Today, I've enlisted the help of my sister and my niece. They love to make book review videos on YouTube, and I figured since it's review day, that I could feature one of their videos. So check out this cute review of Caterina and the Lemonade Stand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp640kgfFh4
Do you make your kids work of over summer break? I do. But it's not what you think. I'm not breaking any child labor laws--don't worry. :) What I'm talking about is not making my kids earn an extra buck here and there (although they do like to do that at Grandma's house!). Instead, it's about teaching them the value of hard work, avoiding summer learning loss, and teaching them that it's not okay to be lazy. I usually have to go round after them doing everything again as they're not as thorough as I like to be, for example…
If you've been a loyal follower for a while, you have probably had the opportunity to check out my post from last summer entitled Avoid the Summer Slide: Review Packets Worth Investing In. Just to review, I emphasized the importance of avoiding the "summer slide"--the loss in knowledge that occurs over summer break due to lack of continued review and stimulation. Because of that, we spend so much more time in school reviewing concepts when we could be moving forward. Here at Making the Most, we try to keep the summer slide at bay by investing in some inexpensive review packets…
Well if you don't already know, Take Your Child to Work Day is next week. I had completely forgotten about this concept until I got married, and my husband's daughters went with their mom to work. Now that my oldest daughter is 8, she gets to participate as well. Right now I'm working on a schedule for her day at home as well as a questionnaire that will help her get the most out of her day with me. I've seen a lot of opinions for and against Take Your Child to Work Day. If you're against it, fine. If…
I spent quite a while this past month searching for a summer packet for the kids. Now before you think I'm crazy, I don't make them do schoolwork all summer. If you saw my last post, you know I love to fit in lots of fun. But I also hate to think that my kids missed out on great learning opportunities and fell behind just because I decided to let them completely veg out over the summer. Must be the importance of education that my grandma ingrained in my head. So finally I came across some great packets that I…