Gwinnett County Public Schools
Recıpes for Success
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MARCH 2012
Practical Activities to Help Your Child Succeed
READING
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let your chil
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pictures for
SCIENCE
Sudsy Sailin
g
Your youngster
can experimen
t with science
foam boat.
by using dish so
ap to power a
Ingredients: fo
am plate, scisso
rs, liquid dish de
Have your youn
tergent
gster make a “b
oat” by cutting
plate. She shou
a triangle from
ld cut a V-shap
the center of th
ed notch on th
back of the bo
e shortest side
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at).
of
the triangle (the
Fill a sink with
water. Let your
ch
Then, ask her
to put one drop ild put the boat in the water
. It will float.
of dish detergen
V-shaped notch
t in the water w
is. The boat will
here the
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p
ac
ross the water!
What happened
? Surface tensio
nm
top of the water
. The soap caus akes the water molecules stic
k
es the droplets
to separate, redu together on
cing the surfac
e
tension. As the
molecules
push away from
each
other, the boat
moves faster.
THINKING
Block ’Em
Refrigerator Poster
Just hang your Recipes poster on
the refrigerator and sneak in an
activity when you have a few
minutes. These fun activities will
help develop school success and
positive behavior. Check off each
box as you complete the “recipe.”
Help build your
youngster’s logi
c and
thinking skills
with this game.
Ingredients: gr
aph paper, penc
il, colored pencils
Make a box wit
or crayons
h six rows and
six columns on
Have each play
graph paper.
er choose a diffe
rent-colored pe
or crayon.
ncil
Take turns colo
ring in one or
two squares
on the grid. If
you choose to
color two
squares, they m
us
up and down or t be touching, either
diagonally). Th side to side (but not
e winner is the
person
who colors the
last square.
Idea: Change th
e rules so the ob
ject is to
not be the pers
on who colors
the last square
.
MATH
ath fun with
Make practicing m
ardy. Give your
this version of Jeop
a math problem,
child an answer to
me up with the
and see if he can co
You say, “When
question. Example:
mber by 7, the
you divide this nu
uld respond,
answer is 8.” He wo
turns
“What is 56?” Take
giving each other
answers and figuring out the
questions.
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SAFETY
Talk with your
youngster abou
t
ways for her to
stay safe in the
kitchen. Togeth
er,
rules (“Use the come up with
stove only with
an
adult,” “Don’t
put aluminum
foil in
the microwave”
). Suggest
that she make
safety
signs and
hang them
on the
refrigerator.
Recıpes for Success
Practical Activities to Help Your Child Succeed
MARCH 2012
READING
Have your child
co
characters from mpare main
two different bo
oks.
Can she think
of three ways th
ey
are alike and th
ree ways they ar
e
different? Then
, ask her to im
agine that the ch
aracters are in
each other’s st
ories. How
would the
stories
change?
MATH
Target Practice
ills as he
build basic math sk
Your youngster will
number.
tries to hit a target
ils
of dice, paper, penc
an equation
Ingredients: pair
e numbers to write
re
th
e
us
to
is
e
m
the total. He
The object of the ga ayer rolls two dice and writes down
pl
ch
that equals 30. Ea
es.
tim
e
re
th
is
th
does
number sentence
he tries to create a
d,
lle
ro
s
m
su
e
re
vision) that equals
Then, using the th
lication, and/or di
tip
ul
m
n,
io
ct
ra
bt
) scores a point.
(using addition, su
(without going over
30
to
st
se
clo
es
ayer to get 10
30. Whoever com
tly 30. The first pl
ac
ex
ng
tti
ge
r
fo
t
Give a bonus poin
the number
points wins.
d 3, he could write
an
9,
6,
a
lls
ro
er
write 8 × 4
MEMORY
Example: If a play
8, and 4, he might
2,
r
Fo
.
27
=
9
+
3
lp cement
×
6
ce
en
sent
Mnemonics can he
gster’s mind.
– 2 = 30.
facts in your youn
member when
For instance, to re
and when to use
to use “principal”
tell himself that
“principle,” he can
school is his “pal.”
the “principal” at
d him that the
“FACE” can remin
e
musical notes on th
e
bl
tre
e
th
spaces of
clef are F, A, C, E.
Congratulations!
We finished
activities together on this poster.
Signed (parent or adult family member)
Signed (child)
FITNESS
Before electricity was used in
homes, families entertained themselves
without computers, TV, and video
games. With your child, make a list of
five ways he can have
active fun. For instance,
he could do jumping
jacks or play with a
hula hoop.
Chaorrancetrer
C
■ HONESTY
Does your youngster know what
to say if he gets a gift he doesn’t
like? Practice truthful but polite responses,
such as “Blue is my favorite color.”
Responses like these can help avoid hurt
feelings while letting your child be honest.
■ RESOURCEFULNESS
Your youngster will be more resourceful if you let her make decisions
whenever possible. For instance, she
might decide which outfit to wear for a field
trip. If she needs help, ask questions to guide
her. Example: “It’s cold outside—will that
jacket be warm enough?”
■ COURAGE
Together, make a list of jobs that require
courage (airplane pilot, firefighter) and why.
Then, ask your youngster to think of things
he has done that take courage. Perhaps he helped a friend who was
being bullied or learned how to
swim even though he was afraid.
WRITING
Have your ch
ild tr y to use
p
or treating n
ouns as if th ersonification,
ey were
people, in h
er w
noun, and se riting. Name a
e if she can
write a sente
nce using
personificatio
n. Examples: “The w
ind sang
through the
tree
“The news tr s.”
aveled
quickly.”
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