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Experiment with an egg

Try this science experiment with your child: Place a raw egg (in its shell) into a container with a lid. Pour in enough vinegar to cover the egg. Put the lid on. After two or three days, discard the vinegar. Touch the egg. Ask your child, "What do you think happened to the eggshell?" (It dissolved, leaving only the inner membrane to keep the egg together.) The rubbery egg can be gently bounced (from a low height) and squeezed.

Daily Tips for Families Let your child touch the egg. Ask, “What do you think happened to the eggshell?” (Answer: The vinegar dissolved it, leaving only the egg’s inner membrane to keep the egg together.)

🌞 Wind Down Wednesday 🌞

Mrs. Laskey’s summer break has already been full of adventure! She’s been riding side-by-sides, floating down the Ichetucknee Springs, and enjoying family fishing and boating days. 🎣🚤☀️

Meanwhile, Mrs. O’Reilly spent a wonderful week with her family in Key Colony Beach. She enjoyed swimming, boat rides, relaxing, and reading a good book. 📚🌊🚤☀️

Busy families build connections in creative ways

How can busy adults maintain the close connections with their children that support school success? By getting creative. If you aren't home when your child gets home from school, call your child if possible to hear the day's news. If you're out of town, ask your child to photograph activities so you can catch up on your return. Or, keep a family log book where you all jot down thoughts, triumphs and concerns.

Daily Tips for Families What kind of family life does it take to produce kids who are highly creative? One four-year study of creative children found that a key factor is something all families can do—enjoy their kids.

Expose your child to real-world math

You don't have to be a math whiz to build your elementary schooler's math skills. Just involve your child in the kinds of math you can do easily at home. Have your student help when you need to measure something. Have your child estimate the distance and time to get somewhere, then check to see if the estimate was correct. Suggest that your student make graphs of the colors of cars in a parking lot. Then, do it again on another day and compare.

Daily Tips for Families You don’t have to be a whiz in math yourself to help your elementary schooler build skills in this important subject. Just involve your child in the kinds of math you can do easily around your home.

Put your child’s senses to use to learn new words

To help your elementary schooler learn to spell new words, write each word on an index card. Then, ask your child to look at a word and spell it out loud three times. Have your child "take a mental picture" of the word and put the card away and then spell the word three times with eyes closed. Next, have your child write it with a finger in salt spread out on a cookie sheet. Finally, your child can check the spelling against the index card.

Daily Tips for Families Want to make sure your child learns to spell new vocabulary words? Write a word on an index card, using big, bold letters. Then, ask your child to:

A lot of learning can happen in a little time

Families these days have a lot of responsibilities to juggle. Fortunately, many learning activities can fit into small blocks of time. It doesn't take long to: Help your child locate places mentioned in the news on a map. Look up a new word in the dictionary with your child. Quiz each other on math facts. Review schoolwork or demonstrate an organization technique, like using a calendar to track commitments.

Daily Tips for Families Families are very busy. But even on your busiest days, there are lots of activities you can fit into small blocks of time to support your child’s learning.

Choose a nickname that's a sign of strength

Giving your child a special nickname can reinforce positive character traits. Discuss your child's greatest character strength and how it will help in life. Then, find out how to say the strength in another language, and turn it into a name. For example, a brave child might be called "El Valiente." When your child shows that strength, use the nickname. Explain what it means. If your child likes the name, it may stick.

Daily Tips for Families In challenging times, we all can use encouragement and a reminder of our strengths. Giving your child a special nickname can reinforce positive character traits.

Point out the positive side of mistakes and failures

Children need to learn how to handle failure if they are to succeed. If your child is facing up to a failure and is unhappy, don't try to minimize the feelings. Instead, explain that mistakes give us information that allows us to make necessary changes and get smarter. You can also talk about what you've learned from your own failures. Above all, don't allow your child to lower personal expectations.

Daily Tips for Families Everyone makes mistakes and faces setbacks from time to time. Learning how to handle failure is important if children are to go on to success.

Try a journal project with a dreamy theme

Keeping a journal gives children writing practice, helps them learn to express themselves and promotes self-exploration. To make it interesting, suggest that your elementary schooler keep a dream diary. Your child can write down (or dictate) the previous night's dreams each morning. Encourage your student to include lots of details, but don't try to interpret the dreams. Instead, ask questions like, "What does that make you think of?" and "Do you ever feel like that when you're awake?"

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