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Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

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Your kids will love labeling the parts of a honey bee lego activity. Also, look at my Fascinating and Fun Honey Bees Unit Study and Lapbook for Kids.

Bees are fascinating little creatures from how they create their honeycombs to maximize space, to how they know to fan the hive to keep it cool.

Bees are used in so many ways than just the delicious honey they produce.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

We use beeswax in cosmetics, candles, as a coating, and bee venom is used as a holistic treatment.

Because they are so very important to our world as pollinators I think it is important to educate our children about them from the beginning.

Labeling the Parts of a Honey Bee

If you’ve been homeschooling awhile you know that hands-on activities really drive home information in a fun way that really makes it stick, often better than any worksheet could.

Since most kids love LEGO, I thought that an activity using them would be a hit with the kids and turn an ordinary and possibly boring homeschool lesson into something unique and fun.

Turns out I was right- The kids loved doing this project and I hope you and yours will too!

Grab a big bucket of LEGOS and a handful of bee books and let’s get started.

A LEGO baseplate.

LEGO Classic Green Baseplate 2304 Supplement for Building, Playing, and Displaying LEGO Creations, 10cm x 10cm, Large Building Base Accessory for Kids and Adults (1 Piece)

Assorted LEGO bricks

LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 Building Toys for Creative Play; Kids Creative Kit (484 Pieces)
  • Cardstock paper
  • A book or printout of parts of a bee
  • Pen or marker

Books for Bee Unit Studies

8 Honey Bees Unit Study Resources & Books

Add some of these fun resources to your bees unit study or spring unit study.

Bees: A Honeyed History

One part science, one part cultural history, and countless parts fascination, Bees: A Honeyed History celebrates the important role that these intriguing insects have played in our ecosystem throughout the ages, and today.

The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses

Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from how to manage hives safely to harvesting one’s own honey, and ideas for how to use honey and beeswax. Detailed instructions for making candles, furniture polish, beauty products, and nearly 100 honey-themed recipes are included. Honeybees, which are critical in the pollination of popular US produce such as almonds, apples, and blueberries, are actually not native to the Americas. The honeybee that you see dancing from flower to flower in farms and gardens originated in Europe. The introduction of the honeybee began with European colonization of the Americas; before that, wild native bees, other insects, and some birds and mammals pollinated the native flowers of the continent. The honeybee’s ability to pollinate crops, produce honey, and be easily domesticated precipitated the growth in beekeeping all over America.

Flight of the Honey Bee: Read and Wonder

Follow the flight of a honey bee as she searches for nectar to sustain her hive and, along the way, pollinates flowers to produce seeds and fruits. Nature lovers and scientists-to-be are invited to explore the fascinating life of a honey bee.

Life Cycle of a Honey Bee

Honey Bees are fascinating creatures which have been kept by humans for centuries. Now you can explore the life cycle of the honey bee without being stung. Watch as it grows from an egg, to a larva, and to a pupa before finally emerging as a mature adult.

Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World

Always a favorite when doing any kind of nature study, there are a few pages that cover different types of bees, common nectar sources, and bee anatomy. If you don't have this set already I cannot recommend it enough for nature studies.

Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life

One of the companion books to Nature Anatomy, the farm version covers all parts of farming, machinery, and crops but it also caught my eye because it even covers Beekeeping for aspiring beekeepers. It goes over bee terminology, parts of a bee, the parts of a hive, types of bees, flower parts, and beekeeper essentials. These books really put a lot of info into compact parts.

The Life and Times of the Honeybee

Why do beekeepers use smoke machines when collecting honey? Can a bee really sting only once? Why do bees "dance"? In concise, detailed text and abundant illustrations that range from the humorous to the scientific, Charles Micucci offers a wide-ranging and spirited introduction to the life cycle, social organization, and history of one of the world's most useful insects.

The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive

When the Magic School Bus turns into a beehive, Ms. Frizzle's class learns firsthand about how workers, drones, and the queen bees live together. Readers will be abuzz with knowledge as they discover how honeybees find food; make a comb, honey, and beeswax; and care for their young, all from the bee's perspective.

Hands-on Activity for Honey Bee

You can make this as simple or as involved a LEGO build as you like depending on the age and ability of the child.

Using the larger Duplo blocks to create a simple bee and let your child point out the various parts of a bee as you call them out is another idea.

Provide your child with a book or printout on the parts of a bee to use as a model and a variety of LEGO to build their bee model. 

Give them a large variety of LEGO bricks to build with, I love this starter box for kids just beginning a LEGO collection.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

I keep a box for each kid separate from all the other LEGO in the house just for school projects like this.

LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 Building Toys for Creative Play; Kids Creative Kit (484 Pieces)

Have them start with creating a head, thorax, and abdomen using yellow and black bricks.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Add wings using white bricks.

For older children you can differentiate forewing and hindwing if you like.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Use long single row black bricks to create 3 sets of legs.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Finally add eyes and antennae.

Hands-on Science: Labeling the Parts of a Bee

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Cut small strips of cardstock and add the names of whichever bee parts you would like your child to identify.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Give them the strips and let them locate each part on their LEGO bee, with so much interaction while building and then labeling they are sure to retain much of the information they get from this build.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Here are some additional bee activities to try 

  • Create a honey bee lapbook.
  • Create the life cycle of a bee using LEGO again.
  • Pick up some local honey and try it right out of the jar as well as in a recipe or two.
  • Make a honeycomb by cutting down toilet paper tubes and bending each ring into a hexagon, glue each together to create any size you like.
  • Paint a watercolor bee or beehive.
  • Thumb through one of the books listed below and learn some more bee information-make flashcards.
  • Plant flowers in your yard to help support the bees, very important pollinators.
  • Make a mason bee house to put up outdoors.
  • Preschoolers can work on fine motor skills by transferring “pollen” (yellow pom poms) from one flower (colorful bowl) to another with tongs.
  • Research all the products we get from bees.
  • Give your child a bee themed writing prompt for handwriting, creative writing, and grammar practice such as “ What if there were no bees?” or “ The day I turned into a bee…”.

You’ll love these other hands-on science activities.

Fascinating and Fun Honey Bees Unit Study and Lapbook for Kids

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Your kids will love this honey bees unit study and lapbook. Also, grab more unit studies on my page Best Homeschool Unit Studies,

Whether you want to learn about how honey bees are fascinating master pollinators, learn about the interesting social activities in the hive, learn about beeswax, or know what is honey, these honey bee activities and resources will be helpful.

Whether you want to learn about how honey bees are fascinating master pollinators, learn about the interesting social activities in the hive, learn about beeswax, or know what is honey, these honey bee activities and resources will be helpful. You’ll love these fun honey bees lapbook! CLICK HERE to grab it! #lapbook #honeybees #unitstudy #homeschoolscience #handsonlearning

Next, look at these honey bee resources:

Bees, wasps, and ants are part of one of the large group of insects, the order Hymenoptera mean “membrane-winged.”

It comes from the Greek words hymen (membrane) and pteron (wing.)

BOOKS FOR KIDS ABOUT BEES

Equally important when doing a unit study is to add living books and books to use as the main spine of your study.

8 Honey Bees Unit Study Resources & Books

Add some of these fun resources to your bees unit study or spring unit study.

Bees: A Honeyed History

One part science, one part cultural history, and countless parts fascination, Bees: A Honeyed History celebrates the important role that these intriguing insects have played in our ecosystem throughout the ages, and today.

The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses

Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from how to manage hives safely to harvesting one’s own honey, and ideas for how to use honey and beeswax. Detailed instructions for making candles, furniture polish, beauty products, and nearly 100 honey-themed recipes are included. Honeybees, which are critical in the pollination of popular US produce such as almonds, apples, and blueberries, are actually not native to the Americas. The honeybee that you see dancing from flower to flower in farms and gardens originated in Europe. The introduction of the honeybee began with European colonization of the Americas; before that, wild native bees, other insects, and some birds and mammals pollinated the native flowers of the continent. The honeybee’s ability to pollinate crops, produce honey, and be easily domesticated precipitated the growth in beekeeping all over America.

Flight of the Honey Bee: Read and Wonder

Follow the flight of a honey bee as she searches for nectar to sustain her hive and, along the way, pollinates flowers to produce seeds and fruits. Nature lovers and scientists-to-be are invited to explore the fascinating life of a honey bee.

Life Cycle of a Honey Bee

Honey Bees are fascinating creatures which have been kept by humans for centuries. Now you can explore the life cycle of the honey bee without being stung. Watch as it grows from an egg, to a larva, and to a pupa before finally emerging as a mature adult.

Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World

Always a favorite when doing any kind of nature study, there are a few pages that cover different types of bees, common nectar sources, and bee anatomy. If you don't have this set already I cannot recommend it enough for nature studies.

Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life

One of the companion books to Nature Anatomy, the farm version covers all parts of farming, machinery, and crops but it also caught my eye because it even covers Beekeeping for aspiring beekeepers. It goes over bee terminology, parts of a bee, the parts of a hive, types of bees, flower parts, and beekeeper essentials. These books really put a lot of info into compact parts.

The Life and Times of the Honeybee

Why do beekeepers use smoke machines when collecting honey? Can a bee really sting only once? Why do bees "dance"? In concise, detailed text and abundant illustrations that range from the humorous to the scientific, Charles Micucci offers a wide-ranging and spirited introduction to the life cycle, social organization, and history of one of the world's most useful insects.

The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive

When the Magic School Bus turns into a beehive, Ms. Frizzle's class learns firsthand about how workers, drones, and the queen bees live together. Readers will be abuzz with knowledge as they discover how honeybees find food; make a comb, honey, and beeswax; and care for their young, all from the bee's perspective.

First, dive into learning about the life cycle of the honey bee.

Honey Bees Unit Study

After mating, the queen’s ovaries expand. She is fed nutrient-rich food from the worker bees. Within three or four days she begins laying eggs.

By day 3 or 4 eggs hatch. Workers begin feeding larvae. By day 8/9 workers seal cell with wax.

And then the larvae transforms into pupa and from days 16 to 24 queen, workers and drone emerges.

Honey Bee Life Cycles

Honey Bees Anatomy

Next, learn about honey bees anatomy.

Although each bee in the hive is formed a bit differently because of their occupation, the worker bee has one of the most fascinating jobs.

Chemistry and Science of Honey

In addition, learning about the chemistry and science of honey is a fascinating topic. Sure, it’s been said honey is bee puke so you’re kids will love knowing that.

Also, honey bees collect the sweet nectar from various flowers with their straw like tongues. Then the nectar mixes with enzymes in their stomach and is taken back to the beehive.

The bees fan the cells full of nectar which draws the moisture out and thickening the nectar to make honey.

And there are many different types of honey. The color and flavor is determined by the nectar.

More Honey Bees Unit Study Ideas

Honey Bees Pollination

However, the true worth of honey bees is their contribution to the environment through pollination.

Plants don’t just rely on bees, but need other pollinators like butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, and moths.

Moreover, for fertilization to occur, the pollen must get from the anther to the stigma.

Once on the stigma, the pollen grain sends a pollen tube down the style and to the ovary where the pollen’s genetic material combines with the egg’s genetic material.

What Happens Inside a Hive

Bee swarm on a fallen tree

A cloud of bees forming a swarm is spectacular sight. Swarming is the natural means for how new colonies are formed. Beekeepers try to control swarming since it disrupts the hive. When the colony gets to a certain size, the current queen leaves with thousands of workers and creates a new nest elsewhere.

Language Art Ideas for Studying Honey Bees

Too, some of our sayings or idioms comes from bees. How fun. Your student can write some of them down and learn their meaning.

Look at a few expressions or idioms we get from bees.

  • queen bee – Queen bee refers to a dominant female.
  • busy as a bee – Busy as a bee means we’re working hard.
  • bees knees – The bees knees means something or someone who is admired or great and all things are sweet and good.
  • bee in your bonnet – You wouldn’t want a bee trapped in your hat. So bee in your bonnet would mean something or someone that is aggravating you.
  • the birds and the bees – This is a gracious way of saying you’re going to be talking about how babies are made or sex.
  • spelling or quilting bee – We use it today to mean children who come together to compete in spelling, but it’s been thought that it derived from the social interaction in a beehive. Hence, folks gather for social bees of different kinds whether it’s sewing or quilting.

Vocabulary words for a honey bee unit study.

Additionally, look at these vocabulary words.

  • pollen – powder-like material produced by the anthers of flowering plants
  • apiarist – Beekeeper.
  • apiary – A bee yard.
  • hive – The structure in which bees live and are kept.
  • honeycomb – A sheet of hexagonal wax cells made by honey bees to store honey, pollen, and brood.
  • drone – The male honey bee.
  • swarming – The natural process of how new colonies are formed.
  • worker bee – A female bee. The majority of the honey bees are worker bees. They do all the work in the colony except for laying fertile eggs.
  • pollinator – an animal that moves pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
  • colony – The colony is the living unit of tens of thousands of workers, drones, and a queen.
  • brood – Eggs, larvae, and pupae.
  • cell –  the hexagonal comb built by honeybees.
  • royal jelly – It is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of larvae, as well as adult queens.
  • virgin queen – A queen bee who has not mated.
  • scout bees – Bees who look for new nesting areas in preparation for a swarm and are normally familiar with the area.

Free Books
Hear a Librivox recording of The Children’s Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck.
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collection by Dana Brackenridge Casteel

Honey Bee Teachers Guides & Activity Guides

Finally, you’ll love a roundup of some fantastic honey bee teaching guides.

Honey Bee Lapbook

You can purchase my honey bee lapbook below, but look at how I created it.

Too, the resource I used is The Beekeeper’s Bible.

I used this because it’s the book I had. It was very thorough in explaining about honey bees. This lapbook is focused on honey bees, and not so much beekeeping.

Awesome features of my honey bees lapbook:

  • You are paying for the printables, the lapbook.
  • My lapbooks are created for multiple ages and geared toward older children unless I specifically state that it’ is’ for a certain age.
  • Most of the minibooks have facts which accompany the minibook and a lot of the minibook are offered two ways. One way where your child uses the facts provided and another way where your child can add his own research and not use the inside pages.
  • You do not need to use The Beekeeper’s Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses. It’s the book I had and the one we liked.
  • You can use any reference materials, books, or online resources to complete the lapbook.
  • I don’t provide links in the lapbooks for filling out the information. This keeps my prices low for my products, but I do try to provide free links on my site as I can.
  • Because I do use a combination of cursive or script and print, I aim my lapbooks toward upper elementary up to high school.
  • Another way which I aim my lapbooks toward older children is that I avoid using baby-ish or goofy looking clip art. I spend many hours culling through images and purchasing ones that are correct and highest quality.
  • Because I have been a working homeschool mom for more of my journey than not, I need flexibility for using lapbooks. Proving a few facts from the main resource I use is one way I have of saving you time and giving you flexibility in how to use the minibooks.
  • Too, some of your kids may be older and you want them to do more research and some of your kids may be reluctant writers so you may want to mix and match pre-filled minibooks with blank minibooks. Flexibility is the key to my lapbooks.

Other nature unit studies you’ll love.

Kinder Gardening to Celebrate Nature and Science

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Today I’ve rounded up some fun things to get the next generation of green thumbs digging in the dirt. I wished I had started gardening earlier with my kids, but your littles will love these kinder gardening resources to celebrate nature and science.

Kids Garden Unit Study Resources

Look at this adorable Radio Flyer big-kid wheelbarrow. Your kids will love to haul their own plants or just dirt. No intimidation here when they have their own kid-sized wheelbarrow for hauling.

Also, grab these fun crocs which are easy to clean and your littlest gardener is ready for his big kid project – well almost!

One thing that held me back from putting my kids in charge of their own garden was the lack of room in one place we lived while homeschooling.

When we got to move out to the more scenic and country areas where we had wide open spaces, gardening was easier.

It wasn’t so easy to do a fun science garden unit study when we lived in the city or in our smaller home which is why I loved these next fun things.

Kid Science in the Garden

These adorable growing your own herb kits are just the perfect kid-sized project. This raised bed is the perfect working height for little kids.

A huge plus is that you can take all of these things with you or move them around as you need to.

Then sneak in some fun ways to learn about gardening with this this flower families go fish game.

Add in some bug bingo for a creative way to learn about bugs from all over the world and you’ve added in a touch of geography.

You can also add in fun boxed craft ideas like this greenhouse from Groovy Lab in a Box.

Then, of course no unit study about gardening is complete without fun books.

With Seedfolks you can add in cultural awareness into your unit study which is a nice twist while learning about nature and science. Grab the Teacher’s Guide to the book and you’ll have a ready-made unit study.

Including a good amount of nonfiction living book ensures that a kid will find science in the garden fun as you avoid boring textbooks.

Not only will your kids love doing what they naturally like doing at this age which is being outside digging in dirt and playing with water, but it teaches kids valuable life skills.

Independence to care for their basic essentials and a sustaining food source are life skills you want your little kinder gardeners to have.

You’ll love these other unit study ideas and activities to add to your own study.

Easy Seeds and Gardening Unit Study for Kids (Middle – Upper Elementary)

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Are you as excited for spring as we are? You’ll love this easy seeds and gardening unit study. Also, look at my page Best Homeschool Unit Studies for more unit studies.

So we are always excited to get some seeds sprouted indoors.

To kick off a garden unit study I pulled out an old favorite activity to introduce again.

Easy Seeds and Gardening Unit Study for Kids (Middle - Upper Elementary)

When the kids were preschooler age I loved to let them open and explore inexpensive seed packets (4/$1 at Dollar Tree).

It was such a simple introduction to gardening, parts of a flower, and grasping where flowers, fruits, and veggies begin. A great simple hands-on science activity that engaged them for a long period of time.

Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids (Middle - Upper Elementary). You'll love these tips for an easy gardening unit study! Click here to grab them!

I haven’t done it in years and wondered if it was kind of a babyish activity for them.

However with spring right around the corner I wanted to give it a try.

And I am so glad I did,  although my kids are almost 8 and almost 11 this activity was still a hit.

I also added a few additional challenges to make it more age appropriate.

2 seed tray Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids Middle - Upper Elementary @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Set out an artist pallet with small wells or another divided container for exploration,

I grabbed this divided serving platter from Dollar Tree.

Pour your seeds out among the divided sections and add items for exploration like magnifying glasses, tweezers, a small knife for older children, and the seed packets themselves.

Let your child(ren) spend a little time exploring and studying the seeds and see what observations they make.

3 supplies for seed investigation Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids Middle - Upper Elementary @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Easy Seeds and Gardening Unit Study Activities For Kids

If you have younger children joining in you can have them sort by size or by color. Let them match the seed packet to the seeds in the tray.

After they got a good look at each seed, seeing how they varied so much in size, shape, and color we cut open a few and looked side.

We talked about how some seeds that are hard to sprout can be helped along in their germinating process.

Just crack the seed coat gently with something like fingernail clippers.

4 cut open seed Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids Middle - Upper Elementary @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

We also investigated seeds still in the apple, let your kids dig them out with a pair of tweezers to get a real firsthand look at them.

5 Apple seed investigation Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids Middle - Upper Elementary @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I had the children investigate the seeds and compare as we did when they were younger but this time we dived even deeper into studying them, adding in some journaling, handwriting, spelling, reading, and more as well.

Gather all the books and gardening magazines you have on gardening and place them in a basket or scattered about the house.

More Hands-on Gardening With Kids Activities

Use them in your morning time or as your science book during your garden study, this really helps give a little “meat” to your seed exploring time.

6 Seed packets and books Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids Middle - Upper Elementary @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Kids Garden

Make a list of spelling/vocabulary words associated with seeds and gardening that is age appropriate for your child.

Younger children can use simple words like- seed, grow, and dirt while upper middle school children might learn heirloom, organic, and germination.

These words can be used for spelling, vocabulary, or as journal starters.

My daughter is learning how to alphabetize so for practice I had her put the seed packets in alphabetical order, a practical hands-on application will sink and stick much better than a worksheet will for most children. Also alphabetizing books and magazines is great practice as well.

We also did the planting a seed and watching it grow we documented its progress.

Have them draw a picture of what they see each day from seed to full-blown plant. Even older children can really get a lot out of watching the process firsthand, seeing the seed pod germinate and spread its tender little leaves out and roots down.

 Radishes, lettuce, broccoli, and sunflowers are quick-sprouting seeds if you are looking for more instant gratification for the kids.

Next, I had the kids log seeds in a garden journal that was just a basic composition book.

They listed our seeds and then added seed to a little dab of school glue next to it to compare and remember what each seed looks like.

This gives the kids an opportunity to practice handwriting and spelling. Go a little deeper and use garden topics to kick off journal entries as well

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More Seeds and Gardening Activities For Kids

Finally, we used our gardening books and magazines that we had on hand to find and learn more about the seed packets we had.

Research is an important skill to learn and children can gather information from the back of the seed packet.

But get even more in-depth information from books, living books that act as textbooks contain a lot of information to beef up a gardening study.

We used these books to plan our garden, deciding what we would plant, plot size and shape, as well as some crafty ideas.

Supply List For Gardening and Seed Activities

  • Seed packets of various varieties and sizes
  • Magnifying Glass
  • Tweezers
  • A divided tray to hold everything
  • Gardening books and/or magazines
  • Composition book
  • Glue
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Seeds and Gardening Unit

18 Amazing Kids Subscription Boxes to Try Right Now

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A homeschool subscription box has a way of bringing learning to life.

There are several advantages to using subscription boxes in your homeschool, so let’s take a look at the benefits and the types you can choose.

One/Convenience
Subscription boxes are convenient because they are mailed right to your doorstep at a predictable time every month. Most everything you need for the lessons are included right in the box, other than some common household items you already have, depending on the type of box.

Two/ Hands-on learning
Most subscription boxes are designed to be very engaging and hands-on with experiments, projects, maps, and more. These get the kids excited and involved with the whole process of learning.

Three/Variety
Subscription boxes make it easy to include a variety of learning activities in your homeschool without all the fuss and muss of planning them on your own. You get a box, you do the activities, and then you can look forward to something different next month. That kind of learning variety can really perk up your homeschool when you’re in a slump.

Benefits of Educational Subscription Boxes

Did I mention that some of the boxes can be used like a unit study approach?

You know that the unit study approach works for relaxed homeschoolers, unschoolers, and child-led homeschoolers.

Also, subscription boxes are a great way to keep the kids learning while you’re sick or even if you need a break from teaching.

18 Amazing Subscription Boxes to Try RIGHT Now @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Here is a list of homeschooled kids’ favorite subscription boxes, divided by subject, and where possible I added ages that each company recommends for their subscription box.

STEM and SCIENCE Subscription Boxes

Amazon STEM boxes available in three age ranges (3-4 years, 5-7 years, and 8-13 years). I love these boxes. Right now we’re using them for preschool with Munchking and love the monthly boxes.

Hands-on activities with Subscription Boxes 1
Hands-on activities with Subscription Boxes 2

Science Expeditions from Little Passports (elementary). The Science Expeditions subscription is recommended for children 9+ years of age.

Academics in a Box (elementary to middle school) physics and chemistry projects a/k/a Groovy Lab in a Box. Stem learning and Groovy Lab in a Box is for children ages 8+.

Steve Spangler science (elementary to middle school). Great for ages 5 to 12 years old.

Mel Science (elementary to middle school) for practical chemistry experiments. Aimed at children ages 10 to 14 years old.

Tinker Crate crafts and STEM projects for middle school to high school. Ages 9 to 16+ years old.

Magic School Bus science club through (The Young Scientist Club) has 12 kits with the program and each kit has a 12 page colorful manual. For ages 5 to 12 years old with younger kids needing some supervision.

ToucanBox preschool crafts and activities. For ages 3 to 8 years old and encourages STEAM.

Geography Subscription Boxes

Little Passports, both World and United States geography. Recommended for ages 3 to 12 years old.

Top Secret Adventures Book Club from Highlights, world geography and critical thinking skills. Join Highlights Hidden Puzzle Club and Receive a Free Book and Tote with Your Order Today! From the site: Your child can explore the world, capture a villain, solve a mystery and still be home in time for dinner. For ages 7+. Visit a new country with every kit . Each kit is a kid’s world travel guide, puzzle challenge and detective game all rolled into one.

Secret Adventures? Book ClubTop Secret Adventures? World Tour Set

Creativity and Crafts Subscription Boxes

Kiwi Crate crafts and activities for ages 0 to 16 years.

Look What You Can Make Craft Books 4-Book Set Vol. 1

Radish Kids crafts and activities for elementary. Teach weekly thematic cooking lessons that incorporate math, science, nutrition, geography, and culture. For ages 4 to 14 years old.

Green Kid Crafts for preschool through elementary. Different theme each month to emphasize STEAM. For ages 2 to 10 years old.

Booster Bricks from LEGO for preschool through elementary. From the site: Each one of our famous Challenge Boxes includes over 250 LEGO® pieces as well as at least 5 unique Build Challenges and LEGO® Story to bring it all together! We recommend our boxes for kids ages 4-12, but LEGO can be enjoyed by anyone 4 and up!

Foreign Language, Craftsman, and Arctic Subscription Boxes

Boss Club for entrepreneurial kids

Your Boss Club box comes with everything you need to start and launch a real business. From raw ingredients to advertising materials, this box has it all. You won’t believe how much fun starting a business can be!

Polar Pen Pal (elementary) to learn about the Arctic with crafts, videos, and more. Includes educational postcards, stickers, northern gifts, and access to online content including videos, printable activities, craft suggestions etc. For ages 5-12 years old.

TalkBox immersion foreign language for the whole family. Each talkbox has a theme.

CraftsmanCrate with tools and ideas for building.
From the site: You’ll get the tools you need to learn the skill and they’ll be tools you can keep using. You’ll get quality supplies that will let you produce a real project. Boxes are designed for ages 12 and up, due to the complexity of the tasks involved.

18 Amazing Subscription Boxes to Try RIGHT Now. Your kids will love these AWESOME and fun projects they get in the mail. Check them out at Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

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