the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the Loch Ness monster and the yeti.
While Brain Drain and Summer Slide may seem like they could be mythological monsters, they are all too real. Last week, in an effort to fight these worthy beasts, my son worked on File C.03: Cerberus. The long 4th of July weekend slowed us a down a bit. My son is still working on the writing part of his Cerberus case file, but he dove in head first to reading about El Chupacabra.
Between summer day camp, soccer in the evenings, and summer adventures on the weekends, it’s getting hard to make sure we fit in educational activities to keep up P’s reading and writing skills over the summer. Some days he gets a bit of reading in. Some days he reads and writes. Other days he doesn’t do anything obviously educational. Those are the days that I have to shut my mouth, sit back and remind myself that reading and writing are important, but so is unstructured summer play. Here’s what we’ll be working on this week between unstructured play times.
You and the kids haven’t started yet? No worries. Start here: Cryptid Case File One: Zombies. There’s no deadline and there’s no reason you can’t save the Cryptid Case Files for cold winter days.
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