The year is quickly slipping us by and for many of our Northern Hemisphere home educators the summer holidays are well and truly underway and some of our families are in planning mode for the 2019/20 school year.
Here on the blog our article writers would love to encourage you with Desert Nature Study During the Summer months and here are some great Summer Educational Ideas to help keep your students learning without knowing they are!
Over the summer break we would like to encourage you to take a look at some of the products we have recently used in our homeschools
- Grow Your Math Skills with Matific Galaxy {Matific Galaxy Reviews}
- Jump In, 2nd Edition {Writing with Sharon Watson Reviews}
- The Kingdom Code Complete Starter Kit {The Kingdom Code Reviews}
- Lightning Literature, My First Reports, State History Notebook & Joy of Discovery {Hewitt Homeschooling Resources Reviews}
- Classical Writing & Spelling, American History & Jewish Wars {Memoria Press Reviews}
- Hey, Mama! Homeschool Planner for 2019/20 Year {The Old Schoolhouse® Reviews}
- Life With Dog {Mill Creek Entertainment Reviews}
Be sure to book mark this months Homechool Collection post, grab a cup of your favourite beverage and let our homeschool families encourage you on your home educational journey.
Chareen over at Every Bed of Roses shares
- Lissy’s Frozen Chocolate Delight – here is a super easy healthy frozen snack to make and keep for those secret I need chocolate moments.
- Charlotte Mason Book of Centuries and Time Line Resources – Timelines help our children knit together their knowledge. Take a look at some great ways to use these in your homeschool.
- Fire Safety Resources – Be sure to equip your children with life skills and keep them safe near fires in summer and winter.
- Ginger Bread House Tutorial – It’s Christmas in July time. Here is a super easy way to make your own Ginger Bread House.
Kym over at Homeschool Coffee Break shares
- Do You Homeschool Through the Summer? – “Summer School” of some kind was normal for us! Keeping some structure and planned learning happening during the summer helped us all stay relatively sane, but having much shorter school days only a couple days a week gave us plenty of opportunity to sleep late and do all kinds of fun summer activities.
- DIY Day Camp – Our very simple formula for a do-it-yourself day camp of summer fun!
- Lessons About Time and Trust – Lessons I’ve learned as a homeschool mom about using our time wisely and trusting God to guide our decisions and our lesson plans.
- Canada Day Butter Tarts – Just in time for Canada Day (July 1st), here’s a recipe for a very Canadian dessert, along with some links to a few more recipes from the Great White North. Beauty, eh?
Kristen over at A Mom’s Quest to Teach shares
- Crafts: Wonder Woman Paper Plate Shield – Create a shield to help you fight the forces of evil as Wonder Woman.
- Crafts: Wonder Woman Paper Bag Puppet – Make your own Wonder Woman super hero with your kids
- Learn about Australian Animals on a Summer Safari for Preschoolers – On a safari to Australia, learn about echidnas and koalas with your preschooler.
- Taking a Safari Trip to the Land Down Under – Perfect Summer Learning Opportunities – Learn about three animals native to Australia with your elementary age children and create your own dot art paintings.
Heidi over at The Unexpected Homeschooler shares
- Homeschool Assignment Chart- A Simple but Effective Tool – A homeschool assignment chart can help free up your time. It’s a simple but effective tool that teaches your child to be more independent. Download my free homeschool assignment printable and see how I use it.
- How to Make an Independent Learner Easily – Learn how to create an independent learner to free up your time during school. I’ll show you how to make a homeschool curriculum guide to help you do this.
- Homeschool Record Keeping- How to Save Time – Don’t spend hours on homeschool record keeping! Try this system!
- How to Stop Summer Slide- 26 Fun Activities Your Kids Will Love! – Don’t let your kids lose everything they’ve learned throughout the year! Use these fun and sneaky activities to keep the engaged all summer!
Annette over at A Net in Time shares
- The importance of Quarantine – I was raised on a farm but my dad didn’t quarantine anything. Livestock were brought in and added to the herd. When I worked on a pig farm and on a dairy farm, quarantine wasn’t practiced there either. So the concept was rather new to me when it came to a personal herd. The idea might also be new to you, so bringing it – and reasons to do so – to your attention seems wise.
- Propaganda of WW1 – My son has been LOVING doing research papers. He’s just finished a rather significant one of poison gas, and as he finished he asked “what’s next mom?” I mentioned we hadn’t talked about propaganda and how it was handled during the war and he was immediately intrigued. Since it was our research week we set to watching videos, reading books and visiting helpful websites.
- Want to Learn Art? – Art, it’s a wonderful part of the life don’t you find? Today I am focusing on visual arts like drawing, painting, sculpting and what not. Things you look at and make with your hands, feet or mouth. 🙂 Not everyone does art the same way do they? So if you want to learn art, here are some places to go.
- The Truth About Crocodiles – The Truth about Crocodiles is a whirl-wind tour of all things crocodilian. Learn about their cousins, their lifestyle and how to stay safe. With humour and excellent illustrations, Maxwell Eaton helps children learn about this amazing class of animals.
Yvie over at Homeschool On the Range shares
- Back to School Freezer Cooking – Stock the freezer with essentials for quick and easy dinners!
- Ten Best Vintage Novel Series for Boys – Ten of the best classics and character-building book series for boys.
- We Were There at Pearl Harbor – Novel study with free activity pack for learning about Pearl Harbor and WW2.
Cassie over at Deputie Tribe shares
- Unique Summer Experiences – Inspiration and examples of creating unique, real-life learning opportunities for you to teach and train your children making them well-rounded and mature.
- Grocery Shopping Large Family Style – Education comes in many forms. Who knew grocery shopping could be so educational and give you so many opportunities to train your children?!
Wendy over at Life on Chickadee Lane shares
- Dear Future Husband of My Daughter – Are you praying for the future spouse of your child? Here’s a brief letter from one mom’s heart to the future husband of her daughter.
- L is for Loons {Blogging Through the Alphabet} – Here’s some information about loons, including a few YouTube videos, and links to worksheets and websites with more information about loons.
- The Peril of “Nothing to Do” {a devotional} – Some encouragement to young people to be industrious, and avoid the common “trap” of idling one’s time away on video games, etc.
- O is for Owls {Blogging Through the Alphabet} – Sharing here information about owls, including YouTube videos, a few books, and a list of other resources, including worksheets and lapbooks.
Crystal over at Our Little Bunch shares
- How to effectively organize your homeschool year! – If you’re a homeschooling parent, you will probably agree that the end of one school year means it’s time to start planning the next one! Come follow along as I share how I will be organizing for the next school year.
- Letter Of The Week – All About “C” – Learn all about the letter C with our weekly letter studies, full of videos, worksheet printables, book suggestions and activities!
- Letter of the Week – All About “D” – Learn all about the letter D with our weekly letter studies, full of videos, worksheet printables, book suggestions and activities!
Dawn over at Schoolin’ Swag shares
- Our Summer Bucket – We have added easy fun to our summer by compiling a summer bucket, not a list of things we need to do but a literal bucket full of the tools we need to have fun on the spur of the moment.
- Hymn Study: My Country Tis of Thee – A free hymn study on My Country Tis of Thee including resources and copywork.
- Pollinator Resources – Lots of resources to learn about, celebrate, and help the pollinators!
Destiny over at Some Call It Destiny shares
- 5 Tips for Desert Hiking During the Summer – tips for safe desert hiking