Welcome back to the #LMMLinkup. I hope everyone is off to a great start for their summer. Summer and learning often do not go hand and hand. Children want to play and have fun not think about school work. How do you mix in summer fun and learning? Here are a few tips:
- Check out the local library for fun learning events and reading challenges.
- Let your child pick books he/she would not have to read in school.
- Let them pick a learning topic, weekly and reward them with prizes if they perform certain tasks.
- Take them on nature hikes at the beach, in the mountains or where ever you live. Talk about your biome and the types of animals that they will find. Encourage them to start a nature scrapbook.
- Let them create their own blog about their summer. There are a lot of free blogging resources out there for this. They could use Blogger or the free WordPress blog space. Here is a great resource: Kids Learn to Blog. Blogging can help enhance their communication and technological skills.
- Some great organizations and websites have summer resources for kids including:
- PBS Kids
- National Geographic Kids
- Time For Kids Be sure to check out the TFK Kid Reporter Contest
- Family Education Summer Learning Be sure to check out this article: 10 hands-on nature activities for kids. I liked this activity too and will do this with my grands: Midsummer Memento Wreath
- Summer Learning Pins by Melissa Taylor (Her board is full of great pins including reading lists by age group!
- Scholastic Free Summer Reading Challenge
- Lifeway Summer R.E.A.D. Reveal. Explore. Amaze. Discover.
- College Vine: 50 Summer Activities for High School Students
What ideas do you have to promote summer learning? Have you written any great posts about it? Be sure to link them up this week. I can’t wait to read them!
Now on to our weekly linkup. First let’s meet your hosts:
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With the theme of summer learning this week, I wanted to feature a great blog post which will give you access to help you learn and grow as faith blogger. In this post, Kelly introduces her free community: Blogger Voices Network. Women faith bloggers will definitely want to check this post out. You can also take a short cut and head here to join!
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Thanks so much, Mary! Still waiting on you to email me back. I don’t remember seeing a reply yet. 🙂
Mary, I love the idea of encouraging kids to start their own blogs. Young people can be so excited about things they enjoy learning about and what a great way to encourage that attitude.
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Thank you for the list of resources! I’m sharing this with our summer school teacher :).
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Great tips, we are in winter now here in Australia, so reading a good book by the fire, with a hot cuppa is definitely a must!
Jennifer
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These are all great ideas! And thanks for featuring my post. Glad it was an encouragement to people!
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Ooh, practical tips, Mary! Thanks for these! I’m pinning to my parenting resources board. And thanks so much for the linkup!
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Love your ideas!
I pick a word or two each summer that I use as a filter for everything. This year we are using foundations and friends & family. Foundations is working on some foundational skills each of us need (one needs spelling, another spanish, all of us gratitude). It really helps keep us focused on the things that matter to us, and gives us room to grow and change.
Great tips, Mary! I especially love the idea of kids creating their own blogs. Thanks so much for sharing and hosting! God bless you! 🙂
Great tips! I want to make special memories with my sons and with my grandson this summer!
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Good suggestions! I always loved that summer learning was more informal but still beneficial. When our kids were younger we always participated in the library’s summer reading program.
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Miss you last week. I don’t have any little ones at home anymore, but we used to have reading contests where we all participated. I think we would read a book, write it on a piece of paper, and put it in a jar. Whoever had the most book read won something. We probably also had an individual goal for a prize. FYI – the prizes don’t have to be tied to a gift or money.
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