Summertime Activities

Here are a few summertime activities for those lazy summer days. Some of them will be more fun than others, but you might be surprised to find that you enjoy an activity you first thought you wouldn’t! So give one or more of these a try.

1. Read a biography. Great Illustrated classics are great for third and fourth graders. There are books that range from Jackie Robinson to Eleanor Roosevelt. Another series, to read aloud, is the Dear America series which include historical fiction books. Some are from a boy’s point of view and others from a girl’s point of view. All are very interesting and informative. Many are written in diary form, which makes for interesting reading.

2. In fourth grade, states and capitals are studied. Knowing this now means, you could get “ahead” by learning a few spellings and locations of the states nearest to Pennsylvania. Maybe you could challenge yourself to learn some of the more difficult spellings, maybe Tallahassee??-or-Massachusetts?? There are all sorts of games about states - puzzles too- at the Education Station. Just find something that looks fun and interesting. Wow Mrs. Barmore next year!

3. Keep studying the multiplication facts. You’ll need them in fourth grade! Ten minutes every other day should do the trick. There are also computer games that could help you track your speed in computation.

4. Put together a model. There are so many now - the choices are endless! Just don’t choose your first project to be too difficult; work up to a higher level from the beginning. You may wish to enter your completed project at the York Fair in September. I’ll tell you how to enter if you complete a project!

5. Check for free summer events at Nixon Park - the activities are varied and something may just interest you.

6. Join a book club at your local library or Borders or maybe you could start one of your own with a few friends.

7. Follow a baseball teams’ standings. Attend a game (Senators, Revolution,O’s, Phillies). Have someone teach you how to figure out a batting average and follow your favorite player this season.

8. Subscribe to a magazine for the summer - just for fun reading at home, by the pool, in the mountains, or at the beach!

9. Write a crazy story. What if you could live under the sea? In Australia? On the moon? How would your life be different? What would you wear? What would you eat? What would your house look like? Illustrate the story. Be sure to share it with me in September!

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10. Keep a journal of animals and birds you see in your backyard. Can you identify all of the birds? Can you identify their nests?

11. Help Mom or Dad at the grocery store. Have a list of 5 things you need to find to help out. Make sure you get the correct items!

12. Help with the cooking. Peel potatoes, peel carrots, ice cupcakes, make juice pops. Who knows, someday you may actually have to cook for yourself! Borrow a Junior Betty Crocker cookbook from the library and follow the directions and EAT THE RESULTS!!!

13. Send someone a postcard from your vacation destination. Grandparents and aunts and uncles LOVE getting cards and letters from you. Make sure you address the postcard correctly so it gets to its destination!

Hope you do some of these fun things!

Have a GREAT SUMMER!!!

See you in September!

Mrs. Ausherman