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using the school year, criti-
ing roles. (Hint: You'll know this game
cal academic skills are regu- is working when kids start begging to
larly reinforced. In summer, be the Brain).
kids hardly pick up a pencil. No won-
Loose change. Ask children to
der studies show students
grab a handful of loose
forget as much as 80
change, estimate the value
percent of what they were
and count out the true
taught the previous year
amount. Offer a 10 percent
over the summer.
reward for close guesses.
Fortunately, it's pos-
sible to keep your kids'
Language
hard-earned school
Arts Skills:
skills from slipping
A wooden block. Write
down the summer brain
the words who, what,
drain without resorting
where, when, why and
Sharon Duke
to tedious workbooks.
how on each face of a
Est roff
All you need are a few
block. After reading a book
Jewish P arenting
household items, a
or chapter with your child,
dash of creativity and
take turns rolling the block
the following ideas for
and asking and answering
disguising school-year-caliber skill
story-related question beginning with
reinforcement as summer-style fun
the word on top. i.e. Who are the
and games.
characters in the story? Where do
they live?
Math
Magazines and comic books.
Skills:
Even kids who cringe at the thought of
A deck of cards. Begin by removing
reading a book cover to cover, jump at
all face cards and placing the pile face
the chance to flip through comics and
down on the table. Players pick two
magazines.
cards each, then add, subtract or multi-
A timer. Designate a few times a
ply the two numbers together (depend- week as Family D.E.A.R. time (Drop
ing on the skill you're practicing). The
Everything and Read). Set the timer
high scorer collects all played cards.
for 20 or 30 minutes of silent literary
A soccer ball. Use a permanent
bliss.
marker to randomly fill the hexago-
Loose-leaf paper. Let kids cre-
nal sections of a soccer ball with the
ate their own unique stationery using
numbers 0-10 (repeating numbers
stickers, stamps and colorful markers,
until covered). Throw the ball to your
then put it to good use by writing let-
child and have him add, subtract or
ters to grandparents and friends.
multiply the numbers closest to each
A CD player. Try "musical sto-
thumb.
ries," an adaptation of musical chairs.
Beads and string. Fractions can
Family members sit around a table
make a fashion statement when kids
with paper and a pencil. When the
string necklaces with colored beads.
music starts, they begin writing a
Challenge your child to make a neck-
creative story, stopping when it ceases.
lace that is 1/2 blue or 1/4 red. Or have
Then all move to their left, leaving
her design her own beaded creation
their story behind for the person
and figure out its fractional composi-
now in that seat to continue. Start the
tion.
music and the writing again. Repeat
A calculator. Try Calculator vs.
the process until all are where they
the Brain. Assign a Caller, a Calculator started and see what became of each
and a Brain at the start of each round. story. LI
The Caller states a math fact; the
Calculator manually punches the
Sharon Duke Estroff is an internationally
problem into the calculator (even if
syndicated parenting columnist, award-
he already knows the answer), while
winning Jewish educator and mother of
the Brain solves the problem men-
four. Her first book, "Can I Have a Cell
tally. The first player with the correct
Phone for Hanukkah?" will be released by
answer wins the round. Keep switch-
Broadway Books this October.