of dance. | | | | - Read biographies. |
| Scientific | | | | - Do a geography project. |
| - Purchase a science kit and do experiments | | | | - Study a people group, do a project. |
| (chemistry, geology, etc.) (check out Pitsco - get | | | | - Do a country of the world project. |
| their free catalog). | | | | - Do a history time-period project. |
| - Obtain a telescope and learn astronomy. | | | | Spiritual or Moral/Contemplative |
| - Purchase a microscope and learn about cell | | | | - Spend time in Bible, religious or moral studies, |
| structure and one-celled animals. | | | | prayer and praise, or contemplation. (There is no |
| Mathematical/Logical | | | | reason why attending religious services cannot be |
| - Learn to play chess. | | | | included as a part of schooling and as a project |
| - Design a bridge - construct a model. (I am | | | | for your child). |
| convinced that one of the reasons so many | | | | - Do ministry with your local church, synagogue, |
| children struggle with math is that they do not | | | | or other community group. |
| build complicated things with their hands. There is | | | | - Go on a mission trip or a trip to another country |
| a direct correlation between working with | | | | to work with people in need. |
| complex physical patterns and mathematical | | | | - Help the poor nearby - food bank, etc. |
| thinking.) | | | | - Do a study project on a great moral or religious |
| - Purchase a book of math puzzles and work | | | | figure. |
| them out. | | | | - Read great inspirational books. |
| Technological | | | | You can see how, if your middle school child were |
| - Build robotic devices from kits. | | | | engaged in 14 of these types of projects through |
| - Build electronic devices from kits. | | | | the school year, with a minimal amount of |
| - Build a computer. | | | | "academic busy-work," he or she would gain an |
| - Make a movie focusing on the equipment used. | | | | understanding of the world in which they live way |
| - Study photography, focusing on the equipment | | | | beyond what regular educational curriculum can |
| used. | | | | give. |
| Literary | | | | |