As usual, my pinterest obsession is paying off again! I am always looking for new and exciting ways to keep my kids occupied and happy with EDUCATIONAL activities all summer long. I will NOT let my kids end up with summer brain drain. Each summer, I sit down each day and make a list of things for them to do...ok...maybe weekly; not daily. I try to include science, math, reading, writing, vocabulary, social studies, critical thinking and art. Some of these are weekly tasks and some of these are daily tasks (reading and math are DAILY tasks!) so...here's what I've decided to do with my kids this summer....
Reading, Writing and Math - School Sticks - I'll make these up for Little Lady (grades 3-6) and Little Man (grades 1-2) and they will pull 2-3 sticks per day and do these things (monday - friday)
Reading - they will still get read to at night each night. I read 1-2 chapters each night to them.
Social Studies - I will be starting Susan Bauer's Story of the World series with them. We'll do one -two tasks per week (more if we're having fun) listening to the audio and then completing the task.
Science - We will be doing one or two long term science experiments over the summer, and one short term science experiment each week. we will write everything down in our science journals to keep track of it all.
Math - we will do 1-2 cooking and baking lessons each week. The kids will measure and read recipes by themselves.
Vocabulary - We will be completing Wordly wise for each of their grade levels (one chapter per week) and looking at the picture vocab cards weekly to increase our vocabulary.
Critical Thinking - I'm adding this into the School Sticks pile - Critical thinking question 1 - 40 (just like the math ones). I'll be pulling these questions out of the Mind Benders and Dr. Dooriddles books that I have purchased from the Critical Thinking Company.
Art - we will be completing art work each week that fits the "in the style of 'x' artist". This requires the children to read some books and find information out about each artist and then we figure out what supplies we need, make a list, purchase those if we don't have them, and then work on the art work itself.
Reading, Writing and Math - School Sticks - I'll make these up for Little Lady (grades 3-6) and Little Man (grades 1-2) and they will pull 2-3 sticks per day and do these things (monday - friday)
Reading - they will still get read to at night each night. I read 1-2 chapters each night to them.
Social Studies - I will be starting Susan Bauer's Story of the World series with them. We'll do one -two tasks per week (more if we're having fun) listening to the audio and then completing the task.
Science - We will be doing one or two long term science experiments over the summer, and one short term science experiment each week. we will write everything down in our science journals to keep track of it all.
Math - we will do 1-2 cooking and baking lessons each week. The kids will measure and read recipes by themselves.
Vocabulary - We will be completing Wordly wise for each of their grade levels (one chapter per week) and looking at the picture vocab cards weekly to increase our vocabulary.
Critical Thinking - I'm adding this into the School Sticks pile - Critical thinking question 1 - 40 (just like the math ones). I'll be pulling these questions out of the Mind Benders and Dr. Dooriddles books that I have purchased from the Critical Thinking Company.
Art - we will be completing art work each week that fits the "in the style of 'x' artist". This requires the children to read some books and find information out about each artist and then we figure out what supplies we need, make a list, purchase those if we don't have them, and then work on the art work itself.
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