o 1. Bake cookies with your child, but double the recipe. Help him figure out how much of each ingredient you will need.

o 2. Its the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Read one of his books with your child.o 3. Play music while your family does chores today.o 4. Have your child make a bookmark by drawing or writing a quote from

a book she likes on a piece of cardboard.

o 5. Get to know your town. Look in the newspaper for a list of things to do.o 6. Is your child fighting with a friend? Have them switch rolesit helps

each one see the other persons point of view.

o 7. Its Nutrition Month. Visit the local library with your child and check out a book about healthy eating.

o 8. Make a rebus with your child. Replace some words in a story with pictures.o 9. Discuss a book your child likes. What does he like about it?o 10. Have your child invent a business and write funny advertising for it.o 11. Do a jigsaw puzzle with your child.o 12. Help your child create a 3-D map of your town.o 13. Try a new sport with your child.o 14. Try making a foreign dish with your child. Check out a cookbook, or

look online for recipes. Get the ingredients and start cooking!

o 15. Set aside a half hour for writing with your child.o 16. At dinner, challenge everyone to repeat a tongue twister three times fast.o 17. Share family history with your child. Look through pictures from

before and after her birth.

o 18. Check your childs grades. If needed, help him plan ways to raise them.

o 19. Have a guess the number contest. For example, How many cookies are in the box?

o 20. Clip an interesting news story. Cut the paragraphs apart. Ask your child to read them and put them in order.

o 21. Have your child predict which things sink and which things float. Try a wooden spoon, a metal spoon and a rock.

o 22. Take everyone in the family to a nearby park. Run like the wind.o 23. Sit face to face with your child. Mirror exactly what she does.o 24. When you read aloud to your child, choose an exciting place to stop.

Ask, What do you think will happen next?

o 25. See if you can arrange a tour of a local TV station for you and your child.o 26. Review spelling or vocabulary words with your child. Challenge

yourselves to use them in conversation as often as possible this week.

o 27. Have your child make a portrait using pictures of facial features cut out of magazines.

o 28. Have family members take turns being artists and models. o 29. Together, invent a special holiday just for your family.o 30. Learn where your town gets its water. Is conservation important in

your area? Discuss with your child some ways you can help.

o 31. Have your child design a new cover for a much-loved book.

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o 1. Plan a picnic with your child.o 2. Get the schedule for end-of-year tests. Make sure your child gets enough

sleep the night before and eats a nutritious breakfast on testing days.

o 3. Cook or go out for a special breakfast today and talk about summer plans.

o 4. Teach your child a card game. Play it with the whole family.o 5. Have a no TV evening. Let your child pick some music, and get

everybody moving!

o 6. Open an atlas and point to any page. Help your child learn what foods people in that country eat.

o 7. Measure things in a new way. How many fingers long is your childs desk?o 8. Create a word search for your child by hiding words in a grid and

surrounding them with random letters.

o 9. Plan an outdoor adventure day. Visit a zoo, park or playground.o 10. Go on a people scavenger hunt. Find people who have skills or

talents that interest your child.

o 11. Pay your child a genuine compliment.o 12. Use the letters in your childs name to write a poem. Share it with her.o 13. Get an audio recorder and record a conversation with your child.

Listen to it together and talk about how your voices sound.

o 14. Play math baseball with your child. Each correct answer is a base hit.o 15. Which family member can name the most parts of the body?o 16. Visit the library with your child. Check out a book about fossils.o 17. Have each family member look through the newspaper and pick an

item of interest. Share them at dinner.

o 18. Encourage your child to write a thank-you note to a favorite teacher. o 19. Require everyone in the family to use please, thank you and excuse me.o 20. Have a reading dinner. Encourage everyone to bring a book to discuss.o 21. On a map, help your child trace where your family came from. o 22. Can you and your child communicate without words? Try it and see.o 23. Take a walk with your child. Later, have him make a map of your

route, including north, south, east and west.

o 24. At the grocery store, have your child compare two sizes of a product. Which is the best buy?

o 25. Have each family member bring an interesting historical fact to dinner.o 26. Look at baseball scores and averages in the sports pages with your

child. Who has the highest batting average?

o 27. How many times can your child jump rope? Hold a contest to find out.

o 28. Ask your child to make a salad for the family. Include at least one unfamiliar vegetable.

o 29. How many types of punctuation can your child find today?o 30. Check out a book about constellations at the library. See how many

you and your child can find outside tonight.

o 31. Take a walk with your child in a nearby park. Pay attention to the flowers and birds that you see.

Daily Learning Planner: Ideas Parents Can Use to Help Children Do Well in SchoolTry a New Idea Every Day!

o 1. Watch the sun rise and set with your child. Talk about how the Earths movement makes the sun seem to rise in the east and set in the west.

o 2. Challenge everyone on math facts. Who can say the multiplication tables fastest?

o 3. Teach your child the meaning of homographswords that are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as bass (fish or instrument).

o 4. Brainstorm ways your family could help beautify your neighborhood.o 5. Watch TV with your child and ask, Was that show realistic?o 6. Have your child listen to different types of music. Ask him to describe

how each type makes him feel.

o 7. Ask your child to give you a six oclock report about her day. She should pretend shes a news anchor.

o 8. Tell your child about the best and worst parts of your day. Ask about his.o 9. Pick a category, such as animals. Then pick a letter, such as B. How

many animals can your child think of that begin with that letter?

o 10. Talk to your child about people she admires. Ask why she admires them.o 11. Its Humor Month. Visit the library and check out a book of jokes. o 12. Have everyone tell a new joke at the dinner table.o 13. Ask your child what if questions. What if it never

rained? What if everyone had the same name?

o 14. Does your child know your state flower? If not, help him find it out.

o 15. Have your child review math facts by writing them on the sidewalk with chalk.

o 16. Help your child figure out the perimeter and area of her bedroom.

o 17. Encourage your child to write a letter or email to a friend.o 18. Make today Game Day. Everyone pick a favorite game for the family

to play together.

o 19. Watch a new kind of TV program with your child, such as a sporting event or a nature show. Talk about what you learned.

o 20. Ask, How many of your lifetimes has Grandma lived? Aunt Sue?o 21. Taste-test different types of apples with your child.o 22. Start telling a story to your child. Have him write an ending for it.o 23. Ask your child what she thinks the world will be like in 10 years.o 24. Make a recording of math facts with your child.o 25. Open an atlas and point to a country. With your child, figure out what

time it is there.

o 26. Have your child use yarn to create two different shapes, each with five sides. Repeat with six or seven sides.

o 27. Take a trip to the Caribbean. Use books or a computer for research. What is life like for school children there?

o 28. Have your child write a poem or story from the point of view of a family pet.

o 29. Go on a map search through the newspaper. How many maps can your child find?

o 30. Challenge your child to draw an imaginary garden. How many different colors can he use?