My original plan was to use this book to work in a little. Someone had given it to me, and unfortunately I didn't look closely inside and see that half the pages were already worked through! This meant I needed to get creative! Here are a few things that I am doing/going to do (we are getting a slow start to our summer. We are also working on getting some house projects done before baby #3 shows up in August!) during the summer to help keep the things Little Man has learned, fresh in his mind.
Reading
My sister has created this adorable prize system for Little Man to get stickers for reading. Just like the library, every 10 minutes he colors or puts a sticker on a little picture, 3 pictures = a box, 3 boxes= a prize you draw from a box. She created prizes like a free sno cone from our local sno cone place, free shake from Sonic, free frosty from Wendy's etc. Unfortunately, unlike the library I have to pay for these prizes 😄 but it gives Little Man the Library summer club experience when he can't actually go to the library!
During our reading time, I am encouraging him to pick one book to read himself, while I read for the remainder of the time. The older your kids are, the more books they can read on their own. I am hoping this helps him keep up his phonics and reading, without having to do any workbooks. I can still help him with new words and concepts, but organically while sitting down and reading with him.
In my Amazon recommendations below, I am sharing some of my favorite books per level!
Summer baskets
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I did these last year. You can look and still find all the ones I did last year in my stories. For this I take a 'boredom basket' and fill it with themed books and activities. I normally added Science and picture books, puzzles, dry erase activity books, and any other item that would keep Little Man busy, but learning at the same time. I haven't put one together for this year yet (as I said, summer has come a little later for us this year) but I plan to for the new week. I'll share what I put together on Facebook and Instagram, so be sure and follow me there!
I am also adding some math activities, since I don't have a workbook for him to do. Activities will include adding a measuring tape for him to help us measure things in the areas we are working in the house, and perhaps even a measuring scavenger hunt to measure things around the house or outside. It can include games that promote adding and subtracting, as well as free worksheets I find online.
In my Amazon recommendations below I am sharing my favorite books and activities to add to a boredom basket!
Journals
I haven't used these yet, but I've heard great things about these Thinking Tree journals. My siblings have used these as supplemental work or extra curricular work and have loved the inter-activeness of them. I think these would make great summer learning activities for both younger and older grades. You can get anything that fits your child's interest. It covers art, reading, thinking skills, etc.! They even make these things for Mom, so you can use it during your kids' downtime to get a little 'mother culture' learning yourself.
Along these lines, lapbooks are a great way to make learning fun. You could pick a theme a week and make a lapbook to go along with that theme. It's one of those things that you can make as complicated or as simple as you want, and kids love exploring topics on their own.
What will you be using to promote learning this summer?
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