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\"Summer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOne good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.” -Unknown<\/p>\n

Summer is here! Whether our children attend preschool, private school, public school, or homeschool, there are things that we can all do during the summer to make it an enjoyable, growing time in our children\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Summer truly proves the quote above\u2013that one good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. We have our children home all summer\u2013either with us if we work at home or stay home with younger children or at home while we are working. Either way, we have all summer to be their \u201cschoolmasters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I have a variety of topics to share with you concerning summer. Here is a sneak preview of some of them:<\/p>\n

1. Scheduling your summer days (A schedule? If you have kids sleeping \u2018til noon, you would be surprised how much more time you can have with your kids and how much you can get done, if you just had a semi-scheduled summer!)<\/p>\n

2. Helping your struggling reader\u2014this will be multi-posted. From helping your young, struggling \u201cword caller\u201d (with phonics, reading together, and more) to helping your child go from word calling to fluency to helping your children build their comprehension skills this summer so that when they attack various types of materials this fall at school, they will understand and retain better than ever. My master\u2019s work is in reading specialist\u2014and teaching reading, comprehension, writing, and language arts are my true loves!<\/p>\n

3. \u201cLosing\u201d academic skills in the summer? Which children really need academics in the summer?<\/p>\n

4. Summer \u201cskills\u201d books vs instruction? How do you know what your child really needs this summer?<\/p>\n

5. Reading aloud and summer library time\u2014of course!<\/p>\n

6. Penmanship helps\u2014improve your child\u2019s penmanship this summer in just a few minutes a day.<\/p>\n

7. Math drill\u2014get a simple, no nonsense math drill that will keep your kids\u2019 skills sharp all year long.<\/p>\n

8. Relationship building in the summer\u2014especially with those older kids who are home from college for the summer!<\/p>\n

9. Implementing those things that you always say you\u2019re going to do and always want to do but that do not happen during the school year!<\/p>\n

10. Much more!<\/p>\n

I will try to move quickly so that we will be through them all in a few weeks, so you will still have a good six weeks to work on things that are suggested, if you decide you need to. Thanks for joining us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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