Summer Digital Pack

Summer is a brilliant time to explore the outdoors, from gardens and parks to woodlands, beaches, rock pools, and the night sky. This seasonal pack helps children notice the wildlife, plants, weather, and natural changes linked to the warmer months. Through simple nature activities, creative projects, science experiments, and outdoor observation, your child will learn more about the living world around them.

Inside, you will find:

Inside the digital pack, you will find:

• Flower Fragrance Investigation

Explore how daytime and nighttime flowers use scent to attract different pollinators, with a comparison sheet for children to record what they notice.

• Stargazing and Night Sky Guides

Introduce planets, stars, moon phases and simple ways to observe the night sky safely on a clear summer evening.

• Butterfly Feeder Activity

Make a simple butterfly feeder using fruit, sugar water and recycled materials, then watch for visiting butterflies in a garden or outdoor space.

• Origami Grasshopper Craft

Fold an origami grasshopper while learning about common field grasshoppers, what they eat and how they make their chirping sounds.

• Summer Rock Pooling Guide

Meet common UK rock pool wildlife, including crabs, shrimps, prawns, mussels, barnacles, anemones, starfish and seaweed.

• Rock Pool Observation Activity

Record what you find, learn how to treat marine life gently and explore why rock pools matter as coastal habitats.

• Bat Spotting Guide

Learn about summer bat behaviour, maternity roosts and how to look for bats at dusk without disturbing them.

• Complete the Bat Drawing Activity

Draw and colour the missing half of a bat illustration while looking closely at shape, symmetry and bat features.

• Build a Hedgehog House

Create a safe shelter for hedgehogs using wood, roofing felt, straw, leaves and other natural materials.

• Thunder and Lightning Science Activities

Explore static electricity, lightning, thunder, air pressure and sound through simple hands-on experiments.

• Tree Identification Guide

Look closely at leaves, bark, seeds, flowers, overall shape and location to help identify trees in full summer leaf.

• UK Tree Information Sheet

Learn about oak, ash, sycamore and beech trees, including their leaves, seeds, bark, growth and value to wildlife.

• Wildlife Footprint Tunnel Project

Make a simple tracking tunnel to find out which animals visit a garden, school ground or outdoor space at night.

• Animal Footprint Spotting Sheet

Compare tracks from birds, badgers, hedgehogs, squirrels, mice and foxes.

• Fox Mask Template

Cut, colour and create a fox mask for wildlife-inspired imaginative play.

• Moth Mask Craft

Make moth antennae, a proboscis and moth-like eyes while exploring moth colours, patterns and textures.

• Flower Pressing Activity

Collect, press and dry summer flowers and leaves, then use them for bookmarks, cards, nature crafts and botanical art.

• Nocturnal Animal Spotter Sheet

Meet night-time wildlife including the barn owl, pipistrelle bat, fox, hedgehog, pine marten and elephant hawk-moth. Ideal for evening nature walks and after-dark wildlife spotting.

• Diurnal Animal Spotter Sheet

Explore daytime wildlife including the red squirrel, rabbit, roe deer, buzzard, grass snake and butterflies. Use it to compare day-active animals with nocturnal species.

• Moth Antennae Template

Cut out and add antennae to the moth mask activity while exploring one of the features children often notice first when looking closely at moths.

The pack includes 23 printable PDF resources filled with nature observation, wildlife learning, creative activities, science experiments and seasonal ideas for exploring summer together.