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It’s spring – time to dance with the flowers and soar with the birds! By spring, we’re starting to think about summer break, finishing out the homeschool year (unless you’re year-round),, and thinking about upcoming holidays… Here are activities, books, and resources for incorporating the holidays into your homeschool. Pick and choose what works best for your family. Bloom in springtime!
All of these resources are appropriate for middle and high school.
Books to Incorporate
Unit Studies
- Tu B’Shevat
- Pi Day
- Purim
- History Behind St. Patrick’s Day
- Passover
- History Behind Easter
- Titanic
- History Behind Mother’s & Father’s Day
- Severe Weather
- History of Holidays in America: Women’s History Month, Arbor Day, Earth Day & Cinco de Mayo
- Women Through History course
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Alice in Wonderland
Online Unit Studies
Hands-On Activities
- Planning a Garden
- Raised Beds & Pallet Planters
- St. Patrick’s Day Feast
- Naturally Dying Eggs
- Eggshell Mosaic
- Plant Dissection
- Pressed Flower Art
- Craft a Birdhouse
- Build the Titanic
- Basic Spring Embroidery
Other Fun Stuff!
- Spice up your Spring Wardrobe
- Field Guide to Living for Mom
- Homeschool Convention Planner
- Lego Father’s Day bundle (free to subscribers)
- Studio Art for Teens: Illuminated Design and Graphic Design
- Learning About World Cultures for Asian / Pacific Islanders Month
- Flag Etiquette: Unit Study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
- Spring Flowers paint-by-number
- Spring Gnomes paint-by-number
Download the entire holiday bundle of book lists for free. Can’t get enough of the holidays? Incorporate the Bricks Through the Year and History of Our Holidays bundles into your homeschool year, too!
