What do you do in the summer for math?

[bttrflyvld]

I'm looking for ideas for summer math.

 

For those who don't school year round: What do you have your kids do in the summer so they don't lose all their progress?

 

 

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[Miss Tick]

We always just continue on with our regular program, although not every day of the summer.

 

If that isn't what you are looking for, though, there are about a million other options to choose from (yay!) You could have them do some computer games - Times Attack and Prodigy both have, I think, limited free levels you could try. You could have a regular family math game time, searching for math games on the forum should turn up a bunch of old threads with lists. If you want something more workbook-y you could look at Miquon or the MM subject books and try a complementary approach to your regular Saxon.

 

It might be fun to incorporate a number of those things on different days of the week both for variety and so that it doesn't feel too much like school.

[OneStepAtATime]

Well, we usually continue our math program but in very short sessions only 3 days a week (like 10 min).  

 

However, if you wanted something different you should check out the resources here:

http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/499692-looking-to-do-some-relaxed-math-here-want-to-share-ideas/page-1

[wendyroo]

We don't really school year round.  Most of our curricula is scheduled around a 36ish week school year, so most of it reaches a natural pausing point in the summer.  We keep a school-lite routine during the summer whenever we aren't camping, going to my parents' cottage, attending zoo camp, etc., but most of our materials are fun supplements with lots of read alouds, art projects and outside science experiments.

 

Math is the one exception; we just keep on keeping on with our normal math programs.  The kids just begin the next level whenever they finish the previous, so in the summer they are normally in the middle of a math book.  We might only do math 4 or 5 days a week during the summer (as opposed to 6 or 7 the rest of the year), but otherwise I just find it easier to keep the kid plugging along through their normal math for 20-30 minutes a day.

 

Wendy

[PeterPan]

If you don't want to continue your regular program, you might like the Vacation Stations from BJU or the Daily Warm-ups books (math and problem solving) from Teacher Created Resources. I use the Daily Warm-ups with my ds and like them a lot.

[Petrichor]

You could try IXL for summer if you don't want to just start your next math level. 

 

[bttrflyvld]

We always just continue on with our regular program, although not every day of the summer.

 

If that isn't what you are looking for, though, there are about a million other options to choose from (yay!) You could have them do some computer games - Times Attack and Prodigy both have, I think, limited free levels you could try. You could have a regular family math game time, searching for math games on the forum should turn up a bunch of old threads with lists. If you want something more workbook-y you could look at Miquon or the MM subject books and try a complementary approach to your regular Saxon.

 

It might be fun to incorporate a number of those things on different days of the week both for variety and so that it doesn't feel too much like school.

Great ideas. Thanks!

 

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