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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 2nd grader.

I get home at 5:30.  We eat dinner immediately (husband has already picked up son and made dinner.)  If it's daylight, we go out for 30-45 minutes to get more exercise (very high energy kid).   He's gotten some exercise at aftercare, but I find he does best with more if I can squeeze it in.

Then we sit down to homework.  That can be 1/2 hour's worth, between school and a heritage language class he takes on Saturdays. Plus printing practice.  His handwriting is pretty bad.

Then we read before bed for 1/2 hour.  Like PP, I include something educational.  He happens to LOVE history, so that's easy, but we read things like Little House books, and other nature/farm oriented books because he loves those.  He also likes science, so we read a lot of that.  It's a mix of his reading to me, and vice versa, depending on the difficulty level.

Since he loves American history so much, we spent this summer touring local sites like Williamsburg, Gettysburg, Ft. McHenry, the Lincoln Memorial, etc.

I do intermittent science projects with him on weekends, especially in the winter with shorter days.  Rock and Gem Digs, water purification kits, make solar vehicles, ant farms, snap circuits, levitation kits, crystal growing, etc.  Then I try to find a kid's science book about the science behind whatever he did, to add to the reading and the learning aspect.  The Wacky Lab toys at Toys R Us are fun, and there are several nice science-related toys at Barnes and Noble.

Museum visits, too.  We've done both air and space a million times and the Natural History museum as well. Native American Museum is also a big hit. And the zoo.  We live at the zoo.  I'm going to add art in this year because we've neglected that. And a trip or two to the planetarium.

You know your kids and what they find interesting.  Use those interests as a basis and build fun educational activities around them.  It doesn't have to be daily or even weekly.  But I do find a little planning to match a book to an activity or museum visit is a very good way to maximize learning. [/quote]

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