Ten ways to make home-work creative and interesting

1. Home-work!
10 ways to make homework
creative and interesting

2. • Observe the trees in your neighbourhood,
find out the names and list them.
• Find out what happens to the waste generated in your
neighbourhood.
• Find out how much water is used in your home everyday.
Observation based

3. • Interact with family members and
make a family tree.
• Speak to your grandparents and find out how food habits
of the family have changed over a period of time.
• Speak to people in the neighbourhood to find out about
the festivals celebrated in the region.
Interaction based

4. • Find out about any one pre-historic animal and
submit a report.
• Find out about a poet/scientist/author that the lesson
is involved with.
• Find out about the seven wonders of
the world.
Research based

5. • Find out about the prices of different products
produced by different companies.
• Share the information gathered and
• present a comparative study of the prices.
• Which is the costliest?
• Which is the cheapest?
• Which has value for money?
Collaboration based

6. • Listen to the news and report ten things
from the national news in your own words.
• Follow an ongoing debate on an issue for a week
and report the different perspectives. Add your own
opinion and justify the stand.
News based

7. • Imagine you are a little boy living in the Sahara
desert. Write about a day in your life.
• Imagine a day without water. Write about the
possible difficulties you would face.
• Imagine you are Sindabad the sailor.
Describe an imaginary adventure that
you had.
Imagination based

8. • Select your favourite lines from the poem that you
read in class and draw a picture that captures those
words.
• Narrate the life of the Buddha through a
comic strip, with dialogues.
• Make a poster to raise awareness about
the wastage of water.
Art based

9. Solve or prepare a word-search based on the terms
related to weather and climate.
Design a game to show the production
and distribution of food from the field to the market.
Design a brochure on a historical place, giving the
details regarding its location, how to reach the place,
its history, its architectural details and other
interesting facts about the site.
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Design based

10. • Write a letter to the local authorities,
• with an appeal for not cutting a tree in
• your neighbourhood, giving your reasons
• for it.
• Keeping in mind the nutritional value of different kinds
of food, plan a mid-day meal for the entire school for a
week.
Application based

11. Select a theme for an interdisciplinary project.
For example, ‘ Rivers’ . Children study rivers or
a single river from a historical, mythological,
geographical, literary, scientific/environmental
angles. The entire project can be shared in a group
presentation or through an illustrated booklet.
Theme/project based

12. • Think of other creative ways to give children tasks
that they will be excited to do. Children don’t mind
working hard when they enjoy it. Make home-work
fun!

13. • Thank you!