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Dangerous Wonder
Jul. 18, 2009
Jumpstarting Their Minds
My previous post spoke of my children needing to be rebooted, if you will, from the summer brain drain of no structure. This week I decided to do just one thing each day to help their minds reactivate. Although Monday and Tuesday I was battling the syndrome I spoke of in previous post and decided to start this effort on Wed.
Here's what we did:
Monday ~ We came home from vacation and unpacked our stuff, mowed the lawn and what not.
Tuesday ~ We harvested lettuce and beets, played outside and canned beets. The kids were very scarce during that, I don't think they liked the smell very much!
Wednesday ~ I read two short chapters in our God's Design for Life series Botany book. It was on roots and we then went in the garden and I showed them carrot roots and some bulbs that I hadn't planted soon enough, but thought why not plant them anyway! Ha! They also remembered seeing the beets we pulled the previous day.
Thursday ~ We played Math Bingo. Thank you Target Dollar Spot! We refreshed our brains with some flashcards, then played a couple of rounds. The older two did a one game face-off of War with the flashcards. It was great to see them get back into thinking like that!
Friday ~ We went to the Library to redeem their points from the reading program there. They got some nice prizes and more motivation to keep reading for the next 2 weeks to see if they can get the top prize. We also checked out lots more books and discovered new series for them to get excited about. They were the epitome of book worms that day!
Saturday ~ We have been watching tv, reading, rollerblading/biking (the girls) and just relaxing..my son was sick all night with the stomach flu. So I've been doing laundry, catching up on my neglected blogs and cooking some Black Bean soup for tonight's dinner. Can't say today was much of jumpstarting their brains, but we've enjoyed some togetherness time.
I think doing a little bit of learning each day will help us when we start school up again full time.
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Aug. 2, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Watch us have like twenty 90 degree days in September when everyone goes back to school. We'll be studying at the beach :)!