Would you send your child to school during the summer if your district offered a program?
I do worry about the summer back slide, but I don't know if I'd want to send Patty or JT to school during the summer months.
So, I'm getting a jump start and ordering a couple Summer Bridge Workbooks for the Kiddos. A Kindergarten to First Grade for Patty, and Prek to Kindergarten for JT.
I'm really hoping the workbook will keep her interested in learning over the summer.
JT, on the other hand, needs all the help he can get. Getting that kid to learn his ABCs is proving to be one of the most difficult things I have ever done!
He's really good at writing the letters just by looking at them but he has zero interest in learning the names of each letter.
That's really cool that you already ordered these. My son's program keeps him in school through the summer with a 2 week break in June and three weeks off in August. The days are shortened so I still worry about a back-slide and haven't yet figured out what I'm going to do to keep his afternoons full of learning. I think combining something like Summer Bridge workbooks and a 1-afternoon a week social group or something...better get on it huh!?
ReplyDeletelol. i got the workbooks, openned the box, and laid them on my desk. patty walked by, saw the books, grabbed one and started working it. it was the prek-k for JT! lol. hopefully i caught her quick enough that he'll still be able to use it!
Deletei am always interested to hear how programs are conducted indifferent parts of the country. sometimes it feels like instead of separate states, we live in separate countries.