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Education World Round-Up: Summer Lesson Plans

Beat summer brain drain by engaging your kids with these easy lesson plans designed for the summer months.

Summer Reading

There are few better ways to engage your children than to keep them reading. While sometimes reading may seem like a drag, there are many (free!) programs out there that make it fun. Check out Education World's list of summer reading resources for this summer that include fun challenges for children like reading to earn free movies or reading to unlock specific rewards.

Resources for summer reading projects 

Activities for a Rainy Day

When your children are all couped up because bad weather prevents outside activity, have no fear.

For Older Learners: Indoor Roller Coaster

When bad weather gets in the way of an amusement park trip, have your children build their own. Using simple household items, children can use this lesson plan to learn about the mechanics behind roller coasters and design their own. This is a great STEM activity and can be adapted for children ages 7 and up.

Design a roller coaster 

For Older Learners: Where are We Vacationing?

Even if a vacation isn't in the future, have your children use the internet to research and look up ideal vacation spots. Then, have them use maps to identify longitude and latitude for the favorite spots they've picked. Not only will they be learning, they'll also have fun being creative and doing a little traveling through the internet.

Where are we vacationing?

For Young Learners: How Big are Dinosaurs?

Use this lesson plan to have your young child compare his or herself to the size of a dinosaur. Do some research on dinosaur sizes and some measurements, and use tape to compare the two. Your young learner will get a kick out of the size difference and do some pre-historic learning at the same time.

How big are dinosaurs?

For Young Learners: Turtle, Turtle What Do You See?

All that's needed for this activity is some paper and crayons. Have your child answer the prompt: "Turtle, turtle what do you see? I see a ____________ looking at me" through a drawing. This activity can be repeated and will get your child's creative juices flowing.

Turtle, turtle what do you see?

 

 

 

Compiled by Nicole Gorman, Education World Contributor

07/15/2015