Summer Fun Unit Study

In this unit study we learned about some summer fun activities. This unit study is geared for elementary students with 9 days worth of lessons.  I did the unit study with my 1st grader and would recommend it for Kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Day 1 The Sun

Day 2 Water

Day 3 Baseball

Day 4 Watermelon

Day 5 Bubbles

Day 6 Lemonade

Day 7 Water Balloons

Day 8 Ice Cream

Day 9 Swimming

Summer Fun Book List

Books can be read by the child to by the parent to the child depending on the child's reading level.  I still love to read to my boys.

Books I used in the lessons:

Where Does the Sun Go at Night? By Amy S. Hansen

Water by Kate Walker

On the Team Baseball by Mason Burdick

Watermelon Day by Kathi Appelt

Pop! A Book About Bubbles by Kimberly Brubaker Bradely

Lemons and Lemonade by Nancy Loewen

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Super Simple Things go do with Balloons by Kelly Doudna

Ice Cream The Full Scoop by Gail Gibbons

Simming by Tracy Nelson Maurer

Other age appropriate books:  

The Magic School Bus At the Waterworks by Joanna Cole

Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Maryann Kovalski

There's No Crying in Baseball by Anita Yasuda

The Magic School Bus Plays Ball by Joanna Cole

The Berenstain Bears Play T-Ball by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Little Baseball by Brad Herzog

The Lucky Baseball Bat by Matt Christopher

Watermelon Wishes by Lisa Moser

The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Watermelon Money by The Berenstains

Bubble Trouble by Mary Packard

Bubble Bubble by Mercer Mayer

Olivia Opens a Lemonade Stand by Kama Einhorn

Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand by Liz and Jay Scott

The Yellow Balloon by Charlotte Dematons

Big Yellow Balloon by Helen Bird

Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon by Margret & H.A. Ray's

The Scoop on Ice Cream by Catherine Ipcizade

Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop by Margret & H.A. Ray's

Cork & Fuzz the Swimming Lessons by Dori Chaconas

Summer Fun Movie List

The Magic School Bus Catches A Wave

The Magic School Bus Super Sports Fun