10+ Easy, Low/No-Prep Ideas for Your Homeschool This Spring

Spring. Kids playing outside late, school on the patio. Mornings get started later; afternoons are more play than schoolwork. But that play?

Oh, it’s learning!
It’s gardening and it’s animals. It’s citizen science and physical education.

Reading on the patio late into the evening. It’s enjoying the slow pace, the early hum of nature, and the appreciation of this homeschool life.

More than any other, I think, it’s my favorite time of the school year.

It’s also a time that I find myself releasing myself from the expectations I set earlier in the year. Not every chapter in history will be read; every book won’t be crossed off the reading list. But we enjoyed what we read; we learned so much more history than can fit in the text and made memories that can’t be found on a scope & sequence.

Be a Citizen Scientist

• NASA’s Globe Observer invites you and your kiddos to report cloud cover, mosquitoes, and more.
  {Don’t miss this fun opportunity!}
• iNaturalist.org
• BioBlitz from National Geographic
• NestWatch from Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology
• Participate in eBird’s annual Global Big Day (May 8)
• FrogWatch USA

Learn about Spring Weather

• Tornadoes on Weathered from PBS Digital Studios
• Mr. Tornado, the tornado scientist
• Earthstorm: Tornadoes

Spring-themed Classes on Outschool

• Let’s Draw & Paint a Spring Bunny (ages 9-12)
• Spring in the Forest (ages 4-9)
• Spring Science Exploration: Plant and Animal Life Cycles (ages 10-12)
• Springtime Nature Photography Using Any Camera (ages 9-13)
• Spring-Themed Chess Games & Puzzles (ages 6-11)

Forest School

• A Year of Forest School — A year of ideas organized by the season.
• All Trails app is our favorite app for finding trails.
• Magic Forest Academy (seasonal bundles & individual units, free journal prompts)
• Survival Skills books for kids by Bear Grylls
• Natural Journaling course from Wild + Free

Earth Day

• Earth Day Ideas for Older Kiddos
• Writing Prompts for Earth Day (free download!)

Spring-Themed Art

• Spring Chalk Pastel Course from You Are An Artist
• Writing Prompts for Earth Day (free download!)