COUNTDOWN TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY CALENDAR Did you know that the average child forgets so much over the summer that it can take up to 6 weeks of review in the Fall to catch up? Work on skills with your child over the summer, to help them avoid that loss of knowledge using the attached activity calendar. Have fun together as you help prepare them to return to school. :) Please read with your child daily. LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY is offering Paws to Read- a Summer Reading Club - June 9 to August 2 for students Ages 0 to 11. Go to your nearest library http://www.lapl.org/summer-reading/kids to sign up for the Summer Reading club and get your game board and free lanyard. The local library is a great resource for FREE, fun, family activities, and most libraries offer extra programming during the summer months! Ideas found on: www.teacherspayteachers.com Summer 2015 Calendar Attendance Improvement Program, Pupil Services
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COUNTDOWN TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY CALENDAR
Did you know that the average child forgets so much over the summer that it can take up to 6 weeks of review in the Fall to catch up?
Work on skills with your child over the summer, to help them avoid that loss of knowledge using the attached activity calendar.
Have fun together as you help prepare them to return to school. :)
Please read with your child daily.LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY is offering Paws to Read- a Summer Reading Club - June 9 to August 2 for students Ages 0 to 11. Go to your nearest library http://www.lapl.org/summer-reading/kids to sign up for the Summer Reading club and get your game board and free lanyard. The local library is a great resource for FREE, fun, family activities, and most libraries offer extra programming during the
summer months!
Ideas found on: www.teacherspayteachers.com Summer 2015 Calendar Attendance Improvement Program, Pupil Services
“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Print the letters in your child's name. Ask him or her to name three words that begin with each letter of the name.
Days until school: 74
Go outside with a bucket of water and a paint brush to "paint" your name, and to draw shapes and letters on the sidewalk with the water.Days until school: 73
7 8 9 10 11 12 13Have a pretend phone conversation with your child, asking what your child did yesterday, is doing today, and wants to do tomorrow.Days until school: 72
Plan a "TV Blackout" night. Instead of watching TV, read aloud, play games, or play outside with your child.
Days until school: 71
Help your child make a picture for someone special, showing what your child likes about this person.
Days until school: 70
Play music and dance with your child. Let your child use pots, pans, and spoons to create music.
Days until school: 69
Cut a magazine picture into several pieces. Put the puzzle back together again.
Days until school: 68
Sing a simple song with your child. Count the words that rhyme. Make up a new song of your own using words that rhyme.Days until school: 67
Go for a reading picnic under the stars. Take a flashlight, a snack, and a few favorite books to read outside.
Days until school: 66
14 15 16 17 18 19 20Do something special for someone else you love today.
Days until school: 65
Take a "counting" walk. Pick something to count (cars, signs, flowers, birds, bikes) and keep track of the number seen.
Days until school: 64
Play "Hide and Seek" with your child. Hide an object and give your child three easy-to-follow clues to find it.
Days until school: 63
Let your child help with a household chore today, setting the table, emptying the trash, or putting away the toys.
Days until school: 62
Read a book with your child. Have him/her draw a picture about something that happened in the story
Days until school: 61
Say the alphabet together. See if your child can you name the letters in your name.
Days until school: 60
Go somewhere you can play in the water today...a pool, a lake/river or in a sprinkler.
Days until school: 59
21 22 23 24 25 26 27Play the game “I Spy” with shapes. (i.e. “I spy something round with numbers on it”)
Days until school: 58
Practice your address and telephone number with your child.
Days until school: 57
Put your hand above, behind, and under a chair. Say each word as you do it.
Days until school: 56
What shape is your paper? Your table? An egg? The sun? Find 10 other objects and name their shapes.Days until school: 55
Have your child helpmake dinner today.
Days until school: 54
Have your child look in a mirror and name the features on his or her face. Ask your child what each part does.Days until school: 53
Do as many hops as you can on each foot.
Days until school: 52
28 29 30Write or copy your first and last name.
Days until school: 51
Count your steps as you walk from your bedroom to the kitchen.
Days until school: 50
Take your child outside with a bucket of water and a paint brush to paint words on the sidewalk with water.Days until school: 49
Ideas found on: www.teacherspayteachers.com Summer 2015 Calendar Attendance Improvement Program, Pupil Services
Tips for Summer Success: Read at least one book each day. Keep a daily journal with pictures or words that describe what you did each day. Look up a new word each day
in the dictionary and have your child write the word in their journal.