Homeschool Learning Ideas for June
Do you want to introduce your kids to a variety of people and places, historical time periods, and interesting ideas? Here you’ll find a big list of June homeschool ideas. Choose a few to explore and see what sparks their interest.
As you read through these ideas, you may be inspired to search out additional people, places, or events to learn about in June!
This article is part of a series of monthly homeschool learning ideas. Each month offers suggestions for seasonal activities and homeschool projects, along with a list of topics relevant to the month.
The learning suggestions are grouped in the following categories:
- Read Aloud Book Suggestions
- Movie/Book Combos
- Poetry
- Classical Music
- Quotes
- Artists (birthdays in June)
- Athletes (birthdays in June)
- Authors (birthdays in June)
- Composers (birthdays in June)
- Engineers (birthdays in June)
- Inventors (birthdays in June)
- Presidents (birthdays in June)
- Scientists (birthdays in June)
- Interesting People (birthdays in June)
- Unusual Occupations
- Animals
- Plants (seasonal related)
- World Landmarks
- Games
- Crafts (seasonal related)
- Study Skills
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Where to Find Learning Resources
After you decide on a few people or topics you want to learn about in June, head to your local library to check out books, magazines, movies, and more related to your topics of interest. You may find that your library system is able to request additional material from other libraries as well.
Another free source of information is YouTube. There is a massive amount of educational content on YouTube and a quick search will turn up many options to learn about almost anything.
For relatively inexpensive and sometimes free resources related to many of these topics, check out Teachers Pay Teachers.
Read-Aloud Suggestions for June
June is a great time to read a book set in the summer, a book about adventure, or a coming-of-age type story. Here are a few suggestions for books to read together in June.
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
A Hundred Horses by Sarah Lean
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
Movie/Book Combos for June
If your child loves movies, but isn’t as keen to read, try reading a book that’s been made into a movie. Read the book together with the promise of a popcorn and movie-watching party when you’re finished! Or, if you think the movie will generate interest in the story, do it backwards for your child. Here are a few suggestions for June book and movie combos.
Read: 100+ Family Movie Night Suggestions
Poetry to Read in June
Read poetry aloud to explore the rhythm of the words. Here are some poetry suggestions to consider for June.
June by James Russell Lowell
June’s Picture by Annette Wynne
June by Lottie Brown Allen
Why Was June Made? by Annette Wynne
The Tent of Noon by Bliss Carman
Additional poems for June can be found at discoverpoetry.com.
Classical Music to Listen to in June
Choose a few pieces of classical music to listen to this month. Here are a couple of suggestions for June.
Quotes to Ponder in June
Flowers are blooming, the promise of summer is close—June feels exuberant and optimistic. Choose a quote to read and discuss in June. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
“O Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”
– Roman Payne
“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.”
– Aristotle
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
– Audrey Hepburn
More June Ideas…
Artists Born in June
M.C. Escher (Dutch graphic artist)
Paul Gauguin (French painter, sculptor, and printmaker)
Geoff Slater (Canadian artist known for paintings created using one continuous line)
Athletes Born in June
George Mallory (mountain climbing)
Eddie Merckx (cycling)
Michael Phelps (swimming)
Authors Born in June
Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
Brian Jacques (Redwall series)
Richard Scarry (Busytown books)
Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are, Little Bear)
Johanna Spyri (Heidi)
Composers Born in June
Edvard Grieg
Robert Schumann
Richard Strauss
Igor Stravinsky
Engineers Born in June
Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot (known as the father of thermodynamics)
Dennis Gabor (known for inventing holography)
George Stephenson (known as the father of railways)
Entrepreneurs Born in June
Tory Burch (fashion designer and founder of Tory Burch company)
Robert Kraft (founder of the Kraft Group, with assets in paper, sports, and real estate)
Elon Musk (founder of SpaceX, Tesla and other companies)
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (fashion designers)
Inventors Born in June
Tim Berners-Lee (computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web)
Jeff Hawkins (co-creator of the PalmPilot and an early version of a smartphone called the Treo)
William Thomson (contributed inventions to the electric telegraph)
Alan Turing (inventor of the Turing machine)
Scientists Born in June
Jacques Cousteau (pioneering French oceanographer)
Francis Crick (molecular biologist known for contributions to the understanding of DNA structure)
James Hutton (referred to as the father of modern geology)
James Clerk Maxwell (Scottish physicist responsible for the theory of electromagnetic radiation)
Barbara McClintock (American botanist responsible for the notion of genetic recombination)
John Nash (mathematician and Nobel Prize-winning game theorist)
U.S. Presidents Born in June
George H.W. Bush (41st president)
Donald Trump (45th president)
Other Interesting People Born in June
Charles R. Drew (American surgeon who developed the system of blood banks)
Anne Frank (Jewish girl famous for her diary describing life in hiding during WWII)
Katharine Graham (American newspaper publisher)
Nathan Hale (Revolutionary War-era patriot)
Helen Keller (author well-known for her autobiography detailing life as a deafblind person)
John Maynard Keynes (influential English economist)
Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher)
Cicely Saunders (English nurse noted for her work in establishing hospice care)
Adam Smith (Scottish economist referred to as the father of capitalism)
John Wesley (English theologian and evangelist, known for his role in founding the Methodist movement)
Frank Lloyd Wright (influential American architect)
Find even more interesting people with June birthdays noted on ThoughtCo’s list of June famous inventions and birthdays.
Interesting Occupations to Learn About in June
Animals to Learn About in June
Kangaroo
Pigeon
Ringtail lemur
Plants to Learn About in June
Laurel
Roses
Strawberries
World Landmarks to Learn About in June
Games to Play in June
Crafts to Make in June
Study Skills to Work On in June
Dealing with distractions: Talk to your kids about distractions and how their learning is negatively affected by allowing distractions to take over their study or learning time. Brainstorm ways to handle external and internal distractions and have them choose one or two ways to test out.
Focus & Concentration: Crash Course Study Skills (YouTube – Crash Course)
Five Ways to Stop Getting Distracted (YouTube – BBC Ideas)
How to Avoid Distractions and Stay Focused While Studying (YouTube – Ways to Grow)
June Nonfiction Reads for Moms
Don’t forget to keep learning for yourself! Here are a few books to continue learning in the areas of time management, homeschooling, and Christian living.
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: Time management from a lifelong perspective.
Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard: Christian allegory of a woman’s spiritual journey.
The Call of the Wild + Free by Ainsley Arment: Guide to a non-traditional homeschool education approach.
What to Learn in June
Obviously, this is not a comprehensive list. Nor is it a prescriptive list of things you should study in June.
Choosing some of these topics to learn about in June will expose your kids to a variety of people, places, and ideas. If they find something or someone especially interesting, feel free to dive deep. If not, read a short excerpt, watch a short video, and move on to something else.
Your kids won’t necessarily know what they find interesting or exciting until they read, see, or hear something about it. Give them the chance to discover things that generate interest by providing a broad spectrum of learning opportunities this month.
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