Tips and Resources to Keep Your Child Learning While Out of School

By crystal kloeckner, published Jun 08, 2007
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School is out for the summer, but that doesn't mean your child has to stop learning. A lot of parents want their child to continue learning during the summer, you may even notice some schools send home summer packets. What parents don't know is there are resources all around them that can help with keeping a child active in learning during the summer. Here are some tips and resources to help keeping your child refreshed with knowledge throughout the summer.

Websites:

SchoolExpress.com is a site that offers a variety if learning tools and resources including worksheets and games. The site does offer a membership for access to the whole site, but it is not required to have a membership to access the free tools.

Here is a list of a few things this site has to offer: 10,200+ worksheets, Funtime activities, Online math, EBooks, Software programs, and Games. They also have four yearly memberships to fit your needs: Ultimate, Ages 3-6, Handwriting, and Thematic Units.

TheKidzPage.com is more based around kid's games and fun, but they have learning games section which may help with keeping your child interested. Some of the online games they offer are Math, Logic, Spotting Differences, and Word Search. They also have games that are printable for use in a classroom or if you use a library computer.

Products:

Fisher Price Fun2Learn- Here is a list of some of the Fun2Learn products by Fisher Price.

1) Fun2Learn Preschool Center- This product is for ages 2-7 and teaches the basics in letter, shapes, and numbers.

2) Fun2Learn Laughtop- This product is for ages 3-7 and teaches your child about letters, phonics, and mouse skills.

3) Fun2Learn Fetch The Phonicsbot- This product is for ages 2-7 and teaches the basics in letters, phonics, spelling, and word association.

Leap Frog- Leap Frog offers products ranging from birth to 18 years of age, which is helpful in finding resources for all ages. You can go to LeapFrog.com to view all their products; here are a few of the products Leap Frog offers.

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