Today is the start of "summer school" in the Mattila household. I posted about these books last year around this time and had to shout my praises of them again this year.
I love these books!! The boys each have one and they are so easy to do. The book is broken down into 3 sections, one for each month of summer vacation. The nice part about this series is that the boys don't really even feel like they are doing a ton of work because it breaks down into one page per day (not on weekends). The books also come with flashcards that we will do twice per week as well. The beginning of the series is a review of what they have learned this past year in school. The end of the series starts applying new material that they will learn next year at school. Each month comes with a contract that we all sign with a reward at the end for completing that month's worksheets. It makes for a nice incentive to finish your work without complaining to mom. I can't recommend this learning tool enough. If you have kids/grandkids check out the Summerbridge link that I have on the left.
Also this summer we are journaling about our day. Each night the boys and I (yes, I am doing it too) will write (draw in Tyler's case) a quick journal entry titled... "My favorite thing I did today was..." Nothing to long or time consuming, but it keeps the older boys writing all summer and it will be a fun way to look back at the end of summer vacation to see what we did.
So there you go, the summer learning begins today. Will keep you posted on some of the more interesting journal entries.
