Anytime is Learning Time!

From the PBSkids website:

This summer you can have double the fan and double the learning with PBS KIDS! Summertime is a great time to help your child explore new worlds, new characters and new ideas. Here are a few tips to help you keep the learning going all summer long.

• Share stories! Share a story with your child and ask him/her to share one with you- you'll build valuable literacy skills.

• It all adds up! You can build math skills during everyday errands like counting apples at the grocery store. 

• Take advantage of the great outdoors. Have your child record observations and build science and language skills at the same time. 

• Build a collection. You can practice categorizing, sorting and counting the items and writing labels for a display or scrapbook. 

• Make Something. Building anything, from a windsock to a play fort helps your child develop early engineering skills.

• Use Mealtime. Find letters and words on menus, compare prices, or think of words that rhyme with the tiems on the table. 

Cathy