Summer Resources

• Art – Drawing in Pen and Ink (Grades 4–10): Learn to draw with these twelve video lessons and activities.
• Bible – Camping with Jesus (Grades 1–5): Hold a backyard Bible study with videos and activities about the Gospel.
• Drama – Reader’s Theater (Grades 3–6): Grab a friend or a group and rehearse a theatrical reading.
• Electives – Heritage Crafts (Family): Feeling crafty? Learn a life skill from days gone by.
• Geography – Unit Studies in Geography: Brush up on geography terms or test your knowledge with any of the geography unit studies or take a virtual road trip with Cruisin’ the Country (Grades 3–5).
• Geography – Let’s Visit Denmark (Grades 3–6): Go on a virtual trip to Denmark through a living book experience.
• Geography – Trek to the Holy Land and Beyond (Grades 6–8): Trek to ancient Israel as well as Africa, South America, and Asia in these eight videos.
• History – Lighting the Way (Grades 2–6): Discover the lives of Christian Heroes in any of these 22 video episodes.
• Language Arts – World Book eBooks: Pick something for summer reading, from True or False fun facts to niche subjects like Age of Knights and Castles.
• Language Arts – Into the Elements (Grades 6–10): Listen to a bestselling author explain how to improve storytelling in this video series.
• Math – Covering All the Bases: Geometric Area and Volume (Grades 4–8): Finally memorize those confusing area and volume formulas with a unique approach that uses video lessons and hands-on activities.
• Music – Schoolhouse Music Recorder Lessons: New musicians of any age may enjoy picking up a new skill in these fifteen introductory lessons.
• Science – Lapbooking Through Science (Grades 1–3): Choose one of six mini-lapbooks to create on various topics.

Or choose any of our other unit studies.

• We have a wide assortment of resources for parents to enjoy over the summer, too! You can explore resources designed to help you grow in homeschool confidence, be consistent in your parenting, teach a subject like elementary math, and much more!
• And just for added fun – check out these Summer Chore Charts!

If you have a high schooler who wants to go in depth with their learning this summer, try these shorter intensive classes designed just for them! Don’t miss the variety of high school classes we have for your students.

• Literature classes like Christian Values in J.R.R. Tolkien, Great Books with Dr. Hake, Part One, Great Books with Dr. Hake, Part Two, Making Shakespeare Important, Selected Works of Charles Dickens, and Worldviews in Literature
• Social Studies such as Constitution and Bill of Rights
• Bible classes including Introduction to Theology, Part One: Foundations and Introduction to Theology, Part Two: Soteriology, Reading Religious Affections, and Study of Original Sin
• Music classes such as Advanced Music Theory.
• Computer and Technology classes such as Inkscape Online Adventure.
• And don’t forget our college help resources such as Writing: College Admission Essay, Money 101, College Choice Guidance, and Career Exploration.

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• Try one of our many Art courses such as Let’s Do Art Outside, and learn new skills.
• Put on a summer play with our Drama and Speech classes like Simply Shakespeare or In the Limelight.
• Learn a new skill like Keyboarding, Web Game Design, Internet Entrepreneurship, or Podcasting to Change the World with our Computer and Technology classes.
• Enjoy one of our many Electives courses such as Breadmaking Devotional, Filmmaking, Hands-On Architecture, Hands-On Design Fun, Hands-On Learning Activities Through Crafts, Heritage Crafts, Introduction to Graphic Design, Photography, Fun with Cooking, or Whole Foods Cooking with Sue Gregg.
• Try a new language with one of our Foreign Language classes.
• Work some history into your day with any of our History classes such as the American Revolution, American History in Picture Books, Bold Explorers, Hands-On Notebooking: The United States, Lapbooking Through the Ages, Learning Across the USA, People and Places of WWII, or Writing On This Day in History. Don’t miss a chance to Drive Thru History with American or Ancient History with Dave Stotts!
• Our Language Arts classes have numerous ways to make summer learning fun. Check out our thematic Book Lists for Families, add hands-on activities to books with Adventures in Books. Enjoy creative writing prompts such as Daily Writing or Sparking the Noggin: Creative Writing with Pictures. Try bite-sized units on dozens of topics with Lapbooking and Ditch the Desk. Keep your language arts and logic skills sharp with Daily Puzzlers. Or take your writing in a new direction with Adventures in Writing, Writing: Advertising Copy, or Writing: Compare and Contrast.
• Take some time to brush up on Math skills with Daily Math, a Decimal Workshop, Fraction Workshop, Let’s Do Math Outside, Multiplication and Division Practice Unit, and a Whole Number Place Value Workshop.
• Learn a new musical talent with our Introduction to Guitar and Beginning Violin lessons.
• Find new ways to improve your family’s health with one of our Health & Fitness courses such as Family Nutrition or Nourishing Nuggets.
• Have some fun with Science with classes such as Weird and Wonderful World of Worms, Daily Discoveries, Dinosaurs and the Bible, Let’s Do Science Outside, and Nature/Outdoors.
• Take a look at some of our fun Social Studies courses, like Foods and Food Production, to have some fun learning during the summer!
• Enjoying Summer Reading with Struggling Readers – Part One: Struggling readers will learn how to read their favorite books on their own . . . and enjoy it. By following a four-step method, students will increase their fluency and comprehension.
• Enjoying Summer Reading with Struggling Readers – Timed Rapid Reading: Through selections of 50- to 100-word excerpts, students will increase their reading speed. Reading speed charts and guidelines are provided.
• Enjoying Summer Reading with Struggling Readers – Reading in Phrases: Students will improve their reading fluency by learning to read in phrases, as opposed to word by word. Through various excerpts, students will learn to read and comprehend through phrase-cued reading and reading with expression.
• Are you going on a road trip to visit the National Parks? Learn about their Geology as you go!
• And don’t forget all the learning fun in our Unit Studies and More section, plus games, crafts, lessons, and activities in our World Book libraries.
• Stream HUNDREDS of titles in our Video Library.

• Book Lists for Families: Summer Fun!
• Classics-Based Writing: Lesson 10 – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
• Digging for Treasure: Bible-themed scavenger hunts
• Everyday Copywork:
• 1. Everyday Copywork: Literature: Lower Elementary: “Song V” (Rossetti)
  2. Everyday Copywork: Literature: Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary: “The Swing” (Stevenson)
  3. Everyday Copywork: Literature: Upper Elementary: “Bed in Summer (Stevenson) and Sports: Upper Elementary: “Baseball, Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
• Everyday Easels: Children Playing on the Beach by Mary Cassatt (5-Day Unit Study)
• Everyday Games: Numerous summer-themed reading and math games
• Exploring Poetry with Notebooking: “The Tree” (pp. 29–30)
• Hands-On Learning Activities Through Crafts: Unit Three: Summer Colors
• History of Holidays in America: Learn about Flag Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, and more
• Homesteading: Gardening and canning help
• Lapbooking: “Summer Safety (Lower Elementary), “Casey at the Bat” (Upper Elementary – Middle School)
• Music/Voice: May Sings; Summer Camp Songs; “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
• Nature/Outdoors: Sand (Unit One: Evergreens and Sand)
• Photography Challenge: Includes various summer themes
• Preventing and Responding to Emergencies: Selected lessons about heat, water, and other safety issues
• Reader’s Theater: “In July” (2 Readers)
• Sensational Sunflowers: eBook in Science Unit Studies
• Writing with Janice Campbell: “Casey at the Bat” (Thayer)