Radio Commentary
During the summer, it’s good to
bolster the three Rs for your children. To start, have your children keep a
diary of their activities.
Take time
every day for the whole family to read. Even 10 or 15 minutes is fine. Take
advantage of the library’s summer reading program, or have your children follow
a favorite newspaper comic strip all summer.
It’s also
fun to have them write letters or send postcards to relatives and friends.
For math
reinforcement, they can review cash register receipts, checking for accuracy
when you’re unloading groceries.
You can
also teach youngsters to compute gas mileage. If you hold a yard sale or tag
sale, allow them to make change.
You can
also help children get organized. Have them start a collection. It could be
rocks, stamps, baseball cards, bottle caps, labels, marbles, leaves, or bugs.
Have the
children arrange them in some orderly fashion by categories, by color, or
alphabetically. They could even keep a written log to go along with the
collection.
You can
also ask youngsters to organize photos in an album by date or activity.
Or, they
can save newspaper or magazine photos of favorite athletes or heroes to create
a scrapbook. These ideas can add to summer fun while bolstering the 3 R’s.
