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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids are 5 and 8. Preschool and Day camp - all day, every day.

Older child is doing the county library reading program and summer swim team (5x 30 min per week)

Younger child did 2 weeks of swim lessons and gets 2x a week swimming just for fun in the evening.

Both kids work on their summer learning goals for 10-15 min per day. They make up the curriculum with me and we make a poster that we check off as we go.

Rising K asked us to learn how to read, so we are working on the book “How to Teach Your Child to read in 100 easy lessons”. He does 5 Khan lessons or 5 short math worksheets to be like his brother. He practices handwriting because he LOVES to make signs and cards and is constantly asking us to spell things for him and then crying when he gets letters backwards.

Rising 3rd grader asked to read 1 chapter book per week and have a parent read the same one. We want him to work on his writing, so he does a writing prompt or writes 3-5 sentences as a letter to a friend or relative once each week. He wants to learn all the state capitals, so we do 5 new ones each week at dinner and also learn facts about the states as a family. He is working on his multiplication tables - but we’re slacking a bit on that because it’s part of 3rd grade coming up.

Nothing happens if they don’t do their summer learning and we don’t cajole or remind them. If they do meet their goals, they get small prizes each week. Adults in our home have summer goals too that we work towards and show the kids our progress towards our reading and workout goals or getting better at our hobbies. [/quote]

So kewl  :roll: [/quote]

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