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06.12.08, 04:23 AM Preschool/Kids
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are you doing any academic work with your k child (entering first grade in september) over the summer? also, did your school give you summer reading for them? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
Preschool/Kids 06.12.08, 04:23 AM Flag
 

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yes we are doing a reading class [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 04:26 AM Flag
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when dc was entering 1st grade we didn't do anything out of the ordinary. She read over the summer, did some math but it was all on her lead. The school always gives us a list of books that are appropriate for her age and she choses from there. I don't push. She will be entering 3rd gr this fall [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 04:28 AM Flag
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why would you? seriously -- what is the reasoning here? so child doesn't lose skills already learned or so that child gets ahead? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 04:30 AM Flag
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np: I think if the dc is reading, that is the only thing I would have them continue. I would try to not push them (don't want to turn them off) but would encourage them to do as they do in school. My dd does about 30min a day and weekends off unless she really wants to read more. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 04:32 AM Flag
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another new poster--keeping up reading skills child learned during school year is really important--this is basic parenting [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 05:38 AM Flag
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I am encouraging lots of reading with regular trips to library to pick out own books. I also have some kumon workbooks but those will only be at dc's request and "for fun" when we're on long car rides, plane trips, at restaurants etc. We'll see how it goes but I really don't want to push anything this summer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 04:58 AM Flag
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If you consider our bedtime reading academic work, then sure! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 05:00 AM Flag
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no [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 05:47 AM Flag
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doing a lot of reading, practicing handwriting but here and there, not a regular thing [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 05:51 AM Flag
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we read at night together bed, but I guess I just see that as part of the bedtime routine, not really "work." She reads basic books (I think it's like level F) so if she wants to do the reading, that's fine, and if not, I read to her. She has workbooks that she sometimes chooses to do, but I never, ever, ask her to do them. To her it's no different than, say, playing a board game. It's just another activity that she sometimes wants to do. She may do 30 pages one day and then not touch it for weeks. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 07:04 AM Flag
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My son's two favorite activities right now are reading and writing his own books. I'll encourage that and work with him to hone skills. I know his school WILL send home some stuff. They said that whatever the kids did not finish in their math books by year's end would come home for the summer. It won't be too much. I do math with him all the time now but not as a formal/structured learning thing. This will continue over the summer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.08, 07:20 AM Flag
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