Homeschooling-Science in Summer

During the summer we do a lot of hands on Science activities. Baby chicks, baby goats and other baby animals make wonderful projects.Gardening projects- even container gardening makes a wonderful project especially when the vegetables get ripe and you get to eat them. Which of course leads to a cooking project. Last summer we were able to get fruit from an orchard next door to us and do a canning project. There were some complaints. During the winter we opened the different jars which we called "summer in a jar" and the kids loved it. Now we hear "how much are we canning this year." Its great the kids know where their food comes from.Taking walks and identifying plants, animals, rocks, insects, birds etc.makes a great field trip and the kids enjoy doing something different and spending time together. We make a nature book and draw what we have seen with date, place etc. The kids love it. I also have a nature notebook as an example.Camping out in the backyard and identifying constellations, big and little dippers, the north star and the moon is also very exciting for kids. Of course we are very lucky here and the mountains are only a couple of miles away and there are fewer lights and you have more visibility of the sky.During the hot times of summer is a good time for other activites such as teaching crocheting, knitting or even shop which you might not have time for during the school year.