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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Hello Erica,
On a serious note, we continue to do tons of reading. And since my son is weak in math, we continue with Math U See. We also visit our local libraries for the awesome kid fun eduactional programs.
Thanks for your generosity.
Stacy, Joshua (7) and Chase (4)
So inspired finding your site. I started with the chore chart and that is a big hit. I’m excited to try some more of your ideas with my kids. Thanks for such great ideas!
Fun giveaway! My 3 kids (8 yrs, 6 yrs, 4 yrs) are filling in reading Bingo charts and continuing to do their homeschool math books. Hopefully soon we’ll start learning about the 50 states!
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I try to get them reading on a daily basis. I also let them create powerpoints on things that interest them.
My boys are only 5 and 3, so we take it pretty easy — lots, and lots of reading, and lots of trips — Science Musuems, zoo’s, arboretums, etc. That way I can still sneak in learning even though they are having fun!
I plan on continuing math, LA, and of course reading through the summer. At a much slower pace. I think the kiddos would enjoy a total change and do something like this instead.
We continue to read fun readers and try to find fun ways to solidify those math facts that will be so important next fall.
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Well, we are continuing to do school over the summer. WE take a more relaxed stand on homeschooling so that we don’t have to be so strict, then we can take time off here and there as needed for a new baby being born, a great adventure, field trip, etc.