summer 2015 - daily learning planner - middle school
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o 1. Encourage your child to start a collection. Collecting is a good way to build budgeting and organization skills.
o 2. Give your child a notebook to use as a journal. Have her record her goals for the summer.
o 3. Ask your child to figure out how old he would be on Mercury. Mercury’s year is equal to 88 Earth days.
o 4. Make your child the family “saver” this week. Have her watch the paper for good sales.
o 5. Invite your child’s friends over for a paperback book exchange.
o 6. Let your child plan an entire meal, as long as he includes important food groups. Then cook it together.
o 7. Have your child estimate how long it will take you to walk a mile or a kilometer together. Then do it, and see how close her estimate was.
o 8. Ask your child what she’d like to change about the world.
o 9. Ask your child to imagine what life was like without electricity. How did people get the latest news?
o 10. Brainstorm with your child about words. Pick a word such as fast. How many other words can he think of that mean the same thing?
o 11. Look at a map of the United States with your child. Point to a region she’s never visited. What does she know about it?
o 12. Have your child write the lyrics to his favorite song in his journal.
o 13. Teach your child how to read a road map.
o 14. Bring pen and paper on a nature walk with your child. Write down questions that come up. Have her find answers at the library or online.
o 15. While watching TV together, pay attention to the commercials. Discuss how persuasive they are.
o 16. Turn on music your child likes. Exercise to the beat together.
o 17. Let your child make a decision for the family today.
o 18. Gather the family and play a board game. Serve a snack.
o 19. Talk with your child about maturing. Give him new responsibilities.
o 20. Have your child write step-by-step instructions for something. Follow them exactly. Do they work?
o 21. How many ways can your child come up with to make a dollar using different combinations of coins?
o 22. Encourage your child to think about abstract concepts, such as freedom, faith and character.
o 23. Look through pictures of your child when she was in elementary school. Talk about ways she’s grown.
o 24. Discuss ways you and your child could handle disagreements differently.
o 25. If you or your child could live in any time—past, present or future—when would it be? Tell each other why.
o 26. Let your child be an archeologist. What might he say about the people in your home, based on what he finds there?
o 27. What 10 things would your child want on a deserted island? Why?
o 28. Challenge your child to create a recipe and write it down.
o 29. Tell a story with your child. Take turns adding sentences.
o 30. Ask your child to build an intricate structure with toothpicks and glue.
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June 2015 Daily Learning Planner: Ideas Parents Can Use to Help Students Do Well in School—Try a New Idea Every Day!
June • July • August 2015
Odyssey School Parental InvolvementMrs.Priser, [email protected]
July 2015 Daily Learning Planner: Ideas Parents Can Use to Help Students Do Well in School—Try a New Idea Every Day!
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August 2015
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o 1. Keep a supply of comic books, magazines and novels in a bag for pool, sports and car trips.
o 2. Have your child make a map of your neighborhood, including as many landmarks as possible.
o 3. Start a good habit with your child.
o 4. Tell your child three reasons why being with him makes you happy.
o 5. Give your child a cereal box. If she eats one serving a day for 25 days, how many calories will she consume?
o 6. Say to your child, “If there’s anything you want to talk about, I’ll listen.”
o 7. Ask your child to name two ways he could be a better friend.
o 8. Watch a history, biography or nature TV show with your child.
o 9. Ask your child to recommend a book for you to read.
o 10. Write your child a note. Scramble the letters of each word and challenge her to decode it.
o 11. Ask your child to tell you about an article in the newspaper every day this week.
o 12. A child is never too old for reading aloud. Read to your child today.
o 13. Have a Predictions Day. Take turns predicting things such as the time it will take to fix dinner, or what will happen at the end of the book.
o 14. Eat at least one meal as a family today. Turn the TV off and talk.
o 15. Save your next five grocery receipts. Ask your child to calculate the average amount you spent on food.
o 16. Encourage your child to learn how to say hello, please, thank you and excuse me in another language.
o 17. Does your child have a strong opinion about something? Encourage him to find facts to support his viewpoint.
o 18. When you’re with your child, don’t fill every minute with talk. Silence can speak louder than words.
o 19. Ask your child what she likes best about each of her friends.
o 20. Have your child practice persuasive writing. Ask him to write you a letter to get you to change your mind about something.
o 21. Go for a walk or a jog with your child. Stretch your muscles first.
o 22. Serve food from a foreign country. Can your child find it on a map?
o 23. Ask your child to share the funniest thing that happened today.
o 24. Spread out a deck of cards face down. Take turns drawing two cards. How many can you and your child match?
o 25. Let your child stay up a little later tonight to read in bed by flashlight.
o 26. Watch a funny movie with your child today or share a book of jokes.
o 27. As you drive, talk about traffic safety with your child.
o 28. Talk to your child about the importance of thinking things through before making decisions.
o 29. Get up early and watch the sunrise with your child.
o 30. Listen to classical music with your child today. See how many instruments you can identify.
o 31. Let your child overhear you bragging about her.
o 1. Tell your child that you truly believe he can be successful.
o 2. Have your child check her list of summer goals. Help her make plans to achieve some of them.
o 3. Challenge your child to find out more about your community’s history.
o 4. Listen actively to your child today. Make eye contact. Ask questions about what he says.
o 5. Have your child make a comic book version of a book she’s read.
o 6. With your child, pick an important news event to follow for a day or two. Talk about what you each have learned.
o 7. Make up questions about articles in the newspaper. Use a timer to see how fast your child can find the answers.
o 8. Explore an old cemetery with your child. Talk about the time periods on the headstones.
o 9. Watch a movie about space exploration with your child.
o 10. Can your child define a metaphor (you are my sunshine) and a simile (the star is like a diamond)? Look them up in the dictionary together.
o 11. Volunteer to take your child and his friends to an activity.
o 12. Ask your child to write a story and make her favorite animal the hero.
o 13. Ask your child to figure out how often his heart beats in a minute. Count beats for 15 seconds. Multiply by four.
o 14. Give your child a budget for back-to-school clothes shopping.
o 15. Keep a bowl of crunchy vegetables in the refrigerator. If you make it easy, your child may eat more healthy foods.
o 16. Help your child establish a “study nook” for the new school year.
o 17. Think about what your child has done responsibly. Praise her for it.
o 18. Is your child sad or anxious? Ask, “How can I help?”
o 19. Quiz your child on state capitals.
o 20. Recognize effort, not just results. Praise your child for persistence.
o 21. Give your child two grocery items, and tell him to keep track of their prices for a month. What is the price trend?
o 22. At the library, encourage your child to check out a book on mythology.
o 23. Make a family bulletin board. Post school information there.
o 24. Encourage your child to take a stand against cruelty. Teach her to treat everyone with respect.
o 25. Ask your child to share his favorite magazine or song with you. Ask why he likes it.
o 26. What is your child’s career goal? Brainstorm with her about things she can do in the coming school year to advance that goal.
o 27. Give your child a book that explains physical development. Talk about any questions he may have.
o 28. Work on a hobby with your child.
o 29. Establish a reasonable bedtime for your child.
o 30. Ask your child to write down the temperature at the same time each day for a week. Have her figure out the average temperature.
o 31. Review the highs and lows of the last school year. Discuss with your child ways this year could be better.
Daily Learning Planner: Ideas Parents Can Use to Help Students Do Well in School—Try a New Idea Every Day!