MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Educational Activities Urged For Children During Summer
MONDAY, JULY 9, 1962
Br DAVID NYDICK
UPl Education Specialist
There are many ways par
ents can help their children's
education during the summer
months.
There is good evidence to
how that many children re
gress o v . r the summer
months. This would be a na
tural assumption since they
are no longer involved in
daily practice and instruction.
After the long school year
children need the relaxation
involved in summer play and
vacations. This does not mean
that valuable educational ac
tivities cannot be included in
your summer plans.
Much progress in reading
depends upon experience. En
courage your child to use the
local library and other valu
able books. Pleasant and un
pressured reading can go a
long way towards increasing
reading growth. Reading for
relaxation and interest is the
greatest single factor in read
ing progress
Help maintain a good work
ing knowledge of arithmetic
fundamentals. This can be
done through usage and prac
tice. Have your children par
ticipate in planning a budget
for a trip. Follow through by
having them keep an account
of expenditures, mileage, and
gas usage. Send them to the
store to do your shopping.
Put them on an allowance.
Let them help with cooking,
especially with reading reci
pes and measurements.
Should Encourag Writing
The summer is an ideal
time to foster writing. This
important activity should not
be overlooked. While on vaca
tion, have your children main
tain correspondence with rel
atives and friends at home.
While at home, your children
can write to neighborhood
and school friends who may
be away at camp or in sum
mer homes. Encourage them
to describe their many ex
perinces. Writing of this na
ture will help with vocabu
lary, spelling, creative think
ing, and other language skills.
Vacation time is particular
ly suitable for planning ex
periences which will be use
ful in social studies, history,
geography, study of people
and relationships, etc. Social
adjustment develops as the
children spend time and play
with others. Help them to
learn compromise and consid
eration. Allow Planning Participation
Long or short trips can be
organized with some empha
sis on historical, geographical,
and industrial sites. Have
your children participate in
the journey. While traveling,
they can gain much by follow
ing the map and helping with
directions. Point out and dis
cuss what you see. Emphasize
comparisons of differ ent
areas, and the reasons that
these areas have become in
dustrial, agricultural, or tran
sportation centers.
Many exhibits and activities
are available which will help
improve appreciation and un
derstanding of cultural areas
such as music and art. Look
for special children's plays,
and art exhibits or demonstra
tions. Many local organiza
tions sponsor series of plays.
Should you find it difficult
to locate these activities,
check newspapers, automobile
clubs, chambers of commerce,
historical societies, industrial
tours, and museums.
The above examples of val
uable experiences are only
samples of many important
learning activities. Whatever
your summer plans may be.
you will be able to find many
opportunities to help your
children. The more they ex
perience, the more they will
have to relate to school activities.
Chaplin's Wife
Has Eighth Child
Lausanne, Switzerland - (ITD
- Mrs. Oona O'Neill Chaplin
gave birth to her eighth child
on Sunday and her 73-year-old
husband Charlie Chaplin said
that was about as many as he
planned for the time being.
The new addition to the
Chaplin family, a son weigh
ing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, was
born at the Montchoisl Clinic.
Chaplin arrived only Sun
day morning from England.
He visited his wife, daughter
of the late playwright Eugene
O'Neill, went home for lunch
with his children and then
spoke to newsmen at the
clinic.
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