Spark new interest by clearing the coffee table
Posted by freeschool on January 16, 2008
BraveWriter reminds us to “clear the coffee table” to spark interests.
…clear off a space that is taken for granted in your house and put something out that is surprising, new, novel or has been overlooked for a long time.
Suggestions include:
- bucket of Legos
- collection of art postcards
- Poetry books
- decks of cards
- the game mancala
- paintbrushes and watercolor paints
- new pencils
- note cards
- disposable cameras
- a birding field guide
- binoculars
- chess or checkers
- a mini white board and markers
- bean bags
- beads and wire to make bracelets
- an assortment of shells and fossils
- teatime essentials (like mugs, teabags, a muffin mix and poetry)
- picture books from the library
- jacks
- back issues of National Geographic from the library
- a new DVD
