These include activities for a wide range of ages, from as young as 2 or 3 to as old as 8 and up. Please note that many issues can be used outside of their specified season. For example, the Tiny Seed issue is a spring issue but makes a wonderful fall study as well. While the pond issues are assigned to summer, they’re wonderful for late spring or early autumn, too.
New Releases: At this time, we do not have a set calendar for new releases of seasonal issues. When we add a new issue, it will be added to this page.
Spring Issues
Spring 2018 Issue No. 1: Up in the Garden and Down In the Dirt by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal
Topics: Soil, Roots, and the pH Scale
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Spring Issue No. 2: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Topics: Flower Anatomy, the Life Cycle of Flowering Plants, and Fractals
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Spring 2018 Issue No. 3: A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Topics: Rainbows and Prisms
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Spring 2018 Issue No. 4: A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Topics: Nests and Hexagons
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Spring 2018 Issue No. 5: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Topics: Seed Distribution and Needs
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Spring 2018 Issue No. 6: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Topics: Moths, Butterflies, and Symmetry
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Spring Bundle of Issues 1 – 6: Save 1.00 per issue by buying spring issues 1 – 6 in a single bundle!
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Summer Issues
Pond Issue No. 1: Over and Under the Pond
Exploring: Pond Anatomy
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Pond Issue No. 2: Butternut Hollow Pond
Exploring: Pond Food Webs
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Please note: New issues in the pond collection will be added soon.
Autumn Issues
Free Issue: The Three Sunflowers
Topics: Pollinators, Sunflowers, and the Fibonacci Spiral
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We do not currently have any more autumn issues available, but plan to develop new issues soon.
Winter Issues
Free Issue: Winter 2020 Issue No. 1: The Mitten
Topics: Capacity, Matching Pairs, and Ordinal Numbers
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Winter 2020 Issue No. 2: Sun Bread
Exploring the Winter Solstice
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Winter 2023 Issue No. 1: Frederick
Investigating Animals that Stockpile Food for Winter and Celebrating the Transition of Autumn into Winter
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More winter issues are being developed.
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This FREE issue, inspired by the book The Three Sunflowers by Janet Lucy, includes two weeks of activities including nature study, STEAM, art project, recipe, and exploring language and poetry. Suitable for ages 3 - 8. Grab yours today!