While this summer will look and feel like no other we have experienced in our lifetime, there are still plenty of local opportunities and activities to engage in during the upcoming months for students and families alike.
Bookmark this page to re-visit when boredom strikes, we will continue posting here throughout the summer. Enjoy summer!
- Make your own Nature Journal and use it all summer to record your observations outside.
- Summer reading list:
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac
- Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story by Donald Uluadluak and Qin Leng
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Something Happened in our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- I Am Not A Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis & Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland
- Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky
- Dim Sum For Everyone! by Grace Lin
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatuih
- Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock by Aslan & Kelly Tudor
- The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael Lopez
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji ,\by F. Zia, Illustrated by Ken Min
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
- Go on a bug hunt! Look for bugs in the grass, the garden, along the trail, at night by a light. Use a magnifying glass if you have one, but you don’t need it. Just observe the bug.
- What color(s) is the bug?
- Is it alone or with others like it?
- How does it protect itself?
- What time of the day is it active?
- Make pressed flower place mats.
- Make a flower out of an aluminum can for the garden or plant.
- Try these recipes from Common Threads Farm.
- Find a tree that is the same height as you.
- Name 3 things you notice about the tree.
- Does it have leaves or needles? Do you think the tree loses the needles or leaves in winter?
- What shape are the leaves? OR What do you notice about the needles–are they sharp? Are they all the same length?
- Make a solar oven to learn about this renewable energy source.
- Recycling piling up? Do something creative with it! Create a ball run or marble maze. Maybe this video will inspire you!
- Take a walk along a trail and try these things:
- Can you hear your footsteps? Can you walk so quietly that no one can hear your footsteps?
- Do you hear any birds?
- Find a white flower. Find a yellow flower.
- Is there a creek, pond, or lake nearby? What do you notice about the water?
- What does the air smell like?
- Do you see any berries on any bushes?
- Do you see any animals?
- Pick your favorite berry at a local farm.
- Make homemade paper from newspaper or paper.
- If you can, take a walk, bike ride, or drive to a nearby park with your family. Some of the parks in Whatcom County include:
- Waypoint Park
- Birch Bay
- Hovander Park
- Whatcom Falls Park
- Tennant Lake
- Lake Padden
- Cornwall Park
- Teddy Bear Cove
- Boulevard Park
- Participate in a Nature scavenger hunt.
- Check out more ideas for summer fun here!
Keep learning!
There are lots of topics for you to choose from to keep the learning going, your mind sharp, and your summer fun!