Sneaking in School on the Go

With the holidays coming up it is easy for children to forget about school. For elementary school students they need to continuously keep up their, math, writing, science and reading skills over break. As parents it is easy to help your children during breaks. Here are 4 different ways you can help your children keep up with their studies:

1. Pretend to play school: The child would want to be the teacher at first but then you could give them math work sheets. Children love to play pretend. You can take advantage of keeping their imagination going.  
2. Read: Anytime you have down time you could read to your child. You could read to your child in the car while you are traveling to different family houses. Your child could also read independently before bed. It is important to help build your child’s vocabulary.
3. Cook together: An extra pair of hands in the kitchen is not a bad thing. Your child could help you cook and they could learn while doing it. Children learn by doing. Cooking involves math by measuring each ingredient. Also it could help with their vocabulary by reading the ingredients or reading from a cook book.
4. Homemade cards:  Grandparents and other family members would love to receive homemade cards. This would allow your child to be creative but also work on their writing skills.

Learning can be fun and hands on. Everything we do in our lives which involve math, writing, reading and science so we should encourage our children to do the same.  This will help with the child’s education as well as a bonding experience between the two of you.