4 Ideas To Review The Contents Of The Summer Course
Summer vacation is here and, with it, the end of the school year. During the next three months, approximately, the children will enjoy the sun, the beach, the swimming pool … But what happens with the lessons learned over the previous months?
It is clear that in summer the little ones should disconnect and have fun, but it is also important that they do not lose the work habit and that they dedicate some time of the week to review the course contents. How to do it? Here are some ideas.
Keep in mind that this should not be seen as a punishment or an obligation, but as an opportunity to continue learning in a fun and entertaining way. Luckily, today there are many alternatives that allow you to achieve this goal.
4 ideas to review the course contents in summer
1. Educational applications to review the course content
Do you have a tablet , a mobile phone or any other electronic device at home that your child can use for a few hours a day? If so, we recommend that you download some of the educational applications currently on the market (many of them free).
To choose the best educational application for your child, take into account their needs, their age and their educational level. In this way, you can enjoy new technologies while reviewing some of the course content. This is sure to motivate you a lot!
2. Board games that stimulate learning
Playing board games as a family is an excellent idea to stimulate learning and review certain academic knowledge, as well as to enhance some social skills among the smallest of the house.
But not just any board game will do. The chosen one must have a clear educational purpose, as in the following cases:
- Dobble : a game to stimulate attention, concentration and spatial perception.
- Trivial : a classic board game to develop an adequate level of general culture.
- Pasapalabra : allows to develop linguistic competence.
- Story Cubes : ideal for enhancing creativity, imagination and oral language.
- Dixit : a game that encourages creativity and language proficiency.
- Rummikub : stimulates math skills and visual attention.
3. Write a journal about summer vacation
Through free writing, children learn to express their ideas, feelings and thoughts in a logical and coherent way. For this reason, we advise you to buy a notebook or a diary for your child so that during the summer holidays he can write day after day what has happened to him throughout the day.
Thus, without realizing it, the little one will be practicing spelling, grammar and writing, three fundamental aspects to achieve an adequate educational development.
4. Practice math on a day-to-day basis
Mathematics is used every day to carry out everyday tasks. For example, cooking or shopping requires certain notions of mathematical calculation.
With this in mind, why not involve the children in completing some of these tasks? This can be a good idea to learn to take responsibility while developing mathematical competence.
The importance of reviewing the course contents in summer
By September, most of the children have already forgotten many of the lessons learned during the previous year. Do you want to prevent this from happening to your child? We recommend that, from the first moment, you organize a weekly work plan together, so that the little one can spend some time reviewing the academic contents.
Thus, as soon as the course begins, the child will feel prepared to continue advancing in the assimilation of new knowledge and skills.
