Spring is a wonderful time for learning, with the beautiful new season unfolding before us.
As we head towards the warmer seasons it can be hard to keep going through the homestretch but adding in interest led studies can help your children renew their love for learning, and keep developing skills while enjoying the hands on fun that leads to a gentle approach to homeschooling for the whole family.
Here are a few tips to help in these last few months:
- 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.
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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.
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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.
Nature Book Flood is our year round nature study that includes 12 weeks of Spring themed learning. Children of all ages will enjoy science experiments, crafts, recipes, art, music, poetry, and Bible verses. Your child will have fun with a photosynthesis experiment, pressing flowers, learning the anatomy of a rose, making elderberry syrup, germinating seeds and more! It's a fun way to bring more project based learning to your seasonal studies.
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.
The Good Gospel is an A-Z gospel devotional guide that’s perfect to use leading up to Easter. We keep things simple with 26 lessons including beautiful short stories about the life of Jesus, meaningful moments of prayer, gorgeous Gospel-centered art, and straight scripture.
Peaceful Passover is a free guide from our Lent Reading Plan 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.
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