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Summer Homeschooling
It's hot and attentions are wandering. Check out these sites for summer learning ideas!
General
Summer Home Learning "Recipes": Home learning activities broken down by grade level.
Summertime Activities: Fun learning activities.
Center for Summer Learning: From Johns Hopkins University.
Have an A+ Summer: Summer learning activities from Scholastic Books
Summer Learning by Osmosis: Tips for learning activities so fun, kids won't even notice they're learning!
Summer Homeschooling: Article from Family Education.com
101 Things to Do During the Summer: From the archives of homeschooling at about.com
Summer Vacation Learning: Article about the educational themed summer vacations of a traditional schooling family.
Field Trip Guide: Plan an educational outing with our field trip guide.
Reading
Join our summer reading programs! For those ages 3 to 10, we offer our children's summer reading program. For those in grade levels 5 through 8, we have junior high summer reading and for those at the high school level, we offer a high school summer reading program.
Car Bingo Cards: To help on a long road trip.
KidViews: Check out what other kids have to say about books and submit your own reviews.
Summer Word Search: Chose your level or work your way up!
Recommended Reading List: From the Summer Reading Club at About.com.
Family FUNdamentals: Summer literacy activities for PreK through 2nd grade. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Family Education Summer Reading: Reading lists, games, quizzes, activities, articles, and more.
Summer Stories: Part of the PBS Share a Story Initiative. Learn how to share your stories!
Summer Reading Lists Around the Web: From Education World
Writing
Create Your Own Adventure starring you and your friends!
Story Builder: Have fun making your own stories using Squigly's story builder!
Math
Brain Teasers: There's a new brain teaser every week, divided by grade level.
Let's Do Math: Ideas for fun math activities.
Math Puzzlers: Work out these math puzzlers!
Math Skill Builders: By grade level.
Arts and Crafts
Arts: Lots of fun art learning activities.
Bath Buddies: Make your own soap on a rope.
Fork Wind Chime: From the Babysitter's Club movie!
Paperweights: Just perfect for windy days.
Rainy Day Activities: Because they're bound to happen!
Summer Crafts: Also check out games, puzzles, and recipes.
Home Economics
Coffee Can Ice Cream: Make your own ice cream!
Frozen Yogurt Mini Unit from About Homeschooling.com
Ice Cream in a Bag: In case you don't have a coffee can.
Ice Cream Mini Unit You can also check out the paper version from our Home School Info Center.
Family Fun Recipes: Lots of child friendly recipes for every occasion.
Rules of the Kitchen: The first thing you should go over.
Quick and Easy Sewing Projects: Like skirts and handbags!
Summer Crafts and Fashions: Make a beach bag, tie-dye or decorate a tee-shirt, make jeweled sunglass straps and more summer fun!
Science
Butterflies: Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and make a craft.
Let's Do Science: Science activity ideas.
Puffy's Book of Fun Fish Facts: Puffy the Pufferfish guides you through this site.
Science Skill Builders: Divided by grade level.
Squigly's Water Scope: Find out what bugs do underwater.
Super Duper Bubbles: Also try our print Bubble Fun Unit in the Homeschool Information Center!
Outdoor Fun
Seashells: Answers to questions about shells, cleaning them, collecting them and more!
Braided Jump Rope: Make your own!
Summer Fun: Crafts, recipes, parties, games, vacation info, water fun, and more!
Games Kids Play: Rules for lots of outdoor games.
Human Touch: Take a look at some sand art and try your hand at it.
Bingo Cards: For taking walks.