Let’s Talk About FUN Summer Learning!
I know, I know, summer is here and the kids need down time to relax and have fun. I agree, giving kids time to explore their loves and interests is very important to me … and to them, but for how long? Summers sometimes drag on after the initial excitement, so what’s a mom to do? Join Felice as she discusses fun activities for the children that center around learning (shhhh!) and you’ll be surprised at the outcome.
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Here are some ideas for fun summer projects and ideas – be sure to download the printable and add fun summer projects of your own.
Other podcasts that have related content –
Summer Reading List— Must Read Books — Best Family Memories
Art
- Creation camp at home
- Melting Crayons – take broken crayons and melt them in the oven in muffin tins using paper liners. (These stink!!) Keep the area well ventilated – cool and remove paper before using.
- Puzzles – have the children draw a picture and cut it out in puzzle shapes and have them put it together – or make your own – use coloring book pages -art lessons
- Jelly Jar Crafts – use ripped pieces of tissue paper and white glue – paint brush – use empty jelly jars or any type of glass jars and “paint” triangles or squares on the outside – fill with some sand and a small tea-candle. Fun table decoration. You can do this for holidays – like the Fourth of July using red white and blue
Business/ Entrepreneur
- Selling lemonade -lemonade stand – etc.
- Create a website – learn how to put up a website using a template on WordPress or learn to html code (or older students).
- Fix or repair and sell
- Write a book for sale
- Host a play and collect food cans for the needy – donate to a soup kitchen
Health/ Healthy Eating
- Safety rules – understanding water safety
- Teach about repellants that are safe – such as Terrashield essential oils by Doterra
- Time to learn new things – cooking
- Sun cooking – make s’more’s using the sun to melt the chocolate
- Fruit kabobs – have the kids make their own – use this as well for griling meats such as chicken
Math
- Collections – bug collections – butterflies – pressed flowers
- See how high you can count and other number contests – such as skipping rope – how many times can you jump without stopping or messing up.
- Games that help with math such as card games
- How many ____ can you count? How many red trucks, green items, etc.
- Mental math – give each other problems to do in your head without pencil and paper. Do not keep score at first, then keep score to see how has the most correct.
Play/Drama
- Dress up – let the kids use their imaginations
- Create your own play and act it out – use backdrops drawn (art)
- Characterization – imitate your favorite story book character and take turns guessing who this is.
- Practice public speaking. Do impromptu speeches using real life situations.
- Practice the correct responses. For example, you get the wrong food at a restaurant, what do you say.
- Answering the phone – what is the correct and incorrect way to answer a phone.
- Create a short commercial – either a 30 second or 60 second commercial. Record this on a digital device and play it back. How did you do?
- Create a podcast. What would your topic be? What would you say?
Geography
- Scavenger hunts – geocaching
- Create a map using your memory – start small – try to map out the backyard, the neighborhood, the way to church, grocery store, etc.
- See if you can draw a US or World Map!
- Buried treasure – hide a “treasure” typically something small and give someone verbal instructions on how to find it, using north, south, east and west – right and left, etc.
Reading
- Select Fun Reading Books – List Here – Give awards or sign up for Pizza Hut or Library Rewards Program – or “Reading with the Rays” or other baseball reading incentive baseball programs.
- At home contests – how many books can you read in a week, a month, etc.
- Create a reading place – somewhere to go when you read a favorite book.
- Set up a reading library, begin collecting books.
Science
- Amusement parks and physics –
- Bugs – summer is a time for many types of bugs
- Collections – bug collections – butterflies – pressed flowers
- Create a solar oven
- Create a Volcano
- Rainbows – prisms or water hose
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