The document provides 10 categories of creative and interesting homework assignments: observation based, interaction based, research based, collaboration based, news based, imagination based, art based, design based, application based, and theme/project based. It lists multiple specific task ideas under each category, such as observing trees in the neighborhood, creating a family tree by interacting with family members, researching a pre-historic animal, designing a word search about weather terms, and more. It concludes by encouraging thinking of additional creative ways to make homework fun and exciting for children.

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

2. Observation based
• 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.

3. Interaction based
• 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.

4. Research based
• 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.

5. Collaboration based
• 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 adds value to money?

6. News based
• 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.

7. Imagination based
• 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.

8. Art based
• 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.

9. Design based
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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10. Application based
• 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.

11. Theme/project based
Select a theme for an interdisciplinary project.
For example, ‘ Rivers’ . The task could 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.

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!