Nature Study with June: Summer

About this printable

Summer is nature at full volume. Butterflies on the milkweed, ladybugs on the roses, dragonflies over the pond, fireflies at dusk and a garden full of food.

Nature Study with June: Summer is an 8-week, 65-page printable nature study for ages 5–10, built around permaculture: designing like nature does. Every week has a story, real hands-on science, and a recipe, formula or project to try at home.

8 weeks, one big idea each

• Sun Power: shadow tracking and a pizza-box solar oven
• Garden Helpers: a helper hunt, the ladybug life cycle and a bug hotel
• Butterfly Garden: host plants, the monarch life cycle and a butterfly puddle
• Pond Life: pond dipping, dragonfly nymphs and an underwater viewer
• Harvest Time: harvest tally, which plant parts we eat, and quick fridge pickles
• Water-Wise Garden: the mulch experiment, the finger test and a mini olla
• Night Garden: fireflies, bats and a moth-watching sheet
• Save the Seeds: how seeds travel, seed saving and a seed library

Every week has 7 pages

• A story to read together: an illustrated scene with June and Nana, Find Dot the ladybug, and a true Nana's Note fact
• A grown-up page: the big idea, supplies, steps, questions to ask, and easier and harder options
• A kids' worksheet: sun and oven logs, helper and pond tallies, butterfly watch, harvest tally, the mulch experiment, a night watch, a seed sort
• A labelled diagram: how a solar oven works, a ladybug's life, a monarch's life, water to wings, which part we eat, mulch and ollas, lights and echoes, how seeds travel
• Summer Kitchen & Workshop: a permaculture principle plus a real recipe, formula or project
• A coloring page of the week's scene
• A nature journal page

Also inside

• How-to guide and "Permaculture, kid-sized": 8 of Holmgren's design principles explained simply
• Summer walk kit, safety rules and Dot's 24-item summer hunt
• 12 Montessori 3-part vocabulary cards
• Find Dot answers, worksheet answers, and an "Official Summer Naturalist" certificate

Made for real families

• Ages 5–10: easier and harder options on every lesson, so siblings learn together
• Perfect for summer break, camps, co-ops and nature clubs
• Little or no shopping: a pizza box, jars, a net, seeds and the summer harvest
• Safety notes throughout: sun, water, ticks, bats and hot things
• Facts checked against university extension, USDA, CDC, the Xerces Society and museum sources

The nature study with june series

Winter · Spring · Summer. Autumn is coming soon.

What you get

• 65-page PDF in two sizes: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) and A4, portrait
• Print in color, or print worksheets and journal pages in black and white
• Reprint worksheets and journal pages as often as you like

This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped. Download from Purchases and Reviews on etsy.com in a web browser (the Etsy app can't download files).

Good to know

• Personal-use license: print as many copies as your household needs. Teachers, camps and co-ops: please buy one copy per group. Please don't resell or share the files.