Naturally Teaching Elementary: A Podcast for Teachers and Homeschool Families
Jun 8, 2026 · 9 min · 10 segments
June is the beginning of summer which brings a nice break for you the educator, and family time for your learners. So let's give your learners hands-on experiences they can enjoy with their families…
Victoria ZablockiHostSo for kindergarten, the next generation science standard that I pulled was K-ESS 2-1, use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
So how does this relate to summer? By looking closely at the weather each day, your learners and their families can see the patterns that make up the summer season.
After a school year of taking weather data through fall, winter, and spring, they can compare their family found data with the experiences you gave them over the school year.
So one way to make weather and seasonal sign data collection more engaging is to suggest a summer scavenger hunt for your families.
By providing them the idea or a digital copy of a summer scavenger hunt, you can encourage your learners to extend their knowledge outside with their families around the summer solstice, which this year is June 21st.
Some seasonal signs that you can include on the scavenger hunt could be sun, baby animals, trees with leaves, reptiles and amphibians, insects, flowers, grapes, and more.
By practicing looking for seasonal signs over the summer, your learners will continue to use their observational skills, reflect on previous seasons, extend their current understanding of summer, and avoid that dreaded summer slide.
So for kindergarten, the next generation science standard that I pulled was K-ESS 2-1, use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
So how does this relate to summer? By looking closely at the weather each day, your learners and their families can see the patterns that make up the summer season.
After a school year of taking weather data through fall, winter, and spring, they can compare their family found data with the experiences you gave them over the school year.
So one way to make weather and seasonal sign data collection more engaging is to suggest a summer scavenger hunt for your families.
By providing them the idea or a digital copy of a summer scavenger hunt, you can encourage your learners to extend their knowledge outside with their families around the summer solstice, which this year is June 21st.
Some seasonal signs that you can include on the scavenger hunt could be sun, baby animals, trees with leaves, reptiles and amphibians, insects, flowers, grapes, and more.
By practicing looking for seasonal signs over the summer, your learners will continue to use their observational skills, reflect on previous seasons, extend their current understanding of summer, and avoid that dreaded summer slide.
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