Summer Bites
Glossary:
Oblivescence: forgetfulness, forgetting
Keep ‘em Busy
A month into summer now and the kids are getting bored? Here are two fun activities that can occupy them for more than a day and create memories:
- Broadway Babies. Have the kids write, produce and put on a play each month. Check out library books on plays and theater, and have them encourage friends to join in. If your kids are tech-savvy, let them create movies.
- Memory Makers. Start a summer scrapbook. Let youngsters take photos of anything their hearts desire, using a child’s digital or disposable camera. Have them work on scrapbooks each week. By summer’s end, they will have a keepsake.
Keep ‘em Smart
Unless the kids are in year-round school, the long summer break tends to be a time when what they learned in class gets forgotten. The Brain Quest Workbooks for pre-K to fourth-grade students are a way to help kids maintain their sills and learn new ones. The cover the three Rs along with science, social studies and other topics like “Time and Money” or “Fun and Games.”
