Incorporate Learning Into Summer Fun
Children are excited when the school year draws to a close. However, as parents, we want our children to continue learning. You may be looking for great places to pick up some summer learning. The following list will help you incorporate learning into summer fun.
Most children fall behind in reading and math during the summer break. That’s why when the new school year begins, teachers have to spend the first two months bringing the children “back up to speed” with reviews.
To help your child keep up with mathematics, try bringing them into the kitchen for the summer. Invite friends over in varying numbers so your children will have to determine how to extend recipes. If your recipe feeds four, how much meat would you need to double the recipe, triple it, or quadruple it? Your children probably won’t complain about having to do math if they have something to look forward to.
Even with gas prices the way they are these days, some families are still planning to drive for vacation. Ask the children to help determine how far you’ll be able to travel when you fill the gas tank and how much it’ll cost. You might find that your child can help you find a shorter route that will save you money.
You’re never too young to learn how to handle money. If you have a yard sale this summer, ask them to make change, as well as allowing them to place some of their own items to sell. This will help them learn the value of money, and how to keep track of it by helping divvy it up at the end of the sale.
Play games with them. Scrabble and Boggle are great games to help your child’s spelling while they’re out of school, and they’ll have fun in the process. Yahtzee and Monopoly are good games for math. Of course, if you’re children are younger, you may have to play games like Chutes and Ladders or a simpler game.
Go to the library as a family and pick out some books that everyone will enjoy. Then each night, instead of turning on the TV, have family reading hour. You may find that your children enjoy having to use their imaginations to see the story that they don’t complain so much when they’re told to turn the TV off.
Get them involved in geocaching. Geocaching is an activity that the entire family can enjoy together. You get directions to a secret cache of items that you must find. Most of the time, these items are hidden in forests or someplace not easily accessible. Not only will you have to learn about reading maps and a compass, it’ll be a great opportunity for your family to enjoy the outdoors together.
If you look around, there are plenty of great places to pick up some summer learning. Think outside of the schoolroom and you may find that the best places are right in your own home or very nearby.
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My stepdaughter (12) and my nephew (10) just had a great summer learning experience! They put on a carnival for the family and friends. They planned the whole thing themselves, they bought all of the supplies with their own money and they made a pretty nice profit of $60.