Donna Kaye, ELS
July
2015
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LITERACY
Mon
Tue
Schools out! Are your kids bored already?
Wed
1
Limit your child’s TV
and screen time to
start a summer scrapbook of handwritten
one hour per day.
stories, photos, drawings and collections to
Get outside!
represent all the non-boring fun your family has!
a skipping rope
like a
“tightrope”
to practice
balancing.
12 Use
chalk to draw
a hopscotch game on
6
7
8
9
First: Fill assorted
Next: Take your ice
Last: Take a photo
B
U
plastic containers
shapes outdoors to
before your castle
with coloured water
build a castle in the
melts and write (or
then put in freezer.
shade of a big tree.
dictate) a story.
13
14
P
Make different
15 Sing
as you clean
I
L
D
16 Going
to the park?
letters using your
your outdoor toys!
Bring binoculars, a
body. Can you make
“This is the way we
magnifying tool, and
L
jump from square to
A
the first letter in
wash our bike, wash
some paper and
square as you count.
Y
your name?
our bike…”
crayons for rubbings.
21
22 Set
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Trace your
20 Grab
a stick to
Ask your child:
body on
write letters
the sidewalk
in
“What’s on
then label
the
your mind?”
your body parts!
sand.
26
Heading to the
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beach? Tuck a sketch Read
this
pad and pencil into
the beach bag. What
captures your eye?
book
up a reading
28
Take the board
Tongue twisters
tent under a shade
help your child
tree in the backyard
become sensitive to
or throw a blanket
sounds in words.
over the picnic table.
29
Help your child
Fri
3
Put a piece of fruit
about the different
your child to paint a
foods you buy. Use
picture of it.
descriptive words.
10 Take
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a photo of
E
parents with a quote
A
from your child.
D
17 Sort
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shells by size,
shape, or colour.
family fun and lively
-she finds at the
A
conversations.
beach or campsite
D
Reading should be a
Go to the library.
24
Sally sells seashells
by the seashore.
How many seashells
does Sally sell?
every garden flag you
E
“I want that book!”
choice, not a chore.
Linger and read
-he sees on a hike
R
and send it to grand-
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picnic table for some
Visit the farmers’
market and talk
R
make lists of things:
4
the table and invite
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games out to the
Sat
or some flowers on
your child painting
the sidewalk then
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www.familyspace.ca
Thu
2
Grab a potato and read this lively book then
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see on your walk in
the neighborhood.
25
Going on a hike?
Ask for a trail map
to boost your child’s
interest and map
reading skills.