Welcome to the July issue of the Hands-On Homeschool Carnival!  I’ve been suprised by the number of wonderful submissions in the middle of the summer.  How exciting – especially as our family is getting geared up to start again.

Since we’re all so busy with summer fun, I’ve made the post descriptions short and sweet!  Enjoy!

• Even though we haven’t been doing “official” school, our summer has been filled with lots of hands-on learning as we work in the garden and harvest the veggies, take extra field trips, play board games in the shade of the porch on a hot afternoon, and spend many lazy hours reading good books.  Here’s a peak into our very hands-on VBS…A Trip to Rome!

• Our Busy Homeschool shares how much fun writing in Colonial times must have been in her post titled Writing With a Quill and Ink.  She also shows how much fun a dinosaur dig can be in Paleontologists and Climbing.

• Homegrown Mommy shares a fun Biblical lesson her children presented and video taped in Here’s a Quick Lesson Plan for Samson and the Lion (Judges 14).

• Homeschool Bytes put birthday party plans in the hands of her daughter in Give Kids Money and a Budget – Tuesday Tips.

• Home4Skool shares how she and her children have been creating their own structures in Making Domes.

• ToddlerCraft shares a simple, but fun idea for little ones in Learning About the Ocean.

• Talking to Myself gives a very unique idea for getting children to cooperate in Studying New England – Part 2.

• Roots and Wings shows you very clearly how to make a homemade planter in Topsy Turvy Tomato Tutorial.

• School For Us shares a super hands-on artist study in Henri Matisse and Icarus.

• Harmony Art Mom’s entire family had fun in Sculpey Projects – Great Summer Creative Fun.

• Schooling Memoirs made a lesson from Story of the World come to life in Mummy’s.

• Mountaineer Country celebrated our country’s independence in hands-on style as she shares in Our 4th of July.

• Leaving Footprints has a wonderful hands-on idea for *moms* of preschoolers in Preschool Activity Box.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you’re making wonderful summer memories!!  You can submit to the next Hands-On Homeschool Carnival (in August) by clicking here.