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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In the summer we plan to read in the tree house, add in the sand, count stars in the air, and learn about Gods wonderful creation. And on rainy days or busy days we do some fun workbooks at the kitchen table with some tea and a treat. Hope you all enjoy your summer, and thank you for this giveaway 🙂
One thing we keep up with all summer long is reading! I also try to do some kind of Math activity at least twice a week and run through addition flash cards with my 1st grader.
We will be starting Road Trip USA this summer!
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We read a lot over the summer and participate in our library’s summer reading program. We will also play some math games with our montessori stuff. I would love to win this!
This was our first year homeschooling, so I want to make sure we keep learning through the summer.
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I would love to have this. I homeschool my 8 year old and will begin on my 3 year old soon. We have struggled through this school year to keep on top of lessons (crazy year and Daddy being military he left alot) so that added to our struggle. This would be great to have to keep her mind fresh through the summer.