During
the summer and year-round, it’s good to bolster the three R’s for your
children. To start, have your children keep a diary of their activities.
Also
take time every day for the whole family to read. Even 10 or 15 minutes is
fine. Have your children follow a favorite newspaper comic strip.
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,
allow them to make change.
You
can also help children get organized. Have them start a collection of anything.
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.
