“Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know.”
~L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside
As the world bursts into bloom this spring, let’s invite the season’s vibrant energy into our homes with a delightful blend of art, nature, living books, and hands-on learning.
At Homeschool With Joy, I believe in weaving simplicity, faith, and creativity into our days, and today, I’m sharing a spring-inspired plan to spark wonder and connection in your homeschool.
Now that the rush and preparations of Eastertide is wrapping up, we still want to enjoy the fresh feeling of spring while it lasts, until it gets too hot to enjoy being outside more than two seconds here in Texas…
“‘Is the spring coming?,’ he said. ‘What is it like?’… ‘It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine and things pushing up and working under the earth,” said Mary.'”
~Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Using a handful of inspiring resources, we’ll explore nature through art projects, read-alouds, and playful experiments that celebrate the season’s magic.
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Grab your nature notebooks, a cup of tea, and let’s dive into this joyful adventure!
🌳Art and the Imagination: There’s something about treehouses to make the spirit feel free. We have an Aaron Becker framed treehouse print in our home and it makes me extremely happy. Check out this You Are An Artist lesson for kids to make their own beautiful treehouse art. This project is no pressure and is good for various art levels.
🕰️Time-Travel Reading Adventure: One of my absolute favorite books on the planet is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Spring seems like the perfect time to go a hundred years back in time and let the beautiful story unwind around you.
I remember being read aloud the story by my grandmother and now my daughter has memories of us reading it together. My favorite edition is the 100th anniversary edition which includes the original artwork. Below, check out the first chapter free on Amazon.
🤓I feel really cool for having figured out how to embed that…
🖌️Woodland Magic Painting: I cannot say enough good things about Usborne magic painting books. Unlike traditional paint-with-water books with boring, blocky pictures and blocks of difficult-to-work-with paint in the corners of the page, these books have vivid and finely detailed thick pages that are a joy to paint with.
“This book is packed with beautiful woodland scenes for you to bring to life. Simply dip the brush in water and sweep it across the black and white pages to fill the scenes with glorious colours – from squirrels playing in a tree, a badger out at night, a deer and her fawns and lots more.”
📒Nature Notebook: I adore the Nature Notebook from the Good and the Beautiful. Its lush pages just beg you to go out into nature and explore on your own. Sometimes it is hard for my kids to just “go outside” but this book gives them a reason and purpose to do so, while providing knowledge all the while.
At a full 117 pages, there are plenty of activities teaching kids about leaves, bark, tree identification, and more – all divided up by season.
📚Beautiful, Seasonal Booklist: Traditionally when my kids were little, we always did Morning Time! This printable PDF booklist from Read Aloud Revival has plenty of reliably gentle and wonderful tales of the season to share with your kids.
We would always reserve books at the library. If your library doesn’t have them in their regular collection, most libraries have a free or low-cost interlibrary loan option.
🌿Whimsical Leaf Art: What better way to embrace spring than art projects that utilize the imagination as well as leaves and the freshly- blossomed flowers outside? I’m totally obsessed with Thimble and Twig’s beautiful leaf art. These are impressive yet simple and inspire kids to see more in nature than just what is on the surface level. For just a little bit of prep, you can help your kids create memories that last.
🐦Nature Study Packet: The Homeschool Compass never fails me… This beautiful, full-color, and free printable nature study packet has everything you need to easily make an otherwise hum-drum day special.
- Label the Bird – An educational sheet that asks children to identify and label the parts of a bird
- What Can You See? – Encourages children to go outside and identify as many creatures as they can in the great outdoors
- The Signs of Spring – An opportunity for children to get creative and draw what signs of spring they can see in their own backyard
- Nature Scavenger Hunt – A fun game that will have children exploring outdoors on the hunt for a list of spring and nature inspired items
- Observing Nature – A worksheet that is designed to help children form an appreciation for the natural world around them
- Nature Word Search – A fun way to familiarize children with nature words and help to grow their vocabulary
🌈Rainbow Bubble Bottles: Another extremely cool yet extremely fun idea are rainbow bubble bottles! Using food coloring – I prefer natural colors like these – you create iridescent streams of colored bubbles!
All you need is dish soap, food coloring, a sock, a hairband or rubber band, and water bottle. Tada! Instant magic!
By weaving together art, nature, and hands-on experiments, spring becomes a season of joy-filled discovery for your homeschooling journey.
Whether it’s designing treehouses, painting woodland scenes, or documenting discoveries in journals, these activities offer something special for everyone.
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