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<\/p>Michael graduated from pre-k on June 19th. My plan was to give him a two week break and start up with our summer home schooling on July 6th. Well, I\u2019m about 3 weeks behind on the plan! Now, we\u2019re playing catch-up. Fortunately, because I do a variety of parenting writing, I\u2019m often sent a variety of learning materials to review. There are two items that have especially stood out recently. I\u2019m sharing about one of them below. (I\u2019ll be writing about the other on my monthly \u201cGaming Notes\u201d post on Thursday, since it\u2019s an educational CD game.) \n

Summer Bridge Activity Workbook (P-K)
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I accepted this workbook to review, because I had read a great review about it from a blogger whom I know and respect, Jennifer of 5 Minutes for Books<\/a><\/em>. (Her son and Michael are the same age\/stage of life. They were \u201cfast friends\u201d at a past event that we all attended.) <\/p>\n

Anyway, the Pre-K to Kindergarten activity book is very helpful. For the most part, I like the layout. There are three different sections. The first and second sections review what the kid (should have) already learned in pre-k and the third section previews what they will be learning in kindergarten. There are also a variety of bonus sections in the workbook as well as an online site with additional material. Since Michael is so goal-oriented (I wonder where he gets that from\u2026), I especially like the included incentive contract calendars and the certificate of completion. Since we\u2019re behind schedule, Michael is doing 2 activity pages four days a week. That\u2019s enough. When my little gamer boy completes the workbook, he has requested (yes, you guessed it) the video game of his choice. <\/p>\n

My only concern is that the material in the book doesn\u2019t seem as challenging as Michael\u2019s pre-k work. (Then again, I thought that it was a little too much that the students were expected to \u201cmatch spoken word to print\u201d at the pre-k level anyway). I think that if I include \u201csight words\u201d and art projects to the workbook\u2019s daily activities, that Michael will be just fine in September. <\/p>\n

(I\u2019m always a little confused though \u2013 should I expect him to know all of the pre-k stuff at this point or most of the kindergarten material as well?)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On a side note, if you\u2019re in the NYC area, you can find pre-k expectations in this pdf and on this Early Childhood site. For Kindergarten standards, you\u2019ll have to click through each Academic subject on this page. <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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