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1. Fifteen-Minute Reading Activities
2. Reward Your Good Travelers
3. July Winner of the Car Train Drawing
15-MINUTE READING ACTIVITIES Hi {!name}! Summer is for outside fun activities so this ezine is going to be short and sweet!
License to read. On car trips, make it a game to point out and read license plates, billboards, and interesting road signs.
Better than TV. Swap evening TV for a good action story or tale of adventure.
Look and listen. Too tired to read aloud? Listen to a book on tape and turn the book's pages with your children. You'll still be reading with them!
Labels, labels, labels. Label things in your children's room as they learn to name them. Have fun while they learn that written words are connected to everyday things.
Pack a snack, pack a book. Going someplace where there might be a long wait? Bring along a snack and a bag of favorite books.
Recipe for reading. The next time you cook with your children, read the recipe with them. Step-by-step instructions, ingredients, and measurements are all part of words in print!
Shop and read. Notice and read signs and labels in the supermarket. Back home, putting away groceries is another great time for reading labels.
Your long-distance lap. Away on a business trip? Take a few books with you, call home, and have your child curl up by the phone for a good night story.
A reading pocket. Slip fun things to read into your pocket to bring home: a comic strip from the paper, a greeting card, or even a fortune cookie from lunch. Create a special, shared moment your child can look forward to every day.
A little longer? When your child asks to stay up a little longer, say yes and make it a 15-minute family reading opportunity.
REWARD GOOD TRAVELERS
Going on a car trip for your vacation isn't always fun. One way to turn challenges into
great behavior is to give away play money every 30 mintues.
Before going on your trip load up with inexpensive, fun materials that will keep your
children busy: washable crayons and drawing pads, craft kits and handheld travel games.
Label them each with different prices. Every 30 mintues to an hour (the older your child the
longer you can wait), give away play money that each child can use towards a reward. They can save
their money and buy one big item or get a different one every day.
Now your kids have earned their $$$ with great behavior.
Tip: The longer the trip, the more lenient you can be. This is not a punishment experience but a reward one.
AUGUST WINNER OF THE CAR TRAIN DRAWING
Heather signed up on 07/08/05 10:25am. Lucky #78
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Congratulations Margaret !
