Hello All,
Looking to keep my 8 and 9 year olds school smart over the summer. Anyone know of any websites I can print free worksheets from? TIA
We just make everything a learning experience that we can. Even going to the pool, the park, the zoo, whatever. That way they are getting out and doing things, but still learning as we go. Mine get bored to sit down and do worksheets since they do it all year long.
I found a great workbook called "Achieve!" Here's a to Barnes and Noble and one of the workbooks.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/achieve-grade-1-the-learn...
My son is going into third grade and likes the activities in this book. He really does do better when we carry over some 'lite' activities through the summer. It's about 20 minutes a day or so that we have 'Learning Time' while I'm doing morning dishes. He doesn't miss out on any fun, that's for sure. We have the many remaining hours of the day for fun with friends and adventures.
Sorry if this doesn't exactly answer your question, but the cost of the workbooks is better to me than spending my time hunting things down online. :) Gives me more time to play with him, too!
My daughter enjoyed playing school and choosing workbooks when she was little. We also participated in the local library reading program.
However, I am a believer in allowing them to enjoy the summer, have no set routine, play, spend time with friends, go on outings and find fun things to do outside the realm of "school". Children tend to learn a lot from these experiences.
This is kind of weird, but our daughter LOVED going to the Teacher Supplies stores and actually looking through the workbooks and picking them out.
She would find other subjects that she was also interested in, She was always dragging a book bag around with pencils, workbooks and plain paper so she could sketch, and of course a bunch of books were always by her side (still are).
Maybe on a rainy day you 2 could go and check it out.
We do a lot of reading. I take them to the library and encourage them to read a little each day.
I wouldn't worry too much about worksheets. I know we hear a lot in the news about kids regressing over the summer. The thing is, the school year curriculum is designed with regression in mind. They spend the first few weeks just reviewing. I always felt that this review time kind of takes the pressure off parents. As long as we give them some opportunities to do some fun reading and find some creative ways to do math (cooking and baking, money, telling time), they'll be fine.
http://www.k5learning.com/free-worksheets-for-kids
This is where I got my worksheets from.
You can google the subjects. My son was struggling with getting his math facts done fast enough (school wants 40 problems in 2 minutes) so I printed a bunch of worksheets. I just googled "math addition worksheets" and several sites were listed.
I would imagine you could type in 3rd grade language/spelling/English/math or just 3rd grade worksheets and get all kinds of results.
All I do is google "free 2nd grade worksheets" and stuff like that...... I've found bunches you can print out for free!
What are you looking for? Reading supplements, math worksheets, what? There's bunches of stuff you can print out.
Also, check with your library for a summer reading program...... and Barnes and Noble has a free reading program.... kids read 8 books and get a free book!
Teachers Workbook. Some are free some aren't you can search by "Free" and any other criteria.
Have them keep a summer journal and write in it several times per week. That will help with handwriting! Flashcards to keep up with addition and multiplication tables...can be found in the dollar store. Check with your local library for summer reading programs.
I am a fan of summer workbooks/worksheets. But, reading 20-30 minutes a day and doing fast facts (+, -, x, /) for a few minutes a day will go a long way! I've actually cut back on the workbooks this summer and we're going to focus on reading more. Their school sends home summer packets and we'll do those too (only about 20 pages).
google will render you a gazillion of them.
summer worksheets.
blerg.
khairete
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It's not free, but Summer Bridge workbooks might be helpful. I saw them on sale recently for $10 each.
www.education.com will let you print some each month for free or do a Google search. I have found many websites that offer free print outs.
For a few dollars you can pick up "Summer Bridge" or "BrainQuest" workbooks. I think the BrainQuest books are more fun for summer time learning for kids in that age range.
