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| Education Through Imagination Newsletter Volume 1 Number 4 April 2005 |
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| All Material Copyright ฉ 2003-2004 www.TriggerMemorySystem.com/www.TimesTales.com All Rights Reserved |
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Education Through Imagination Newsletter ______________________________ Vol 1, No. 4 - April 28, 2005 www.TriggerMemorySystem.com mailto: webmaster@triggermemorysystem.com Copyright 2004 Times Tales All Rights Reserved ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: -- "Welcome" -- NEW PRODUCT!! Memory Triggers - Elementary Math -- Memory Tip of the Month (Math Terms) -- 12 Creative Learning Activities For Summer --Editor's Note ____________________________________________ Welcome Readers! With summer right around the corner and Spring Fever very much in the air, it's the perfect time for a more "relaxed" schooling approach. Don't be afraid to use the outdoors as your classroom, whether simply schooling outside and enjoying the weather or using nature as your science curriculum. Get out and enjoy the sunshine! Consider charging your children with planning a garden or landscaping project and direct them in following through on it. Both projects can be as simple or elaborate as you'd like to make them. This issue is full of great activities for ummer learning. Use them to spark you creativity! TMS is also very excited to present our latest product: Memory Triggers - Elementary Math. Read more about it below. Have an exciting and creative summer!! Dena @ www.TimesTales.com ญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญ______________________________________________ New Product!! Memory Triggers-Elementary Math Terms Memory Triggers uses mnemonic pictures and stories to help your child quickly and easily remember 16 commonly forgotten elementary math terms. Booklet covers: Sum, difference, product, greater than/less than, improper fraction, proper fraction, story of long division, vertical, horizontal, converting improper fractions, and more! Check it out at www.TimesTales.com! Our Memory Tip of The Month gives an example of a story in this booklet. ______________________________________________ Mnemonic Tip of the Month: Sum......What Does that Mean, Anyway? By Jennie von Eggers Many students struggle greatly with retaining the meaning of math terms because they are not used in the daily life of a child. You never hear a child exclaim, Wow, did you see the sum of my video game scores??!!! So, what's a parent to do when the constantly hear, "What does sum mean again?" The child may know perfectly well how to perform the math, but can't get started because they are unable recall the meaning of the term. The best way to cement the meaning into their memory is to give them a story to associate the word and definition. For the word "sum" I used a mnemonic picture involving a chef to help t hem remember that the word sum means to use addition to solve the problem. "A chef ADDS sum of this and sum of that to create a tasty dish." Memory Trigger: The word "sum" should trigger the mental picture of the chef ADDING sum of this and sum of that to his bowl. See a picture of this example at http://wwwtriggermemorysystem.com/Memorytrigger.html ____________________________________________ 12 Weeks of Summer Fun Learning! With summer fast approaching, the school year is coming to an end for most students. Children are filled with thoughts of endless hours riding bikes, trampoline jumping and water fun....but what about learning? Does summer have to mean a complete halt to the 3 Rs; reading, writing and arithmatic? Check out these learning activities that will keep those educational embers burning the summer-fun way! Below are 12 summer learning activities, one for each week of summer break. For extra fun, try writing all the activities on a pieces of paper and have your children draw a new one each week. 1. Yard Sale Mapping Summer is the time for yard sales. Have your children go through yard sale section of the classified ads and plot out the locations on your local city map. You can get a map at your local Chamber of Commerce, from the phone book, or on the internet at Mapquest.com 2. Recipe Fun Keep those reading skills sharpened by having your children make something from a recipe. It can be very simple like playdough or for the more advanced reader, cookies. My son loves to go through my Betty Crocker Cookbook and find things that he can make. 3. Board Game Instructions Have your children learn a new game completely on their own by reading the instructions. Boards games can be purchased for only a few dollars at secondhand stores. You can also do a search for card game instructions on the internet. If only all reading assignments were that fun! 4. Nature's Color Wheel Give your child a large, sturdy piece of paper such as poster board, cut in half. First, discuss what kind of colors they see in nature during the winter and why. Have them consider if there are more colors in the summer and discuss why that is. Have your child go outside and take samples of as many natural colors as they can. This can be done by rubbing things such as a dandelion, a brick, or mud on the poster board paper. See if mom can guess where the colors came from? 5. Measure the House Give your child a tape measure. Have them measure the perimeter of your home and any other building structures on your property such as a garage. After this hands on activity they won't easily forget the meaning of "perimeter" ever again. 6. Barbeque Cookout Helper For the next summer barbeque have your child help with all the details of preparing and planning a barbeque. They can help with meal planning, writing the shopping list, meat safety in cooking (Ecoli dangers), cost estimator, etc. 7. Bug Hunt The bug hunt is especially fun with more than one child participating. Armed with a bug collecting container (such as a glass jar), have children see how many different bugs they can find. Older children can research and identify the bugs they find. 8.Temperature Reading For one week have the child record the highest temperature and the lowest for each day. Make sure that the reading is done at the same two times of the day. For older students, teach them to go online and find the record highs and lows for the same date. 9. Summer Crops Summer is the time for things to grow. Have your child research what crops grow in your area and why they grow there as opposed to elsewhere. 10. Bouyancy Set up the kiddie pool and let the kids loose with some bouyancy experiments. Have them guess what will and will not float. Record their results. Make boats out of sheets of tin foil and see how many pennies it can hold before sinking. Who can make the boat that holds the most pennies? 11. Concoct a "Family Favorite" Take the opportunity to create a special family recipe. Summer is an especially good time to create a one-of-a-kind dessert or smoothie recipe. You could even let the kids make several items and determine which is the "winner". Don't forget to give your creation a special, one-of-a-kind name! 12. Farmer's Market Take a visit to the local farmer's market. Compare market prices with those in a local grocery store. Compare quality of fruit. Discuss what qualifies as "organic" produce. ________________________________________________ We at Times Tales wish you a summer filled with fun and Creative Learning! We love your feedback to our products, website or newsletter. Please email us at admin@timestales.com Blessings, The Times Tales Crew Dena, Jennie & Marillee |