Fun Summer Learning for Kids
While on summer break, is your child forgetting what they learned during the school year? If your school's vacation is more than one month, try the suggestions below to prevent what can be called 
"summer couch potato syndrome".


Television
Make a TV schedule. Let your kids help to create a chart with
an agreed upon amount of TV viewing. If 2 hrs is agreed on,
then they need to check off that time allotment every time they watch. Or, make a list together of the shows they want to watch daily and keep it near the television.

Library
Take the time for weekly trips to the library. Many public libraries have a summer reading incentive program. 

Help your little ones get their first library cards.

Make a reading list. Reward your reader with a sticker for every book completed and then an extra special reward when a reading
goal is accomplished.

Roll out the "reading carpet" this summer for the TD Summer Reading Club...read more >> (link opens in a new window)

Theme Weeks
Get out your calendar before school is out and help your children select weeks that will have a specific them.
For Example:
Water week - daily sprinkler play, watercolors,
squirt bottle art and any experiments with water.
Bubble week - Make bubble solution and then select a bubble activity for every day; bubble painting, make your own bubble wands, bubble chasing etc. Let your child experiment with various household objects for making different bubbles. Hula hoop bubbles are a favorite! 
Other Suggestions
Nature Week
Trip a Day Week
Baking Week
Art Week
At the end of the summer, you & your children will be closer 
and you may have ALL had a super vacation together!