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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My kids are still young so this will be are first “real” summer break. I plan to do a lot of reading with them and having my 7 year old practice his math as much as possible. The 5 year old will most likely work on phonics through fun games. I can tell it’s going to be a bit of a challenge to keep them excited about school work. These books look fun!
I’m doing a summer camp!!!! Based on a Summer Survival Guide!!
What a great idea!
Lots of reading! We always do as many reading programs as we can…library, bookmobile, Barnes and Noble, and mommy’s own (this year the little ones earn free ice cream out somewhere for every fifteen books…inexpensive and fun to do anyway!). We are also focusing on art and science over the summer since serious study of these subjects sometimes falls by the wayside during the year right now. We are doing Aurora Lipper’s summer camp online and Meet the Masters (art) every week.
We do school year round to prevent learning loss … it is a bit more relaxed than usual school time. We also sign up for every reading program near us including the three libraries so that we are constantly surrounded by literature. We attend story time at the libraries too. This year I hope to organize a summer reading program at home for Alyssa but I am running out of time so I better get going. Bye! This would be a great because Alyssa LOVES workbooks and we can take them on vacation or in the car. Thank you for hosting the giveaway.
God bless,
Tracey M.
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God bless, Tracey M.
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