With late summer days and soon to be fall days, we have lots of chances to enjoy the outdoors. So, why not find school-related activities to incorporate into your studies? You can go to a local park, backyard, or neighborhood where you can:

• collect leaves (science)

• inspect insects (science)

• go on hikes (physical education, health)

• pack nutritious snacks (health)

• sing songs (fine arts)

• use a map (social studies)

• do a GeoCache (social studies, math)

• make a map of the area (social studies, art)

• collect nature items, identify and classify them, count them, draw them, make a collage (science, math, art)

• write about the experience (language arts)

I hope this gets your creative juices flowing and thinking that school can be more than just worksheets and sitting inside.

Have a great week! ~Lisa~