Tips for surviving the summer holidays
• Set aside at least 15 minutes each day for reading.
• To keep writing skills fresh, buy children a notebook or copy and let them decorate the cover. Then tell them it’s their summer diary and have them write down three things that happen each day.
• To keep up maths skills, get books of number puzzles. Revision of Mental Maths book would be beneficial also. Have a clock on display and ask children the time.
• Check out your local centres for play or sports.
• Make sure young people have some unstructured chill-out time; they need it as much as adults.
• Be a tourist where you live; plan your research at the library. Learn more about where you live, then go exploring on foot and see what you can discover.
• Set the children a challenge – decide on a set amount of money, say €2 each, and let the children plan a day out, without spending any more than is budgeted. And it will teach them some money management skills as well as having fun.
• Below are a list of educational websites
• www.tutpup.com
• www.bogglesworld.com
• www.ictgames.com
• www.primarymaths.ie
• www.mathsfactcafe.com
• www.mathszone.co.uk
• www.edtech.ie
• www.bbc.co.uk
• www.mathplayground.com
• www.tes.co.uk
• www.jcschools.net
• www.funenglishgames.com
• www.pbs.kids
• Relax and try to enjoy yourself !
