1. HELP YOUR KIDS STOP THE SUMMER “BRAIN DRAIN” “On average, children lose between two to three months of grade level equivalency with math skills suffering the most.” From Philly.com. August 2013. Anita Kulick, President & CEO, Educating Communities for Parenting http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/healthy_kids/Stop-summer-brain-drain-with-fun-and- educational-activities.html#l0T6E8s3YphFjXIa.99 http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/healthy_kids/Stop-summer-brain-drain-with-fun-and- educational-activities.html#l0T6E8s3YphFjXIa.99

2. Have Fun with Summer Learning  Going on Vacation?  Ask your child to help plan the stops – figure out how far you will travel in a day - - where would you arrive each night? How much money needs to be budgeted for lodging, food, fun?

3. Have Fun with Summer Learning  Staying Local?  Do a Place-Based Learning Project  Research something local and find out all about that person, place, or event  Create a scavenger hunt for your friends when they go to visit

4.  So What’s Here?  Amerind Foundation (Native American Cultures)  Chiricahua National Monument  Cochise Stronghold  Copper Queen Mine (Bisbee)  Coronado National Memorial  Fort Bowie  Kartchner Caverns  Murray Springs Clovis Site

5.  So What’s Here?  Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve (2 nd most famous hummingbird habitat in the US?)  Parker Canyon Lake (camping available)  Patagonia State Park (camping available)  San Pedro Riparian Area  Tombstone  Whitewater Draw  Willcox Playa (…and more, more, more!) For information and phone numbers – go to www.explorecochise.com

6. Have Fun with Summer Learning  Need Indoor Ideas?  EDSITEment (www.edsitement.neh.gov) www.edsitement.neh.gov  Art and Culture  Foreign Language  History and Social Science  Literature and Language Arts

7. Have Fun with Summer Learning  Need Indoor Ideas?  Math-related interactive games  Illuminations (http://illuminations.nctm.org/) click on “Interactives” http://illuminations.nctm.org/  Inter activate (www.shodor.org/interactivate) www.shodor.org/interactivate

8. Have Fun with Summer Learning  Need Indoor Ideas?  Science-related interactive games  Science Kids (www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities) www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities  PBS Kids (pbskids.org/games/science/) (pbskids.org/games/science/)  NASA Kids Club (  NASA Kids Club (http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html#. VUK9_yFVhBc)http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html#. VUK9_yFVhBc

9. Have Fun with Summer Learning  Need Indoor Ideas?  Give your child a stamped postcard – have them write to you about their day at…  Writing-related interactive games  ReadWriteThink (http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom- resources/student-interactives/) http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom- resources/student-interactives/http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom- resources/student-interactives/  Interactive Sites for Education (http://interactivesites.weebly.com/writing.html) http://interactivesites.weebly.com/writing.html

10.  When it's time to make lemonade, help your child measure 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, 8 tablespoons of white grape juice, and 6 cups of water into a large plastic pitcher. How many glasses of lemonade will you have?  Have your child decide on dinner – have them…  Pick the main dish  Pick the sides  Pick the dessert  Calculate the calories  Look up the nutritional facts  Get a cookbook and have them make or help make the meal (have them shop for the food – double the recipe). Summer Recipes for Yummy Math Fun

11. SUMMER READING  Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/shows /launching/summer_reading  Scholastic Reading Challenge http://www.scholastic.com/ups/ca mpaigns/src-2015 http://www.scholastic.com/ups/ca mpaigns/src-2015  Reading List 8-10yr old http://www.scholastic.com/readingc ampaign/downloads/src2014-book- list-ages-8-10.pdf Reading List by Grade http://www.education.com/seasonal/ summer-reading/ http://www.education.com/seasonal/ summer-reading/

12. KEEPING WHAT THEY LEARNED CURRENT... – KEEP IT REAL – KEEP IT MIXED UP – KEEP IT FUN SUMMER BRAIN DRAIN