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[quote=Anonymous]Adding to the thoughts of 9:26, I would say to allow for the developmental variation of elementary children not to mention differing interests.  On the first point, if your child seems to be lagging on reading skills ... this is not necessarily a delay and if you treat it like one then school and learning can become very stressful and unpleasant for your child.  The reading will come along with or without you assuming a decent school, whereas the stress and dislike of learning can be permanent.  Children learn to read between K and the end of 2nd grade, with a small number of children learning before and after that timeframe.  Science concepts also "click" at different points ...

Regarding the engineering of the perfect childhood range of experiences ... some children will enjoy the idea of developing a skit, puppet show, or what have you, while others would most definitely not.  Let your children come up with their own ideas of what would be fun TO THEM and then let them do it largely on their own rather than overly facilitate the experience for them.  Otherwise, it is YOUR experience, is it not?  Perhaps the item "go outside and play with rocks and sticks and get back inside in time for dinner without any parental input" needs to be added to that happy summer list.[/quote]

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