summer activities

Water Balloon Math Wars!

As a reading teacher, I know I have a tendency to neglect math from time to time. Well the kids were begging to have a water balloon fight, so I decided it would be a perfect time to throw in some math practice.

Bunch O Balloons have these awesome instant water balloons. You can have 100 water balloons ready to go in minutes! The time and hassle saved is worth every penny! I wrote some addition equations on the balloons. As they grabbed one to throw, they had to call out the problem and solve it. With Owen going into 3rd grade, his tub had a few higher level problems.

They had a blast without even realizing I made them work and review over the summer! ha

Summer Reading!

Being a 3rd grade public school teacher, I know the importance of early literacy. Every summer, I know I haven’t done a great job of keeping the kids reading.

I decided this year would be different. I challenged the Owen and Quinn to read 100 books this summer. The very first day of summer, made a special trip to the local public library. They each checked out 2 books and we plan on going every Tuesday. Not only did I put incentives in place to keep them focused on the goal, the library has prizes for every 2 hours they read. It even had a play room for children up to 4 years old, Quinn is already begging to go back. The county library has events from magic shows to movies planned throughout the summer as well.

Our school library is also open for the summer. I plan on taking the kids next week to check out some more books.

So, check out your local libraries. I bet they have lots of fun activities planned throughout the summer. Because, well…Libraries Rock!