We like to do a little school during the summer. Maybe one or two lessons of Math per week, some Science experiments, and we still read out loud.
Other summer activities for our family might include hiking, picnicking, gardening. On those hot, hot days, we like to splash in the creek across the road from our house.
Encourage your children to keep reading over the summer. Don't worry about searching out more and more challenging reading. You can find more reading material at about the same reading level by looking for more in a favorite series or more books by an author your child likes. Even though they are enjoying reading at a comfortable level, they will continue to build confidence and improve their reading skills.
You can stimulate their interest by being a role model so, pick up a book and READ!
Showing posts with label Summer activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer activities. Show all posts
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Summer's coming! Now what?
The warmer weather is here, finally! This has seemed like a very long, slow process to me, but summer is right around the corner.
Now what??
Some families do school year-round, some take the full summer off, and others, somewhere in between.
We have actually done all those things in different years. Each has advantages but "real life" certainly affects what we might choose.
Initially, we did 2-3 days worth of school over each week in the summer. It wasn't an arduous schedule, but allowed us to rack up some time toward our annual goal of hours or days. My kids didn't mind starting before their public school friends, but they had a passion to finish the school year before them!
Over the years we did 4-H, we tended to do less school in the summer. Time is short and precious when you are doing livestock projects! That is of course, an education in itself, and requires some flexibility during the year. We took shorter holiday breaks to give us time to take off for lambing in February, for instance.
Summer can be a great time to do Science. You can do some or even all, of your Science for the year over summer. We like to do some Math at least, which means we don't have as much review time needed as we start up our full school year. It can be a wonderful time for art, craft projects, cooking, gardening, and of course, reading aloud.
Remember, you are in charge of your school and schedule. You needn't do school "the way we've always done it", or the way the public school does it. You have flexibility, take advantage of it to meet the needs of your children!
It was wonderful to meet so many of you at the MHEEC convention, thank you for stopping to see me! More on high school in the next post....
Now what??
Some families do school year-round, some take the full summer off, and others, somewhere in between.
We have actually done all those things in different years. Each has advantages but "real life" certainly affects what we might choose.
Initially, we did 2-3 days worth of school over each week in the summer. It wasn't an arduous schedule, but allowed us to rack up some time toward our annual goal of hours or days. My kids didn't mind starting before their public school friends, but they had a passion to finish the school year before them!
Over the years we did 4-H, we tended to do less school in the summer. Time is short and precious when you are doing livestock projects! That is of course, an education in itself, and requires some flexibility during the year. We took shorter holiday breaks to give us time to take off for lambing in February, for instance.
Summer can be a great time to do Science. You can do some or even all, of your Science for the year over summer. We like to do some Math at least, which means we don't have as much review time needed as we start up our full school year. It can be a wonderful time for art, craft projects, cooking, gardening, and of course, reading aloud.
Remember, you are in charge of your school and schedule. You needn't do school "the way we've always done it", or the way the public school does it. You have flexibility, take advantage of it to meet the needs of your children!
It was wonderful to meet so many of you at the MHEEC convention, thank you for stopping to see me! More on high school in the next post....
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