Simplify Spring Learning
Spring homeschooling can be a wonderful time to incorporate outdoor activities, explore nature, and engage in hands-on learning experiences.
If it feels like the last few months of school are dragging on, sickness has derailed homeschooling or you just need a change of pace, these tips can help:
Do fewer problems. If you want to finish the math book, but realize your students are over it, try just doing odds or evens, or skipping pages of problems they already have mastered. The same strategy can be applied to any text that is starting to get tedious.
Start a new read aloud. Some favorite read alouds for spring are Winnie the Pooh, By the Shores of Silver Lake, Charlotte's Web, and Treasures in the Snow.
Learn a new handcraft. You can watch watercolor painting with Jay Lee on Youtube, try dying fabrics with natural dyes, or learn to knit while listening to a read aloud on Audible.
Start a garden. Gardening is a great life science lesson, and you could add some language arts work by having your child document what they plant and when it comes up.
Make a spring themed menu. Have a festive Saint Patrick's Day meal, try baking hot cross buns, or make Birds Nest Treats to celebrate spring birds.
Want to liven up your learning this spring? Make learning fun, meaningful, and aligned with the seasonal rhythms of nature with our Spring resources.
The Spring Guide includes four weeks of science experiments, Bible memory, engaging stories and phonics and math reinforcement. Your child will have fun making lemon volcanoes, a sailboat stem project, making honey playdough and more. It's a fun way to bring more project based learning to the last few months of school for the year.
The Meadow Guide is part of Nourishing Nature Kindergarten and includes fun activities for celebrating all things spring. This four week guide highlights meadow flowers, insects, and birds, and has recipes and craft ideas to create a fun spring learning experience for preschool through early elementary.
The Garden Guide will introduce you to gardening, including beautifully illustrated living books that bring the garden to you, as well as learning life skills that bring the fun of the garden to your home. Your early learners will enjoy fun activities for developing motor skills, recipes and hands-on application out in the sun.
Peaceful Passover is a free guide that includes a Passover seder script as well as meal suggestions. Passover has become a favorite yearly holiday and this guide can help you incorporate it into your home.
