Day 178 - Summer Literacy and Math Activities - Principal Dressler - Memorial School

This post first appeared on Principal Dressler's Blog

Besides visiting the library and reading books, websites, apps, and games are great ways to reinforce literacy skills over the summer!

Websites

The following is a list of websites with interactive literacy and thinking activities
for children of all ages.

https:// www.iready.com (until Aug. 15th)

https://www.abcya.com

https://www.storylineonline.net

https://www.nationalgeographic.com

https://www.starfall.com

https://kahoot.com

Apps

This list of suggested free apps that will have children practicing their reading,
memory, and thinking and reasoning skills…

Trivia Crack MeeGenius

Chicktionary Learn with Homer

Heads Up The Opposites

Tikatok StorySpark Professor Garfield Fact or Opinion

One-minute reader (small fee)

Board Games

Fun for the whole family!

Spot It! (any version) I Have (Play ‘n Learn System) Blurt

Respond! Word Game WordTeasers (Small Fry) Boggle

Hedbandz Memory (any version) Last Word

Morphology Jr. Scrabble (any version) Apples to Apples

Pairs in Pears Guess Who (any version) Hangman

Don’t Say It Rory’s Story Cubes Taboo for Kids BuzzWord Jr. American Trivia Family Edition
Freeze Up

Smart Mouth Wild Guess Chase Guesstures

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Burlington Summer

MATH FUN!

Children need to develop prerequisite skills* that are non-mathematical which helps develop mathematical concepts. The summertime is the perfect time to develop these skills. When children play with games and toys, they are naturally engaged in learning many of these prerequisite skills and eventually these skills will transfer to academic settings in the area of Mathematics and Science.

So...take some time out this summer and play a game with your child!

*The prerequisite skills are:

 
• sequencing
• spatial orientation/ space organization
• pattern recognition
• visualization
• estimation
• deductive thinking and inductive thinking

General guideline for choosing good games:

1. Games should be based on strategy
2. Games should last 10 to 15 minutes
3. Games should have 1 or more than 1 prerequisite skills

Sample Games

Simon Cribbage Concentration Rummikub Guess Who Blokus Set Mastermind Yahtzee Mancala Legos Battleship Chess

Checkers Othello Chinese Checkers Jigsaw Puzzles Number war Games Card Games Stratego Quarto Qubic Krypto Shut the Box Connect Four Rush Hour

Adapted from Mahesh Sharma: Mathematics for All: Center for Teaching  www.mathematicsforall.org