I know with school nearing a close for many of you, you’re wondering what you’re going to do so your kiddos don’t forget all those precious tidbits you so carefully lodged in their brains over the course of the year. While I don’t plan anything super hard core for summer (we all need a break, me included!) I do keep the kids reading over the summer, mostly fun books. They get to pick what they want to read and as long as it’s appropriate for them, that’s fine.
Just to keep all of the other subjects fresh in their minds, we also do some activities out of the Carson Dellosa Summer Bridge activity books! They’re literally ZERO planning on my part, and great for keeping kids skills fresh over the summer.
Keeping up with your students reading, math, and other basic skills over the long summer break is important. I’m not sure if this happens to your kids, but it seems like a few weeks after school is out my kids seem to forget everything they’ve learned the previous year.
Depending on the day, I usually have the kids are do 1 lesson per day out of their workbook. I don’t usually force the issue too much, there tends to be a time each day where they start getting bored, and the Summer Bridge activities are the perfect solution! The great thing about them, is that they’re colorful and fun, so it’s not hard to get them to do a page or two.
Just to make it a little more fun, we use our Educational Insights Smens pens to make it a little bit more fun. They LOVE IT!
And I kid you not, one of them said “Wow, this is so much more fun than regular school!” and the other came up later in the day and actually asked me if she could do some school in her new workbook! Are you serious? YEAH!
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We are going to continue doing school/school-type activities several times a week. 🙂
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We do lots of reading and usually to a reading program – or 2 – and possibly 3 this summer. We will also continue on with science and pick history back up, and I am planning on keeping them going in math. The Summer Bridge books sound like a good option!
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We are planning to do some fun preschool packs in my boys’ interests to keep learning fresh over the summer
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We sometimes tend to school a little bit more in to the summer than others – we like to take days off when the weather is nice, and stay in when it’s too hot! But I like to throw fun things in any time – my most recent idea – spelling with cookie cutters! My children love to use them to trace and color on paper, so I figured why not? They can trace, color, and work on spelling skills! I would LOVE these books – my children love things like this, especially my older ones, because they can pick them up and do them anytime! 🙂 God Bless!