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Welcome to today’s giveaway–sponsored by Dover Publications!
“Published by Dover, these Education.com workbooks offer thematic content to actively engage children and provide them with fun-filled, memorable learning experiences.
These workbooks have been tested by millions of educators including parents and homeschoolers.
Each of the twenty workbooks has fun themes, contains a certificate of completion at the end of each section, and has perforated pages for easy removal.”
The prize
Dover Publications is proud to partner with Simple Homeschool to offer our Elementary Workbook Pack for grades K-5. Subjects include math, reading, science, history and writing.
Value-priced individually for only $7.99 each, the giveaway includes one each of the following:
Kindergarten:
- Nursery Rhymes & More: A workbook of letter tracing, letter recognition, and rhymes
- Celebrate The Seasons: A workbook of seasons, holidays, weather, and time.
First Grade:
- Adventures in Writing: A workbook of imagination and writing
- First Grade – Count It: A workbook of patterning, counting, and addition
Second Grade:
- Fun with Nature: A workbook of natural science topics
- History & Me: A workbook of historic figures and family research
Third Grade:
- All That Math: A workbook of basic operations and small numbers
- On The Map USA: A workbook of U.S. cities and states
Fourth Grade:
- Write It Your Way: A workbook of reading, writing, and literature
- Math Mania: A workbook of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
Fifth Grade:
- All Sorts of Science: A workbook full of science fun facts
- Your World of Words: A workbook of books and words
You can find all of these great books and thousands more at Dover’s website.
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How to Win
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To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering the question: How old are your children and what is your favorite way to keep them learning over the summer?
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(Note: This giveaway is open to those in the US only. So sorry, international readers!)
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Special Offer
As a special offer to Simple Homeschool readers, Dover Publications is offering a whopping 25% off its workbooks if you use the code WHAY at checkout!
This offer is good until Sept. 1, 2015.
This giveaway has ended, and the winner is Leslie, who wrote: “My girls are 5 and 9. We love and learn with books, books, and more books! We love to read. We live in the city so summer is also focused on getting outside and into nature (and water!).”
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My kids are ages 5, 3.5, and 1. We just (the other day!) decided to try homeschooling our 5 year old. We said earlier in our marriage we’d never do that (that’s what we get for being all self-righteous haha). My older 2 actually do enjoy doing workbooks a lot for learning but in the summer, I love just going outside on “nature walks” and letting them take their time to explore. We talk about what we see, sometimes collect things, or go on a scavenger hunt of sorts. We also tried a 2 hour/day summer camp week and that was a blast for them to do something different and they learned so much! 🙂
My children are: almost 5, 3, 2 and a newborn. My favorite way to keep them learning is to take them to the library, it offers something called a discovery room for the kids to learn and play and we can always check out some books before we leave. I always try and let them pick what interests them!
My Kids are 4 and 8. To keep them learning over the summer we do crafts, read books, visit children’s museums and just get outdoors and discover nature. We also visit our local library once a week for story hour. My oldest is really too old for it since they focus on the smaller kids, but he still looks forward to it.
My children are 10 years, 8 years and 5 years. This summer, we’re doing a bit of “school” most mornings….reading, math (mathplayground.com has a lot of fun games, worksheets leftover from the school they attended, games like Yahtzee), writing (letters to grandparents and friends far away, lists of what they want to do when we get back to America). We’re missionaries in Africa who will be furloughing this October and will be in U.S. for 1 year where I’ll homeschool.,…my first time EVER! So, I’m researching homeschooling and came across your website, which I’m enjoying greatly and finding VERY helpful. Thank you for taking the time to help others like me.
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My kids are 3.5 an 18 months. We do home preschool each weekday. Nothing fancy, but my kids love it!
We do the summer reading program at the library. My children are 10-8-6-2.
Our kiddo is turning 6 and we do homeschool all year round. Since we live in a cold climate, we take advantage of the warm weather when we have it and do more outdoor activities.
My kids are 7, 4 and 2. During the summer, we spend a lot of time at the library, the children’s museum, the zoo and in the woods. We also try to take several small trips to cities and parks within a few hours from us. National historic sites have been surprisingly fun for everyone.
My kids are 13, 10, and 8 one way I make sure they are reading, also we do a lot of crafts and nature walks.
My kids are 9, 8 and 5. We do field trips over the summer to historical sites, botanical gardens, science centres etc and travel. We also do IX L math.
My kids are 5, 10, 12, and a baby on the way. I keep them learning during the summer with educational games.
My children are 6, 9, 12, and 16. In some ways summer is even busier than other times of the year because my children suddenly have access to all of these community education and rec classes that aren’t available during the school year. They take full advantage of these and participate in everything from reading programs at the library to science classes at the state parks to theater and art classes.
My kids are 5 and 8 and we also do the summer reading program at the library!
my kids are 14,11,and 9, we do a summer reading program at the library.
My kids are 14, 13, 11, 9, 8, 6, 5, 4, 2 and 8 months. Yep – that makes 10 kids!
Over summer, we like to read aloud as a family regularly. We also enjoy more nature study, being outdoors and exploring. We re-start our school year after 4th of July.
Thanks for the opportunity to win! I love the few Dover things I’ve used over the years!
We have 8 kids ages 12 down to 19 months. Our summer is filled with gardening, nature walks, pen pal writing, and educational videos or baking on days when the rain and mosquitoes keep us indoors.
My kids are 4.5 & 2. Our favorite ways to learn during the summer is reading new books from the library (currently loving Kid Presidents) & on super hot or rainy days were enjoying nature/animal documentaries (Be the Creature is quite popular).
My children are 5, 2.5, and 8 months. Some of the things we love doing in the Summer are LOTS of reading, bike rides, eating watermelon and homemade ice cream, blowing bubbles, and ice cold popsicles.
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19. 9, 6,4,8 mos. we are doing Cat and Dog Theology this summer, three days a week and fun field trips to museums and zoos.
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My kids are 13, 11, 7, and 6. We like to go to our library for the summer reading program, plus I have a Boy Scout who attends camp, my daughter will attend 4H camp this year, and one learning to scuba this summer. Lots of reading and board game playing too!
I like Simple Homeschool and Teaching with Dover on Facebook. 🙂
My kids are 7, 5, and 3. Our favorite way to keep learning is to read and to explore nature.
My children are 14, 12, 9 and 6. Life is learning! To keep them learning my husband and I stay present in their lives as much as possible: doing things WITH them and talking with them every day. When we are unable to do so the children have workbooks and activities to keep their minds sharp. Even TV is a learning experience as they watch documentaries and docudrama.
My kids are 6,4, and 1. My favorites way to keep them learning in the summer is to travel (which we are currently doing)!
My kiddos are 8, 6, 4, 2, and 6 months. We love to read and have a lot of creative play to keep them learning over the summer.
My kids are 10, 8, 6, 4 and 11 months. I keep them learning in the summer by reading, reading and more reading. We do read out loud books together everyday and they pick out books that interest them for alone reading.
Our kids are 11,9,6 & 4. We school all year round, just a little lighter in the summer.
My kids are 9 and 6. Summer is a great time for us to explore and learn from local festivals and reenactment. And our local library has lots of extra reading incentives.
My children are 6,7 and 9. We learn so much over the summer through traveling!
My kids are 2, 4, 6, and 8. We homeschool year-round, but do more fun subjects during the summer months. These books are perfect for that!
My children are 5, 9, 13 and we love the lake we live near for summer learning! We go almost daily. Thanks for the chance.
My kiddos are 10,8,6, and 2. We stay reading over the summer and listen to audio books. We also do a little bit of school most days so they don’t get rusty. (Or fight about silly things.)
9, 7 & almost 6. We’re doing handwriting over the summer and practicing Charlotte-Mason-style narration. Summer means lots of good books!
My children are 14, 12, 11 & 8. During summer we read, enjoy the summer reading program at our library, we do math and our favorite is we keep a nature journal of all our summer finds…bugs, birds, animals, plants, trees, etc…
My littles are 8 & 6 …. My favorite way to keep learning going is really just to let them explore!! These books look so fun – they would love these!!
My kids are 5, 4, 3, 23mth, & 8mth. My oldest has to do a Raz Kids episode, a Ten Marks assignment and some reading every day before he can play video games. We are also starting a short Bible Study program today – My Brother’s Keeper. The 4 & 3 year old are attending a half-day pre school in the afternoon b/c they need extra help with speech. The other two just get to play. I also signed them up for several reading programs so I’m trying to read to any one who will listen for at least 30 min a day.
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My kids are almost 4 and 3. My favorite way to keep the kids learning is to keep hitting up the library all summer long. If we’re swimming a lot, we’re reading about and experimenting with water. If they have a new interest, we’ll pick up a book and then find a way to do some hands-on learning.
My children are 9 and 7 and I love to keep them reading by taking advantage of the library summer reading programs. Also, we do most of our science during the summer months instead of winter. We love nature walks and study too! 🙂
My kids are 5, 4, and 1. We do lots of reading and nature study. Right now we are studying frogs and toads. We are raising tadpoles on our back porch and we catch lots of the adults!
My kids at home are 2, 5, 7, 8, &9. We are using the library a lot, and listening to audio books while we travel around visiting extended family.
5, 9 and 12. We like getting books & dads on topics they’re interested in from the library and using some fun workbooks to keep sharp on the basics we’ve learned in the school year.
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I have a 3 year old and a 10 month old. Summer is jam-packed with activities for us. I have them in a music class once a week. We go to the library where they do story hour and a craft. We read a lot! Checking out new books every week ensures a great variety of stories to hear. We support our local organic farm through a CSA and volunteer there as well. Also, tending to our own garden is a great learning experience. Not to mention all the canning and freezing come harvest time. Most importantly, we take advantage of the great weather and just get outside and explore nature.
My son is 8. He’s continuing what he usually does — watching youtube for art inspiration and creating his own art, exploring outside, reading aloud, sewing a little, and will be allowed to visit other artists to watch them work.
I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old. We do tons of learning–reading, practicing letters, lots and lots of play and hands-on science, field trips, and following up on each child’s current interests with thematic units each month. These look like fantastic resources!
My kids are 14 & 10. I think it’s tough to keep kids from learning every day. We read even more in the summer and we do tons of fun craft projects. I love Dover and have already ordered three activity books for my youngest for the summer. There’s so much fun stuff to choose from! Thanks for the giveaway.
I like SH and Teaching with Dover on FB. Thanks for the giveaway!
My kids are 9, 7, and 3. While they read every day, we spend our summers focusing on outside activities. Learning to swim (better for the older kids), ride bikes, climb trees, and grow things in the garden are on the schedule for this summer.
My kids are 4 and 10. During the summer, we read TONS of books. I also sprinkle in a little math and handwriting practice. My goal this summer in particular is to be present and intentional about resting and enjoying one another. We’re playing together, both inside and outside, having important conversations, and just enjoying being together.
They are 16, 11, 8 and 6. I try to keep them reading, and we talk a lot about all sorts of things, watch educational programs and play educational games. We also plant a garden, which we all help with and spend a lot of time outdoors. When we travel, we like to learn about the area we are spending time in.
My kids are 6, 5, and 1. We do school year round and throw in some extras activities to mix it up and keep it fun!
My children are 12, 9, 6, and 3. During the summer I usually try to keep their math skills from deteriorating by doing math drills or worksheets. We also try to continue reading aloud. I say “usually” because we are in the middle of a move this summer and are in temporary housing without all of our books. The kids have been doing lots of drawing, though. 🙂
My son is 6, and we love to read books and do projects inspired by the book we read. Thanks for the chance to win!
My children are 5, 8, and 15. They read and do lots of outdoor things. We try to plan at least one trip every other week to different parks around our state and nearby state as well. They also work on their extra curricular interests as well.
My grandsons are 5 and 3. I continue two days a week to homeschool them–we walk to the library more often, go on hikes and nature walks playing detective to see what we can find and observe, swim, bike, obstacle courses–all things outdoors. We talk talk talk about whatever we are noticing around us–then come back and look it up for more info online or at library!
My girls are 5 and 9. We love and learn with books, books, and more books! We love to read. We live in the city so summer is also focused on getting outside and into nature (and water!). Exploring all that we can and camping when possible. We also try to make our family vacation historical since both of the girls love history and visiting places that involve role playing. We went to Mystic Seaport last summer, Sturbridge Village the summer before, Lancaster, PA, earlier this spring. Mostly, we just try to slow down in the summer and enjoy and learn from whatever is around us.
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One year, 7 and 9. I like to use free resources. The library, websites, and field trips.
My children are 9 and 11 years old. We read, read, read all summer long. We also take a lot of fun field trips in the summer.
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My kids are 9, 7, 4, and almost 1. We try to do math 2-3 days a week and we read read read all summer long. Also, we become waterlogged in the pool. That’s learning, right?
I have a 7 year old. During the summer we like to make frequent visits to our local library and watch documentaries on Netflix.
I have an 8-year-old computer whiz — keeping him learning over the summer means introducing him to Khan Academy. Right now, I’m watching at him learning about the Golden Constant and Fibonacci sequences.
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My munchkins are 8, 6, 4, and almost-2, with another due in November. For summer, we’re working on learning to play chess, sharing and taking turns (not an easy task!) and tons of oral spelling. (“Mom, how do you spell ‘circus’?”) I’ve also managed to get my hands on the kids music albums GT and the Halo Express, which we listen to almost daily. I love it when I hear them humming a song, because it’s a Bible verse. 🙂
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This looks like fun and a great way to enhance our homeschooling! Thanks!
I love Dover Publications! A go to for travel/vacations on the road and just for fun during the school year! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
My kids are 12, 10, 7, and 5. We continue reading during the summer.
Our boys will be Kindergarten and 292nd grade next year. This will be our 1st year homeschooling and we are so excited! This summer we are going to do some simple workbook pages, maybe a small interest led unit study, and a whole lot of family time! 😀
My kiddos are 7, 4 and 1…….this momma didn’t read the question right……need more coffee!
My son is almost four and we enjoy reading and gardening in the summer.
Mine are 7 and 3. We school year round. In the summer, we like field trips and reading aloud together.
My children are 6 and 16. We spend time at the library, zoo, camps, reading, and traveling during the summer along with a light school week.
I have a 12 year old and 6 year old. We are reading every day and spending extra time outside. We love summer! Thanks for the giveaway.
My kids are 10 and 7. During the summer, we engage in lots of activities, outside, that keep us learning. The kids also participate in the library reading program.
For us (my boys are 5, 3, and 1), summer is a time to do lots of reading, art and outdoor exploration!
I have 5 and 3 year olds. We’ve been reading LOTS of books with a smattering of formal learning in farm-unit theme.
Children are 3rd and 5th grade. We do a lot of reading over the summer of fiction, nonfiction and even a bit of poetry.
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My kids are 6 & 8, and I love to just do TONS of reading and read-alouds over the summer. That, and plenty of free play, library trips, and beach time!
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My girls are 4 and 6 – we will have PreK and 1st grade work going on this coming year. Thanks for the chance to win. Over the summer we keep up on reading – phonics and read-alouds by mom, and we spend lots of time outdoors.
My daughter is 14 and has some learning disabilities. We spend our Summer reading, traveling and doing as many of the fun extra activities that we have a hard time squeezing in during the “regular” school months.
My kids are 12, 10 and 7. We keep learning over the summer by continuing to read, do creative writing exercises, and surround ourselves with nature. 🙂
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I have 7 & 5 year olds, and this summer we are doing tons of extra reading, participating in Summer Reading at our library, and doing lots of outside stuff.
I have liked both SH & Dover on Facebook. 🙂
I have a 8, 6, and 2 month. I keep them learning by reading and doing a couple of math problems every day.
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My girls will turn 6 and 8 this summer. They read to me daily as part of our library’s summer reading program; we spend time outside discovering nature (they are currently obsessed with looking for and trying to catch various bugs); and we’re doing a bit of living math or math games so that they don’t realize that we’re “doing math”! These books from Dover would be great to add to our summer (or even year round) learning!
And I already like and follow Simple Homeschool on Facebook, but liked Teaching with Dover as well!
I have 2 sons, ages 6 and 10 months. We contine to do a variety of light school work throughout the summer. Mainly focusing on his choice of subjects. The remainder is spent outside and on field trips.
2 and soon to be newborn- lots of reading and outdoor exploration is in store for this summer!
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My boys are 8&9 we just school year round. However we step back and relax a little. We do the three r’s 2 days a week.
My children are 8 and 5. We spend tons of time outdoors in the summer. We keep reading everyday and well as doing math and an intrest lead subject we chiose to learn about.These work books would be a great way to incorporate learning. My kids really enjoy work books!
My kids are 9,8, 5 and 3 years old. We continue our learning through the summer with workbooks like these, nature hikes, field trips reading and cooking!
I’d love to say we do all sorts of educational things during the summer but other than reading and normal everyday questions, we don’t do much. I do have some things planned for this summer but we’re about to have out of state company for 2 weeks. So hopefully we will get to our learning after that.
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My kids are 11,7 and 3. We are doing tons of reading this summer! Also math games. My daughter loves workbooks so she is also doing a series of activity books .
My children are 6, 4, and one month old. My favorite ways to keep them learning in summer is traveling when we can, lots of outside play, and the summer reading program at our library.
My son is almost three and I’m about to have a new baby – due July 6th! I am relying on grandparents to take him to playgrounds and parks for active play this summer. At home, we’ve been making batches of home-made play dough and stocking up on craft supplies. He loves making washi tape collages at the moment . I’m also saving his birthday presents, which are mostly books, so we can open them one at a time and have something new and special to do together. I think he’ll also learn a lot about babies!!
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My children are 4, 2 and 3 mths. We are busy developing a love of learning through lots of reading and hands on adventures like playdough, catching lightning bugs, and counting vegetables in the garden.
My children are 8, 6 sand 14 months and we continue to work with Dad on jobs over the summer and to explore the natural environment around our home all year
My kids are 8, 6 and 3. I try to do more hands-on stuff in the Summer since it seems like we’re always doing book work throughout the school year. I also let them play more learning games on the computer.
My kids are 4.75 and 2.5 and this summer, we’re spending a lot of time outside, both at our own house and by going on adventures in nature with friends. 🙂
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My boys are 3, 5, and 6. We school year round with a more relaxed approach, so no real summer break here except for vacations and illness.
My girls are 6 and 3 and we love to learn by reading and coloring over the summer!
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1, 3, 5….being outside whenever feasible
I have a one year old and a three year olds. My favorite way to keep them learning this summery is to read lots of books!
Our kids are 7, 5 and almost 1. This summer we are learning to grow food, playing for hours on end, and relaxing and reading in the sunshine.
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My children are 14, 13 and almost 12. I also have a 3 yr old granddaughter that we will be babysitting very often that I plan to do some preschool activities with. We take off June and just sleep in and relax. 🙂 For the rest of the summer we will have “school” twice a week. Mostly focusing on math and reading but also finishing up anything we did not during the school year.
My children are 5 and 4 years old. We will be playing outside a lot, reading, and even doing some workbooks throughout the summer.
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My kiddos are 9 and 7. My favorite way to keep them learning is by providing lots of fun learning! We joined the Spangler Science Club, they have some fun workbooks they enjoy, and they get to watch educational shows they like. I’m also super mean and have them do some math every morning. Oh, and they read every day, but I’m less concerned about WHAT they read. Any practice is good!
My son is 2 and we like to explore the outdoors to learn over the summer!
My babes are 5, 3, and 6 months and we keep the education going through the summer by participating in our library’s reading club. They encourage the kids to read different genres than what they are used to by having exciting prizes to work towards! The kids love it and it makes learning loads of fun 🙂
6, 3 and 1. Over the summer we’re doing lots of reading and my first grader is going through a summer bridge book.
My kids are 1, 3, 6, and 7. We have been reading, doing math a couple of times a week, and continuing right along with our history (including lots of projects and crafts!) This a lovely giveaway…thanks for the chance.
We school year round but on our off times we still do lots of reading, game playing, and unit studies that are child-led.
14, 12, and 8 Lots of time at the library and lots of free time to explore what interests them without the pressure of school work to “get in the way”!
I have liked both pages – have had yours liked for awhile, just added Teaching with Dover.
Kids are 7 and twelve, and so far they love that reading app Myon, they actually request to read at bed now. This is huge because both kids usually have to be reminded to do their reading. Now they enjoy the silly and informative books they have, awesome
My kids are 6, 4, and 1, and our summer learning is spending a lot of time outside and then taking breaks inside to read together!
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I have 7 year old boy/girl twins and a 5 year old girl. We are taking a relaxed approach this summer but anytime someone has a question or is curious about something we write it down on a piece of paper and post it on our bulletin board. Then, when we feel like doing some research we pick a question from our bulletin board and go find books at the library, look it up online, or try to find an appropriate video to watch that answers the question.
My children are 9, 6, 5, 2, and one due in July. In the summer we do lots of outside play and gardening supplemented by educational games.
My kids are 5, 3, and 10 months. We are mostly just doing LOTS of reading! My oldest is just learning to read by himself so it’s perfect timing to lay off the formal instruction and get lots of practice! On top of that, my baby is THIS WEEK learning to crawl! 🙂 That’s some good learning for you! 🙂
My kids are 5 and 2 y/o. My son loves to read, so we join the Library Summer Reading Program. Thanks.
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My kids are 4,2,and 1, and we keep learning during the summer by reading and looking at books
My boys are 6 and 8. I love to keep them learning during the summer by taking them on adventures. Be it a park, a walk, a monument.
Thank you for the awesome giveaway! Our munchkins are 8.5, 6. 2.5, and 2 months 🙂 We love doing simple weekly science experiments throughout summer!
My children’s ages are 14,13,11,8,6,5. We continue learning this summer by reading, visiting museums, and working in workbooks. 🙂
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8, 5, 4, 2, 5 months. We have alphabet themed days. Lots of hands on activities!
My kids are 7,4 and 2.
I keep Them learning through outdoor play and Lego play!
Although we don’t use a curriculum over the summer, we still have weekly spelling, math, reading, and writing practice. We spend most of our time outdoors, where we are ALWAYS learning! My sweet babes are 5 and 7.
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My son is 20 months and to keep him learning my husband and I read to him a lot and take him on nature walks to experience everything.
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My boys are 6, 8 & 10. My fav way of learning over the summer is through outdoor adventures of nearly any/every kind.
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My kids are 5, 2, and 5 months. I always try to find a learning experience with everything. Whether it be something about life or school related. So in the summer we are outside more and exploring more therefore more opportunities for me to make learning fun.
My children are 8,6,3, and 1! We are enjoying a much needed break this summer, but I did start a read aloud book club with friends and neighbors! Children enjoy a preselected chapter book (Newberry Award winners, mostly!) read out loud with by parents every two weeks. Then the group meets, enjoys a light discussion, and plays at the park! The kids love reading, not only because the books are amazing, but because they look forward to the book club play date! It is a win win for us!
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My school aged kids are 5 and 4 (little siblings are 2 and 7 months). We like doing workbooks, finding out more about topics from our favorite PBS kids shows (Curious George and Wild Kratts), and lots of learning through play.
My kids are ages 5, 3.5 and almost 1. In the summer time, we do like we always do. We play, we read, and we take special trips to interesting places around us. Thanks for the giveaway, the kindergarten level books look great!
I have liked Dover on Facebook, and I’ve liked simple homeschool for a while now. 🙂
My kids are 8, 4, and almost 2. We go to the library, bird watch, garden, and identify wildflowers. My oldest reads A LOT. My younger two love getting very hands on with things. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
My kids are 10 and 5. We continue learning through summer with good books and lots of field trips.
I have 2 girls. One 6 and the other is 3. They never stop learning. We talk about car colors while driving and count the number of vans, cars, etc we see in parking lots. We use chalk and do math on the sidewalk. Science is everywhere and having a husband that is a science nut makes it fun and easy.
My children are 12, 11, 8, 5, and 9 months. Our summers include joining the reading program at the library and then reading lots of books to get the small prizes. Also, we try to make the summers time to catch up on life skills like learning a new chore cooking, laundry, ironing, etc. Tuesday’s and Thursday’s we use workbooks to review what we learned in school the last year.
My girls are almost 15, 10 and 5, we’re homeschooling the youngest this fall. Brand new to homeschooling! However, we work on math facts and reading a lot during the Summer, using flash cards and kahn academy and visit our local library.
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My children are 13 and 9. We read constantly, and this summer, we are planning a trip to San Francisco for sight seeing, hiking, mountain biking, and beach fun. Beyond that, we spend our summers with swim team, gardening, tending our animals, and working with community theater.
My boys are 11 and 2. Every summer we sign up for the library’s summer reading program and go to the library often. We make sure we sign up for some swimming in the summer since they need to know that.
My kids are 7 and 4. We continue homeschooling thru the summer. We concentrate on MAth, reading/phonics and social studies for half the summer and science unit for the other half. We also doing art projects and some tinkering.
Our 3 and 6 year old girls love workbooks! I’ve liked Dover & Simple Homeschool’s pages. 🙂
My boys are 6 and 4. As of right now we do school by interest. We are loving all this time learning together. Love learning through experience, touch, and seeing it for ourselves. 🙂 Thank you for this opportunity to add in some more fun things. 🙂
My girls are 17 and 3. I home school year round. So, My favorite way to keep them learning during the summer is to get more outdoors and take trips to different places to have a more observational/ hands-on type of learning.
My sons are 12, 6, and 2. We like to do field trips and many library trips during the summer.
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My boys are seven, five and two with another on the way in the fall. We school year round, which mostly includes lots of playing and reading.
My kids are 5 and 4, and for summer, we read, visit the library, play outside, visit local museums, aquariums, etc.
Alana is 4.5
Over the summer we are participating in the library’s Summer Reading Program and splashing about in the ocean. She appears to be teaching herself how to swim and loves writing letters in the sand. We also just started StarFall.com for phonetic alphabet exposure.
Our two sons are 6 turning 7 this week and 8.
We spend lots of the summer at special events at Fort Laramie NHS learning about trappers and mountain men; bats and other nocturnal animals, star gazing; listening to folk music and participating in the Old Fashioned fourth of July.
As well, the boys are leaning about concert bands, band instruments and how it all stays/comes together with a director while I play in a local community band this summer.
My kids are 7, 4, and 1. During the summer, we explore our local parks, go camping, hike at least once a week, and read aloud as much as my voice can handle. Now that the oldest is reading independently and voraciously, he’s helping out a bit with the read-alouds.
My girls are 7 and 9. This summer we have been using a workbook and Ipad apps for flashcards/math games to keep the math fresh.
My boys are 4 and 6. Our city sponsors a cultural pass summer program that gives kids admission into museums, historic sites, and a variety of arts performances. It makes for a fantastic summer of field trip experiences that we supplement with lots of reading!
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Different ages from 3-11. I tutor and nanny a variety of ages. These books would be very helpful resources.
My boys are 7 and 8 and during the summer we take fun trips to places we studied during the year, read lots of great books and find fun ways to reinforce our math skills:-) these workbooks look amazing!! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win:-) we already like Simple Homeschool but we will like Teaching with Dover!
love these! Thanks for the chance. Next year we’ll be schooling K, 1st and 5th.
My kids are 5 and 8 years old. We love to read and go to the splash park over the summer.
Hi, my kids are 12, 9, 8, 5, and 21 months. We love reading, STEM projects, and camping trips with lots nature study. We also made bird feeders and enjoy identifying our neighborhood birds. Our vegetable garden is teaching us loads about botany. Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway!! Good luck everyone!!
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My kids are 2, 9, and 10 1/2. We school year-round, but in the summer our focus tends to be even *more* reading, outside time, science experiments, crafts, field trips, and other hands-on projects.
My children are 10 and 6 and we spend our summer, primarily exploring nature outdoors. However, we love to do more in-depth art projects in the summer as well!!
My children are 4 and 6 yo. We keep learning with a light schedule during the summer. We focus on more fun stuff like unit studies (we are doing an ocean theme currently and loving it), science experiments, arts and crafts. We take breaks for beach days, field trips and simply playing games together.
Kids are 5 and 7, and we go to all the local library activities, read lots of books, and learn about the things we see in our trips and anything else they are interested in.
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Age 5. I kept him learning over the summer by creating fun notebooks/journals he decorates and helps create for math, letters and science.
I have littles still so we do lots of outside time and reading and play-based learning.
Hi Jamie,
My kids are 8,6,5, and 3. I believe children are learning all the time, so our favourite way to learn during the summer is to simply enjoy the season! Lots of outdoor adventures. Ramadan is also in the summer this year, so we will be reading/studying things related to and doing a lot of crafts/baking in celebration of the Blessed Month.
My children are 9 and 6. We continue our school through the summer and read lots of books from the library.
My kids are 9, 6 and 3. We are still doing math, science and reading through the summer, but my kids just don’t realize it because I am sneaking it in. It is easy to find ways to connect our learning to everyday things or activities. And my older ones love teaching the younger ones things that they don’t know yet. It is really beautiful.
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My daughter is 7. We do science projects outdoors all summer! It’s so much fun! And of course reading everyday 🙂
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My kids are 13, 11, & 5. I love to keep them learning over the summer by spending lots of time outside. We go to the park and in hikes and just explore. It’s so much fun.
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My kids are 9, 7, 4 & 2. We do lots of playing, exploring at our park, some workbooks and some games on the computer(pbs).
My daughter is 11. During the summer we have extra time for adventures. We take some field trips and play in the woods together, but much of her learning is through free time and exploring.
My son is three and we’ve signed up for the summer reading challenge at our local library. We also go to story time at the same library and have a subscription to Raddish cooking club. So fun!!
My girls are 4.5 and 3. They love to learn year-round, so I haven’t really introduced the idea of a summer break to them yet–it’s year-round learning for us. Thank you for the giveaway!
We have 2 girls, ages 7 and almost 2 in a few days! Excited for all the fun parts of homeschool to continue throughout the summer … baking lessons, read alouds, science experiments, art lessons, puzzles, etc., etc.!!!
My son is 8 years old. Our favorite activity for learning in the summer is to pick a topic of interest and learn it until we master it or we are ready to move on to something different. We also do audio books on all of those summer road trips!
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My son is also eight! As unschoolers, my favorite way to keep him learning over the summer is just to keep supporting him doing the things he’s interested in.
I like Teaching With Dover and I like Simple Homeschool. 🙂
My kids are 9, 7, 4, & 2. I like to do fun field trips during the summer to keep learning “unofficial” and fun.
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I have two ages 3 and 10. Our summers a hands on learning. We garden, paint, clean(home eco), tye dye, all the crazy projects that take more then a few minutes. This would be great for both of mine.
My 3 kiddos will be 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade next school year. For each day they complete part of an online typing course, they get to play on a learning website like NASA or BrainPop. Plus lots of audio books and regular library trips.
Mine are 3 & 6. We are outdoors most of the summer learning about frogs and other critters, playing in the rain, dirt etc! We also read story books and about our states and presidents.
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My girl is 10 and we do a little bit of workbook study in the mornings, when we are fresh, and then learn by doing activities outside the house! Nearly everything can be made into a learning experience! The Dover books look great, thanks for the discount code, too!
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My children are 12, 10, 7, 3 years, and 6 months old. We do lots of reading and library enrichment activities. I’m also trying to plan play more games that sharpen thinking skills.
My kids are 6 & 7. My favorite way to keep learning is to read aloud and give opportunities for them to make connects between reality and what we read.
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My children are 1,3 and 5. Since my oldest was 3, we’ve been participating in the summer reading program at our local library. They have story time each week and regularly have other learning activities for the children!
My kiddos are 7&8 and we learn over the summer with VBS, short day trips and vacation, and lots of free play and reading about what interests them!
My kids are 8 & 9 and we homeschool year round. We like to add in extra field trips and activities in the summer to keep it fun, as well as, interesting.
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My children love to read and go outside and explore. Also, I have worksheets that keep them active in their studies.
My children ages 5 and 8, love to read and go outside and explore. Also, I have worksheets that keep them active in their studies.
I have 4 children, ages 7, 4 and 1 (twins). We continue to learn through experience throughout the summer, exploring, reading, experimenting.
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My children are ages 7 and 4. Two boys full of energy! We live on a farm and the boys learn a lot about farm animals, hay, farm equipment and hard work. We also take trips to historic places during the summer… National parks, state parks, forts, etc. We go camping and explore nature. And we read a lot of books together. They also have “bored” time which makes them use their imaginations and be creative.
My kids just wrapped up K, 2nd and 4th grades. Summer is the best because there is so much to experience in our own living space. Watching the caterpillars that eat the passionflowers that grow all around our garden turn into butterflies is an all-time favorite summertime activity. Growing and preserving produce and breeding goats for winter/spring milk keeps us busy as the cycle of life continues on for one more year! The kids spend car-time reading up a storm for our library’s summer reading program. When the heat of summer really sets in, I’ll piece together a box of goodies for each of them, project kits and activity books/supplies, to shake things up when heat waves keep us indoors more!
My son is five so still lots of free play! But, I’ll do some baking with him, work on some ‘life skills’ jobs around the house, and certainly Bedtime Math! Love to just look for little learning opportunities – reading “Lions at Lunchtime” an hour ago and took a quick map break to find Kenya. 🙂
My kids are 6 and 7 yo, going into second and third grade this coming school year. My best ways to keep them learning over summer is summer reading programs, field trips and watching documentaries according to their age. The youngest one is intersted in dinosaurs right now and my oldest one is starting a collection of coins from different countries. It’s fun!
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I like the do website of Dover publications and homeschool. I hope to win. Thanks for the giveaway.
My son is 8, to keep him learning over the summer, we do field trips, work in the garden, library trips and fun computer time. Oh and Bill Nye the Science guy!
My children are ages 10, 7, 5, 5, 3, and 7 months. We are continuing school through the summer because last year was our first year home schooling and we took a long break in October when the baby was born. (Plus, we live in Arizona where it’s currently 112 degrees outside.) I love to read out loud as a group and individually with each child. Our best learning moments are usually spontaneous – pausing to look at a map or find an online video to answer someone’s question.
I have 3 children 6, 4, and 2. We go to the library every week and read every day, we spend hours outside, the kids have their own garden, and we do swimming lessons and trips to the zoo etc. I also try to do art projects more frequently during the summer.
I just liked the Dover facebook page. I liked Simple Homeschool a long time ago. 🙂 You’ve been such an encouragement to me in this first year of homeschooling. Thanks for the great informative and encouraging posts!
My children are 13 and 8. In the summer, we do lots of reading, especially participating in the library reading program. We also use educational apps on our iPad.
I have liked both FB pages, Simple Homeschool and Dover.
My first homeschooler is about to be 5, we have a 2 year old and a baby due any day now. We are learning by playing A LOT, helping around the house, reading books, books and more books and doing workbooks.
My girl is 8 and for us learning goes year round, so as usual we are having adventures and reading books. 🙂
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I have just decided to home school my kids this year.
I have two girls, age 5 and 8. We keep learning through the summer by spending tons of time outside and investigating everything we can! We also read lots of picture books every night!
My son is 5 year old and i have prepared new books to read and do activities together
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My child is 6 years old. This Summer we will be going on a trip to a different country while learning about the different climate, flor and fauna, water cycle, swimming and rowing a boat, etc. We are very excited!
My children are 9, 6, & 3. We love taking summer slow and exploring the world around us. But all summer long, we read, read, read!
My kids are 8, almost 7, 5, 4 and 2. The best way for us to learn during the summer is to keep schooling (we school a bit year round) with some time off in August. I do like to make it more relaxed and do more fun activities, art, etc.
8,7 and 4
Reading and exploring.
My son is 7 and my daughter is 5.
During the summer, we spend a couple of hours a day either doing workbooks and/or activities based on science and art. Of course lots and lots of ready by participating in all the Summer Reading Challenges available around us.
My children are 7, 4 and 3 months. To keep us learning over the summer we like to visit the library and go on field trips.
My kids are 5, 3, and 16 months, and we like lots of books and outside play to keep up the learning this summer!
My children are 19, 12, 10, 6, and 1. We are doing a book challenge this summer – kind of like a libraries reading program. Other things I do is have my children anything that they don’t understand. We are also going to library to find information books about subjects of interest.
My kids are 9 and 11. My favorite way to learn over the summer is field trips. Daily our kids read at least 30 minutes ( or no electronics time).
My kids are 5 1/2, 4 and 1. We love to learn over the summer by reading aloud and exploring outdoors! We’re traveling from coast to coast this summer and I can’t wait to see what they learn from our travels.
First time homeschooler starting this Fall with Grade 1. Children ages 10, 6 and 2. Voracious readers. We are keeping them learning this summer with family-stay Suzuki music camp, trips to the library every Tuesday and daily challenge to read 5 books. Duolingo Spanish and “do a good turn daily” for someone outside our home is my secret mom-mission. I’m learning the guitar to show them I have to practice, too. Honestly, I’m scared about doing homeschool (why ruin a good thing, right?), but I’m sure everything will turn out just great. I just have to find my curriculum and jump in to this new world.
I’ve been in love with dover p., forever!
Especially since 2008, when I first became a mommy…now my 2 (7&2)boys are taking over my love towards to Dover.