Fun Free Science STEAM printables for summer Year around Outdoor Loose parts

🔍 Explore, Observe, Discover – All Summer Long!

Make science unforgettable this summer with an adventure that brings chemistry, bugs, weather, physics, astronomy, and biology to life—right in your backyard!

Ready to get your kids off screens and into the wonders of the real world?The Summer Science Quest is a printable, map-style scavenger hunt that turns your child into a real-life scientist. With six themed “quest zones,” kids will explore everything from fizzing kitchen experiments to cloud watching, backyard bug hunts, and even stargazing under the summer sky.No textbooks. No tests. Just hands-on fun, critical thinking, and genuine discovery.

With this scavenger hunt, explorers will: >> Investigate the fizz and pop of kitchen chemistry
>> Spot and sketch insects like a backyard entomologist
>> Watch their shadow move as the Earth turns
>> Test forces at work on the playground
>> Track their heartbeat and explore how the body moves
>> Gaze at the night sky and identify real constellations

Ready to begin your family’s science adventure? Fill in your details HERE and they will send your Summer Science Quest Map + Companion Guide straight to your inbox!

They offer a summer program of printables for adventures at a small fee also.

How to Set Up a STEM Center at Home

How to Teach a STEM Lesson at Home

Start a Summer Planning Calendar

Check with local library, craft stores, churches, parks, movie theaters family, and friends for local and free events, play groups or classes. ALSO consider trying a routine of morning activities and then afternoon activities rather than a strict schedule. I usually plan an activity for both morning and afternoon.FREE Summer Calendar

Tons of fun activities can be found at our Nature Play That Rocks website and under the tab of "Incredible Families Unplug" on this website

I also added in experiences like Monday Movies, Tinkering Tuesdays (building blocks and Legos), Wild Wednesdays (nature play and exploration), Travel Thursdays, or Fort Fridays or weekly themes. My imagination is wild and overwhelming at times -A little bit of structure in planning always reins it in and gives it focus.

Try this free Summer Camp at Home program
– it’s six weeks of fun.

Free Summer Camp at Home

Download Busy Toddler’s free 6-week summer camp program for toddlers to elementary-agekids

EASY FUN FOR FAMILIES ALL SUMMER LONG

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM

Our Science Resources for 1 and up

Our Summer Science Quests

Science STEAM Summer Year around Family fun

Play N Learn Printables

Science and Small World Play can be used outdoors as well as indoors. They will enhance summer playtime either way. And there are many opportunities for those magical moments that we look for in every experience. They are awesome for developing fine motor skills as well as social skills too. So pull a chair up to a table right next to your little or play on the ground outside because you can easily clean the area (and your Kids) with a hose.

Why Kids Need STEAM

STEAM Activities are integrated learning activities that encourage kids to think outside the box. These projects help kids begin to consider solving real-world problems, creating new tools with creative thinking. Combining disciplines in this way has led to many amazing discoveries!

Are your kids asking “why do we need to learn this?” or “when will we ever use this?” Then you need a STEAM project!

These projects and activities are the perfect way to get kids engaged and help them understand how what they’re learning can come together to help create real-world solutions.

All of these STEAM projects are perfect for exploring science, technology, engineering, art, and math with preschoolers and other little kids.

These fascinating yet simple STEAM activities will get your little learners excited about exploring the world around them and thinking critically this year.