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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I used those books years ago and had forgotten about them. They are really great. This year we are actually going to loosely do some school throughout the Summer with some Intentional Fun thrown in. Let’s hope it works out. LOL!
My daughter has special needs. It’s really important that we maintain our routine. This was our first year homeschooling and we couldn’t be happier. She has made such tremendous progress. A summer bridge activity book would be perfect!
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I am new to homeschooling, or at least I consider myself still new to it. I practiced this past year with preschooling my oldest. I will begin Kindergarten for my oldest (5yrs old) in the fall. I additionally have 3 and almost 2 yr old. I love reading your blogs, ideas, encouragement, and learning from your wisdom! Thank you for all you share! I have gained a love for reading to my kids at this stage and seeing their excitement with our book time.
Our family loves to enjoy more extra-curricular activities during the summer (beach exploration, nature walks, swimming and gardening (plant and flower)) and then wrap it around read out loud books and hands on activities. I have a wide range of student levels so I have the older students read to the younger students classic books and then we get to watch the movie, if there is one. The last book we did was The Wizard of Oz, what a fun time….great for rainy day fun.