| Schools have this rule that children should not go back | | | | enough, then it will not feel like school, but feel like a fun |
| to school until the fever has been down for 24 hours. | | | | activity. Doing projects like this help develop creative |
| All the people at school, especially the teachers who | | | | problem solving steps that are used all of the time, not |
| do not want to get sick themselves, are happy with | | | | just in science class. Kids often feel that school and |
| this idea. Parents, on the other hand, are stuck with a | | | | the rest of their life are two separate happenings. So |
| kid at home who is not sick anymore, but cannot go | | | | the more kids can see that school work like science |
| back to school yet. If they have their make-up | | | | can be applied to every day life, the better it is for |
| assignments, they can work on those, but that will not | | | | them in the long run. |
| take up an entire day. They cannot go outdoors to | | | | What happens if they are old enough to be home |
| play, since you do not want to tempt fate, so having a | | | | alone without adult supervision? There are plenty of |
| fun project like simple one day science fair projects, | | | | projects that use everyday materials that do not |
| just might be the thing to save sanity in your home. | | | | involve matches, using the stove, knives, standing on |
| What if our science fair is already over? These one | | | | ladders or any of those things you do not want kids |
| day science fair projects are called "science fair" | | | | doing while home alone. Simple projects centered |
| because they are the sort of experiments you might | | | | around everyday household experiences can easily be |
| find in a science fair. Something specific, geared | | | | found online and downloaded to your computer. Digital |
| towards one thing, and that follows the scientific | | | | products will even have built in spreadsheets in the |
| method where you observe and question something | | | | download to enter the data and make nifty charts. All |
| you notice in the world around you, develop some | | | | of this the older child will already have learned how to |
| hypotheses or possible reasons why, and experiment | | | | do at school. |
| to see if what you thought would happen does. Then | | | | Having some digital one day science fair projects on |
| you share the results. By using the term science fair, it | | | | hand will at least give you some more options of things |
| give the project an educational standard. | | | | your child can do on that day they cannot go back to |
| Why should I make my kids do even more schoolwork | | | | school while waiting for their temperature to stay |
| when they are home? Science is really an every day, | | | | normal for 24 hours. You will even have them on hand |
| look at the world around you thing. If you use projects | | | | for other times you find your child needs something |
| based on simple curiosity about things that are seen | | | | constructive to fill their time. |
| and used everyday, and you make it sound interesting | | | | |