Spring Homeschool Workbox Ideas

Well, it is officially spring. Easter is just around the corner, and summer will be here before you know it. I have been busy working on preparing our spring and summer homeschool plans. I am trying to include lots of outdoor and spring fun in our workboxes.

First off we will talk about garden workboxes. Here it seems to still be a little unstable weather wise to do much planting, but there is plenty of planning to be done.

• I have my oldest read the back of seed packets to help us figure out which garden plot to plant which vegetables.
• He is also making a plant care chart. Which plants need more water, disease control, and fertilizer.
• He is researching organic and safe chemical applications if needed.
• He is evaluating the nutrients of different vegetables.
• He is helping me figure out how long each type of vegetable will take to preserve so we can hopefully plan to plant staggering them to not all be ready at the same time, unless they are used for things such as salsa.
• We are also going to do some soil analysis.
• Look at soil under a microscope.

Now let’s move onto Spring/Summer Nature Study workbox ideas.

• Obviously the garden will be a big one here.
• Animal tracks-make plaster of paris casts of the tracks
• Take a digital camera out to take pictures of wildlife and other nature-
• On a REALLY hot day, make a nature book of your pictures, use your field guides to journal in it. You can turn this into a computer lesson by having them use a digi scrapbooking program, learning to type and so forth.
• Dye cotton or muslin fabric using different types of plants, blooms, roots, leaves and so forth.
• Dye your Easter Eggs using natural plant dyes.
• Hang bird houses, and bird feeders around the yard. Find out where they are most popular. Talk about why.

Spring/Summer super fun.

• Of course there is swimming. But study how to maintain a pool.
• What about a family water fight? Find out and study which type of propulsion is best. Such as different types of water guns.
• Build rock sculptures.
• Visit a river or stream, take some water home and look at it under a microscope.
• Hunt for worms, go fishing, talk about different types of fish and fishing regulations.
• Visit a farm during harvest and learn about the crops, how they grow, what they need and how they will be used.

My children will be helping me preserve produce from the garden also. Last year they learned how to core, peel, and seed tomatoes.

The sky is the limit on educational fun anytime of year. However, I find that summer can be a great time to get outside and learn all about the world around us that God created. Summertime is full of God’s creation in all shapes, colors and sizes.

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Since, we are still planning our workbox activities for this spring/summer, I do not have any pictures. I will be adding them as we go though, so be sure to check back often or better yet, subscribe or follow.