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MATH

* Use purchases at stores and restaurants as teachable moments for kids:

* Figure out cash needed for sale, tip, etc.

*Practice fractions by doubling a recipe or building something.

* Run a lemonade stand or help with a garage sale.

* Play card games- Multiplication Wars, Speed, Garbage

Play games- Zeus on the Loose, Yahtzee, Monopoly

Reading/Writing/Spelling

• Independent reading – 30min/day

• Join a summer reading program at the library.

• Listen to audiobooks in the car.

• Make a scavenger hunt.

• Madlibs

• Keep a summer journal.

History/Science

• Look online for simple science experiments to do at home.

• Ask kids science questions-What kind of rock is this? Why does the sun set earlier?

• Watch the History Channel.

• Watch movies with historical backgrounds.

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June 12, 2018

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