Reading
- Set a goal of 1000 pages (read to beginning readers)
- Read anything! (comic books, video game manuals, graphic novels)
- Listen to audio books
- Family Poetry Night
- Start a Book Club
- Word List Challenge
Writing
- Publish a book
- Publish a weekly Family News
- Personal time-line
- Secret Codes
- Photo Album with captions
- Write a play
- Personal Diary or Travel Journal
- Grocery Lists and couponing
- Scavenger Hunt
Math
- Math Facts with relay races
- Learn math facts
- Count to 10 in a foreign language
- Computer Games
- Concoctions
- Technology
- Start a Garden
- Build a simple machine
- Start a collection
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Star Spangled Banner
- Flags
- States and Capitals
- Sculptures
- Cartoons
- Map your neighborhood
- Draw a family portrait
- Box fort
- Family American Idol
- Memorize songs
- Put on some shows
- Run one mile
- Swim across the pool
- Design an obstacle course
- Plan Family Summer Olympics
- Map the destination
- Pack your own bag (make your list first)
- Mail a postcard
- Visit a museum
- Start a collection
Extra Suggestions: Work in what you’re already doing (vacation, travel, home repair, swim team, summer camps, library reading program, day trips, and museums). There’s so much to learn when you’re just doing life!
More links to check out to prepare for summer fun and enrichment:
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| If you’d like to motivate your child with points and prizes. Then you’ll want to check out our Summer Points page here and Pinterest board here. |
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| Life Skills – the “skills they don’t teach at school” are great to teach in the summer here. Find the list here age by age, ideas for everything from getting yourself dressed to learning to cook. |
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| Schedule your day! I wrote all about that here and how much your children will appreciate the structure. |
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| Check out these School Skills here to see what your child should be working on. |
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| Understanding Book Levels |
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| Audio Books |
Pinterest Boards:
Workbooks
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| Summer Bridge Activity Books and Review |
Math workbook ideas, click here for ideas from Pragmatic Mom.
Kristen is the writer and creator behind Busy Kids Happy Mom. The site started in 2011 as a way to share Summer learning and enrichment ideas. First it started with Summer Points, Life Skills were added and now DIY Summer School. All of these activities have similar characteristics, the main theme being to Make Summer Count! She is an Elementary Reading Specialist and the mother of 2 boys!
Follow Kristen on Facebook, Pinterest, and Busy Kids Happy Mom.
I love the idea of writing a play. My sisters and I used to write plays and act them out for my grandparents.