Radio Commentary
Young students need activities that
help them learn and stay sharp over the summer, and parents can choose from
many simple ones for their children who are in kindergarten through the third
grade.
Sorting and
stacking helps teach classification skills. Ask your child to match and stack
dishes of similar sizes and shapes.
Also have
children sort silverware — forks with forks, spoons with spoons.
This is
like recognizing the shapes of letters and numbers.
You can
also use comic strips to help with writing.
Cut apart
the segments of a strip and ask your child to arrange them in order.
Then ask
your child to say the words of the characters out loud.
It’s also
good to encourage hypothesizing or guessing.
Use objects
such as soap, a dry sock, a bottle of shampoo, a wet sponge. Ask which objects
will float when dropped into water in a sink or bathtub. Then drop the objects into the water one by
one to see what happens.
This all helps make learning fun,
and it keeps young minds active over the summer months.
