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Summer
solutions:
Ideas
for
keeping
the
learning
going
during
the
summer
months
Summertime
and
the
living
is
easy.
That
is
unless
you
are
a
parent
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
occupy
your
children
over
the
long
summer
recess.
If
you
are
a
working
parent,
you
likely
have
the
nagging
concern
about
who
will
supervise
your
children
and
what
they’ll
be
doing
while
you
are
at
work.
For
parents
who
are
home
with
their
children,
the
concern
can
be
how
to
motivate
them
to
keep
active
and
involved.
Following
are
some
suggestions
that
families
of
elementary-age
children
have
used
with
success
during
the
summer
months
to
keep
their
children
supervised,
active
and
learning.
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At
the
beginning
of
the
summer,
sit
down
with
your
children
and
talk
about
the
types
of
fun
activities
they
would
like
to
do.
Gather
up
summer
arts
and
music
schedules,
information
about
local
sporting
events,
pamphlets
about
local
points
of
interest
and
day
trips
(all
available
at
local
malls,
supermarkets,
libraries
and
chambers
of
commerce)
to
jump
start
your
discussion.
If
there
is
preplanning
involved,
enlist
your
children’s
help
in
gathering
necessary
information,
making
reservations,
preparing
lists
and
shopping
for
supplies.
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Make
reading
part
of
your
children’s
summer
routine
and
try
making
a
trip
to
the
library
a
regularly
scheduled
part
of
your
week.
While
at
the
library,
find
out
what
exciting,
enriching
and
free
summertime
opportunities
are
available
for
your
children.
-
Start
a
summer
scrapbook.
At
the
beginning
of
the
summer,
give
children
disposable
cameras
and
notebooks
for
recording
information
about
summer
activities
(vacations,
camp,
time
spent
with
friends).
Set
aside
a
regular
date
(one
afternoon/evening
each
week)
to
create
a
page
or
two
of
summer
memories
using
their
photos,
text
and
any
other
mementos
they
have
collected.
Inexpensive
scrapbooks
and
other
supplies
(stickers,
colored
paper,
glue
and
other
adhesives,
photo
corners)
are
readily
available
at
craft
and
discount
stores.
Scrapbooking
is
a
wonderful
way
to
help
children
preserve
their
own
history,
to
express
themselves
creatively
and
to
practice
such
skills
as
writing
and
drawing.
-
Keep
the
learning
going.
Just
because
it’s
summer
doesn’t
mean
learning
has
to
stop.
There
are
many
local
colleges
and
service
agencies
that
offer
a
wide
variety
of
programs
for
elementary
students
during
the
summer.
Academic
enrichment
programs
range
from
sports
camps
or
outdoor
adventures
to
journalism,
music,
art,
computer
skills,
science
and
math
programs
and
more.
For
some
great
summer
academic
enrichment
programs,
visit
the
2002
Edition
of
"Summer
Programs
at
New
York
Colleges
for
Kids
8-18"
online
at
www.summeroncampus.com
or
inquire
at
the
local
YMCA,
Girls
Incorporated,
Boys
&
Girls
Clubs
and
other
community
agencies
about
the
types
of
summer
programs
they
offer.
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