Summer vacation will undoubtedly be filled with many fun activities for kids to enjoy. This doesn’t mean we can find small ways of keeping up studious habits, while still enjoying the break. So, I’ve put together a list of summer research project for kids, that will get your kids excited about learning and also implementing their new found knowledge. Here we go: Planet Research Have your kids research various planets, our solar system or the stars. You could take them to a local science center or planetarium. They could also supplement their research online (and which kid doesn’t love a reason to use the internet :)). The best part: on a nice summer night, take theContinue reading
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Using Summer Fun To Educate Kids
With summer in full swing, many parents fear that their kids will forget the valuable educational lessons they learned throughout the school year. But, this doesn’t have to be the case. There is a way to allow your kids to enjoy the full adventures of summer fun, while also sneaking in some valuable lessons. Here are some wonderful summer lessons for kids! Explore Different Creatures As the weather improves, children have the chance to see various creatures in their natural habitats. Celebrate this by learning about various creatures and how they live and eat. One great way to commemorate this is to build a bird feeder. Another idea is to take your children on a crittersContinue reading
Encouraging Summer Reading For Kids
*This post contains affiliate links for convenient viewing* Wouldn’t it be wonderful to know that your students were continuing to use the valuable skills they learned in class over the summer? We can actually help to encourage valuable summer reading for kids! I recently came across “Summer reading is so different than reading for school. Here are 3 reasons to encourage it for kids”. It mentions 3 reasons kids should be reading throughout the summer. The reasons are: 1. it prepares students for the upcoming school year, 2. they’ll enjoy reading more-so than they would in class and 3. kids could actually earn free books! Those are all awesome reasons for students to read over theContinue reading