Summer Challenge #1

Here is Summer Challenge #1!
Summer is a time to recharge your brain and have some fun. Our Estes kids deserve a break because they worked extremely hard this past school year. We need to find a balance between rest and growing our brains. What we don't want is for Ms. Lazy to come and turn our brains into the size of peas! To combat Ms. Lazy I am going to offer some suggestions that the whole family can have fun with.

Reading: I am going to list some books that the whole family can read to each other. Please remember that our public library would be a great place to get these books. 30 minutes a day will boost your brain and vocabulary.
Books: Charlotte's Web, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Chocolate Touch, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Little Toot and I Wish that I Had Duck Feet.

Writing: This week we are ditching the pencil and using chalk or rocks. Find a sidewalk or your driveway (make sure you never write behind a parked car) and practice writing words or sentences.

Math: Buy some cheap puzzles and enjoy the lost art of putting them together. There is also a computer game called Lemonade Stand (Google lemonade stand) that lets your child make all decisions on running the stand.

Science: Buy a cheap magnifying glass and let your child explore around the outside of your house. Have the children look for bugs or different plants and have them sketch what they found in a notebook. They can do this everyday and have a Summer Science Journal of their own. Your child can then research what they have found and write a couple of sentences about the bugs or plants.

I hope that you noticed that there were no worksheets involved.