« Baby Learning | Main | Activities for Third and Fourth Grades »
January 07, 2006
Weekend Learning Fun
I've spent the last couple weekends working on some workshop presentations I'm doing for school districts on parents helping their children with learning. I've been writing about the topic for years. I have several book out with activities for parents to do. Now it's time to go talk about making it work. Information about those books and possible workshops can be found at http://www.edsuccess.com.
Since I've been so involved in it this weekend, I thought you might like to have a few of the activities planned for the workshop:
•First grade reading activity for word recognition.
o Using post-it notes and a felt pen, write several words naming things in your house such as, desk, chair, table, couch, fireplace, etc.
o Give your child the post-its and ask them to put each word on the item
o Variations include:
Putting the words in the wrong places and having your child correct them
After the words are on, have him bring them back to you in alphabetical order
Ask him to find all the words that begin or end in a certain letter sound
•Second grade history/social studies timeline
o Ask your child to talk to one of his grandparents or an older friend of yours
o He needs to find out three of the most important events that happened in that persons life, what was the date of each event, and what was going on in the world at the time each event happened
o Then help him make a timeline showing each event
o He can then draw pictures, find pictures in a magazine, or use words to describe the events happening in the world when these events occurred
o Here’s an example
_1946________________1963-4____________1968______
Born HS graduation Twins born
World War II John F. Kennedy Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy
Whatever you do, make it fun.
Posted by Dr Joni at January 7, 2006 07:42 PM