summer ambitions

[flea]

I'm all, like, crazy lately, so I;m making plans to keep up Casper's school learnin' over the summer. We attended the kickoff for the summer reading program at the library on Saturday (tap dancer! - get it - kickoff?) and then I came up with this in the car this morning (with kibbitzing from Casper, who picked Friday):

Math Mondays
* Money exercises
* Algebricks
* CRCT practice worksheets
* Abacus
* Wooden shape works
* Fractions (also works with cooking)

Music Tuesdays
* water in glasses to make a xylophone
* rhythms with Peter's drum
* what can we make a drum out of/kitchen musical instruments
* learn a new song (youtube, cd)

Postcard-Writing Wednesdays
* Grandparents
* Friend away for summer
* Mrs. B (girl scout leader moving away)
* Cousin R

Thursdays - TBD - I have two days to come up with something! Maybe cooking. Or bike practice.

French Fridays
* vocab
* Look for short videos online
* Look for stories online or at public library

Swimming Saturdays
* practice at the pool!

Science Sundays
* mentos and diet coke
* kite flying
* baking soda volcano
* measuring liquids
* work science lesson into house project (measuring, level)

Reading Everyday
* short books Casper reads to us (one a day)
* Long books to read out loud (as a family?)
o Rabbit Hill
o Final Spiderwick Book
o Misty of Chincoteague
o Little Princess
o fairy tales

We'll see how long it takes me to burn out. I figure I can make it two weeks...

Comments

[sedge]

Baking soda and vinegar can also be used to fill a balloon. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmzBf3XGsOE -- that guy has a bunch of fun kid science. (All this sort of thing falls smack in the middle of T's interests, you see.)