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Summer School At Home
Reading Activities
v Introduce your child to the various kinds of information found in the daily newspaper. Ask your child to find the pages containing news about government leaders, editor’s opinions, weather reports, car sales, house and apartment rentals, and want ads. Discuss how to use this information.
v Follow the news. As a family, choose an important news event to follow for a day or two. Ask each person to find as much information on the topic as possible- read newspapers, listen to the radio, and watch TV news. Then talk about what everybody learned.
Writing Activities
v Examine advertisements. Help your children improve their thinking and writing skills by looking carefully at newspaper, magazine, and TV advertisements. What is the main point of the ad? What details does it use to communicate its message?
v Make a family game of discussing a special issue, like “teenagers should be allowed to vote,” or “we should never have year-round school.” Ask your youngsters to think of all the reasons they can to support their views. Then, ask them to think of reasons against their views.
Math Activities
v Put math skills to work by discussing household expenses with them. For example, make a list of monthly bills- heat, electricity, telephone, mortgage or rent. Fold the paper to hide the costs and ask your youngsters to guess the cost of each item. Unfold the paper. How do the estimates compare with the actual costs? Where they close?
v Teach children who have allowances or regular spending money how to budget. Ask them to make a two-column list of expenses and income. Under expenses, they list what they expect to spend for movies, bus tokens, lunches, etc. Then, have your youngsters add all the expenses and income. Ask them to think of ways to reduce their spending. If their income is more than their expenses, talk about a savings plan.
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