Help-at-Home Activities

Help-At-Home Activities- June/July/August

Take your child to the library and pick out books to read aloud together.

Write a 4-line poem about summer together.

Name things in the kitchen that begin with S.

Think of something you would use at the beach that begins with each letter in SUMMER.

Do 4 math problems using something in your kitchen. Example: 6 beans minus 4 beans equals 2 beans.

Write the word AUGUST. Think of 2 more words using the letters found in August.  Example gust, tag, gut

Talk about where it would be fun to spend the 4th of July.

Plan a dream vacation together.

Say the Pledge of Allegiance with your child.

Have your child draw a summer picture. Cover it with plastic wrap and use it as a place mat.

Bake cookies with your child. Share them with someone who might be sick or lonely.

Let your child help write the weekly grocery list.

Make a list of 10 places you have visited or would like to visit.

Sing the national anthem together. You might try and find a recording of it.

Make a poster for 4th of July.

Tell the funniest thing that happened to each of your this year.

Make a birthday card for a friend or relative.

Take about a half hour and watch a TV show together. Discuss the show.

Help your child learn to read an outdoor thermometer. Then record the temperature for a week.

Plan a menu for an evening meal together. Go to the grocery store to buy the items needed.

Draw and decorate a calendar for August. Hang it on the refridgerator and mark off each date.

Help your child look up a friend's number in the phone book.

Let your child answer the next phone call. Talk about proper phone manners.

Take turns telling about foods that are "yucky."

Discuss junk food" and why it should be avoided when at all possible.

Ask your child to tell you what he/she knows about drugs.

Make a list of red things together.

Take a walk together. It's a wonderful way to communicate.

Write friendship notes to each member of the family.

Ask your child to complete this:  The summer sun brings...

Go birdwatching together. Find and identify at least 4 different birds.

Discuss the importance of Independance Day with your child. 

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