Spring

100 Things to do this Spring with Your Family

Spring and the beautiful Spring weather are just about here. We try to get outside a lot in the Spring, after being trapped in the house all winter hiding from the freezing temperatures of Saskatchewan. There is so much that we can, and try to take advantage of the sun shinning. I have a list of 100 thing you can do with your family this Spring, let’s all get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather, sunny or wet.

100 Things to do this Spring with Your Family

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Start vegetables seeds in the house
Start fruit or berry seeds
Start flower seeds in pots, to be moved out later
Go shopping for seeds, for the above ideas
Go shopping for plants already started
Yard tidy up – perfect for Earth Day
Puddle jumping
Pick berries
Dye Easter eggs
Easter egg hunt outside
Shop at a farmer’s market
Have a yard sale
Set out bird feeders
Make a bid feeder

Make a bird house
Go to a yard sale
Have a picnic
Have a BBQ
Have a bonfire
Make S’Mores
Spring clean
Family walk around the neighbor hood
Go for a hike
Go for a scavenger hunt
Paint outside
Hunt for bugs
Bird watch
Look for birds nest – look but don’t touch!
Dig for worms
Hold a worm
Pick flowers
Go for a bike ride
Read outside
Take the homeschool lessons outside
Watch a sunrise
Watch a sunset
Go bowling

Play volleyball
Play soccer
Play with sidewalk chalk
Blow bubbles
Make sidewalk paint
Skip rocks
Paint rocks for your garden
Dig your garden
Plant you garden
Take nature photographs
Sketch things outside (flower)
Visit a muesem
Visit a garden centre
Go to the library
Go to a playground
Go to a park
Try golfing
Play mini golf
Play baseball or tee-ball
Jump rope
Hola-hoop contest
Flower pressing
Tree climbing
Visit a farm to see baby animals
Fly a kite
Play in the rain
Take a nature walk
Go fishing
Watch the clouds
Listen to the birds
Build a fairy garden
Visit a new playground or park
Make a wind chime

Look at the stars
Have a fun photo shoot outside
Watch for a rainbow
Raise a caterpillar into a butterfly
Bake a carrotcake
Make a dandelion wish
Go for an evening walk
Hatch chicks
Try composting
Catch butterflies
Take a nap outside
Outside yoga
Make a flower handband
Keep the TV off all day – screen free
Eat ice cream
Make ice cream

Have a tea party
Play tag
Make paper airplanes
Play hopscotch
Family movie night
Play fetch with the dog
Look for tadpoles
Walk on a beach
Hunt for seashells
Paint your toe nails
Camp in your backyard
Enjoying a quiet evening reading
Make cookies for a neighbor
Make a pea-tee-pee
Visit a petting zoo

Taking Homeschool Outside this Spring and Summer

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Homeschooling changes quicker than the seasons change, but it also changes with the seasons here. Now that spring is here, we homeschool outside for the most part. For example, once winter hits and the ice rink is frozen, we get our school work done fast so we can head there. Now that the warmer temperature are here, well, things have changed again. These are some of our outdoor homeschool ideas that we enjoy during the warmer months.

Taking Homeschool Outside this Spring and Summer

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The weather is warm, the sun is shining bright, and who wants to be inside on such a nice day? Not me, and definitely not my children. There is nothing that says you have to be stuck inside in order to be homeschooling and or learning.

Reading Outside this Spring and Summer

Grab some books and a blanket and read. Either quietly to their/yourself, or out loud. These could be pleasure reading or reading textbooks for upcoming work.

Get creative on where you read, change it up. We recently started laying and sitting on the trampoline which is really comfortable. We also just received a lovely platform swing that is going to make a great reading spot.

Science Outside this Spring and Summer

Take science outside. Whether you are setting up a table and doing a science experiment outside or grabbing a magnifying glass and exploring your backyard. Take an up close look at some bugs or leaves, or even dirt.

Garden Outside this Spring and Summer

Planting and growing a garden is an amazing opportunity to learn. There is the plant life cycle to learn about, photosynthesis, the importance of bees, and so much more! Even at 5 my kids were understanding how plants grew, what they needed and why.

Plus, you get a delicious, healthy snack. It is a great way to encourage your children to eat healthy too.

Nature Study Outside this Spring and Summer

Under nature study there are a lot of things you can do, that is going to be fun and educational.

Photography.

Nature journal.

Science again.

Do you take your homeschool outside once the weather turns warmer?

Color Changing Flowers

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The white flowers growing in our yard inspired me in this activity. I had been thinking it, and looked at buying flowers to do it a few months ago but flowers can be pricey. Instead these color changing flowers were inspired by nature.

This is a simple science experiment for your kids, starting quiet young, about three years. It teaches them how a plant absorbs water up it’s stem and nourishes its petals or leaves.

Color Changing Flowers

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Because our flowers were small, the change took place really fast. The longer the stem and bigger the flower they longer it is going to take. I hope to remember to pick up flowers, such as carnations, after Thanksgiving or Valentine’s Day and do these over again.

All you need is:

clear water
food color
containers
white flowers

Simply add food color to the water in individual containers and add your white flowers.

After an hour:

You can see a little of the red and blue in the veins of the flower petals. After only an hour, mainly because our flowers are just small.

After almost 3 hours:

Aren’t they pretty? I love the red. You can see a little yellow in the… yellow watered flower.

You can see on the edge of this photo that we also had a container of green water. Nothing happened with those flowers. Not sure why. The darker the food color you have, the better you’ll be able to see it as well. The yellow was harder to see at first.

To keep your flowers going, and get more color in them, trim the bottom of the stem a little in the morning.

This was a great activity as we are gardening and growing vegetables and flowers. It just goes to show the importance of watering our plants. And they do see what happens when you don’t water them… I am terrible at remembering to water my houseplants.

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Honibe is Part of A Healthy Lifestyle

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April is almost over, and we haven’t been sitting on our behinds, but instead have busy enjoying the month outside with the lovely weather that has fallen over Southeast Saskatchewan. Temperatures in the high teens to low twenties, the sun shining.

Part of enjoying the lovely weather is making sure that we are healthy enough to do so. Eating right and being active go hand in hand, and in hand with enjoying the weather.

That’s why I was happy to share this product with you, I’m also an affiliate with them now too… and on to the good healthiness.

honibe vitamins — Photo courtesy of Honibe

Spring Bucket List 2015

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Spring has finally arrived! And left. And arrived. And so it continues. But I am very optimistic that it will arrive, and it will stay at some point very soon. As soon as the newest layer melts away.

Spring

100 Things to do this Spring with Your Family

100 Things to do this Spring with Your Family

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