Summertime and the Livin’ is EASY…
Or is it? Whether or not you homeschool year round, summertime is a chance to change things up and introduce some new concepts, fun and creativity. These links will help you kick off Summer 2010!
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“Mom, I’m Bored!” – Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers
Be prepared with several ideas when you hear these words this summer.
“Cool Summer Days” – Chocolate on my Cranium
Pair the ideas in the above post with the ideas in this one and create your own “Cool Summer Days” calendar full of fun and surprises! This easy tutorial gives step by step instructions.
Kool Aid Play Dough – Mama Jenn
If you thought it was tough to keep the kids from eating the play dough before, it doesn’t get any easier when the dough smells like grape, cherry or orange kool aid! But what a great way to teach colors and make homemade (& frugal!) play dough!
Our Little Village – Simple.Messy.Fun!
Create an outdoor mini-village with your children, and enjoy the hours of play it could provide as the summer goes along.
Dandelion Study – Delightful Learning
Have a yard full of these yellow edibles? Don’t just study them, eat them too!
Hamburger & Ant Cupcakes – Raising Olives
The cutest picnic-perfect cupcakes ever, and easy even for little ones to help create!
Prayer Flags – Future Craft Collective
Teach your children the power of prayer with this craft, and then hang it up as a prayerful reminder all summer long!
“But”: The Bee Sting Word – Heart-to-Heart with Diane
Are your compliments to your children often followed by a suggestion or correction? Take the challenge to keep your compliments free from correction this summer!
Science Sunday: Worm Jar – Homeschool Creations
Have a garden? Make compost at home? Whether you do or you don’t, this easy and small scale science project will give you a close up look at how earthworms create compost and help gardens. Cool!
When Holly isn’t coming up with ways to entertain her kids for the upcoming summer days, she is ‘taking her reality virtual’ at Bloggy Mama.
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Thanks Holly, for linking to our cupcakes. The kids had so much fun doing those and they were so much easier than I had anticipated!!
.-= Kimberly @ Raising Olives´s last blog ..Homeschooling: Putting it All Together – 4 Moms =-.
Thanks for the links! I’m definitely going to subscribe to your blog! We do homeschool all year round, so these may help us stay active (and fun, of course!!)
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Homeschooling High School =-.