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Home » Six Must Read Tips for Continued Learning Through the Summer

Six Must Read Tips for Continued Learning Through the Summer

May 3, 2014 by L. E. Mastilock 1 Comment

As homeschoolers we want to continue learning through the summer months. If you’re kids are in school, you want to encourage learning and keep those skills they learned throughout the school year fresh. 

Keep kids learning during the summer while still having a ton of fun! 

Six Must Read Tips for Continued #Learning Through the #Summer. #kids #parenting #education #kidsfun

Educational Day Trips: 

Aquariums, museums, nature walks… view my list of local field trips for inspiration.

Take it (math) Outside

Create obstacle courses, draw chalk game boards and make up a game, draw a chalk grid with numbers or lay down a few hula hoops and toss bean bags, keep score, add totals, and or estimate how many times it will land in a certain number. Shoot squirt guns and measure how far the water can reach, jump off a swing and measure that distance. Figure out who has the best average. The possibilities are endless.

Make a Mess

Relax and don’t stress over mess. Let the kids play with paint or cut up cardboard to make their own creations to their hearts content, without anyone hovering, worrying about all the clean up.

Free Time

Give them plenty of unstructured time to get creative. For school kids that are used to their entire days being structured, it may be hard at first to find engaging activities, but leave that T.V. off and eventually the whining that they’re bored will stop and you’ll start to see creativity blossom. You may even be amazed at what they come up with! Especially if you have tools for fun readily available, we always have plenty of books, craft supplies, pulleys, magnets, cardboard, duct tape, and more. The inventions never cease around here!

Ask Your Child What He/She wants to Learn that they Don’t Normally Have Time For

Sewing, crochet, drawing, building, making, cooking? Let them take a class or better yet, show them how they can learn on their own. There are YouTube videos on practically everything, online tutorials, a friend or business nearby that would love an apprentice, and there’s always the library.

Be Inspiring

You know to be a good example and model polite behavior and healthy eating, but are you modeling active learning and following your own passions? What is something you’ve always wanted to learn? Let your kids see you trying new skills, researching, trying, failing, and trying again. Let them see the joy of accomplishment when you make some headway! Don’t forget to share with me about your new experiences!

ART, SCIENCE AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR BUDDING INNOVATORS

 

I just found out about these Bay Area Innovative Summer Camps that are fantastic! Not your average camp, the purpose is not only to have fun and learn, but to create lifelong learners and innovators! Were these designed by me?

http://www.sandytoescreations.com/p/disclosure-policy.htmlGalileo Summer Camps Innovative kids

Galileo Summer Camps

Discount offered below!
Every year, Galileo sees experience fire campers’ imaginations and literally change their way of relating to learning. Galileo’s mission: to nurture and inspire a daring new generation of fearless innovators.

Galileo camps teach pre-K – 8th graders to be
innovators who explore, create and fail without fear.
Galileo is a
summer camp experience kids love, that has a deep and lasting
educational impact parents appreciate.

• Nebulas: pre-K to K
• Stars: 1st and 2nd graders
• Supernovas: 3rd to 5th graders

(scroll down for Summer Quest 5th-8th graders)

Galileo introduces rich, riveting new themes to inspire budding innovators. 

Each theme combines art, science and outdoor activities around a whimsical week-long narrative that’s crafted to keep kids giggling and engaged.

This year features four fresh themes, each adapted for three different age groups. The themes are created together with Galileo’s fabulous curriculum partners at Klutz, The de Young Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation and The Chabot Space & Science Center.

• Adventures Down Under: Art & Science of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
• Galileo Road Trip: Art & Engineering along Route 66
• The Incredible Human Body: Art & Science of Being Human
• Leonardo’s Apprentice: Inventions & Art of the Renaissance

*You can find more information on each theme and activities by age range on the Galileo site.
Over 40 Bay Area locations.

For the big kids:

Summer Quest 5th-8th Grade

Kids can explore their budding passions and dig deeper into what they love.


Each week of summer camp is a deep dive during which campers explore and express their own personal vision as part of a community of innovators.

Whether the major is new or familiar, the opportunities for innovation are endless.

Galileo #SummerCamps Innovative #kids #bayarea
My readers get $30 off with Promo code 2014INNOVATE if you sign up for Galileo camps by May 31st!
For a chance to win a free week of summer camp, sign up for Galileo’s monthly newsletter a the bottom of their web page.



Filed Under: Homeschool, Kids & Family Tagged With: education, Great Local Places, Life, reviews, unschooling

About L. E. Mastilock

Author, Artist, Pro Blogger, and Social Media Manager. I encourage parents to nurture children through art and nature. I homeschool my kids and advocate for alternative education, creativity, family values, clean eating, rescue pets, and a playful childhood.
I blog at naturalparentguide.com & RascalandRocco.com

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  1. Heidi says

    May 4, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    I love the idea that you included asking what your child wants to learn that they normally don't have time for, this encourages them to try new things as well as feel actively involved in the decision. Thanks for the sharing!

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