Grade-Wise Suggested Winter Vacation Activities For Students

With the holidays quickly approaching. We’ve compiled some suggestions for parents looking for educational opportunities for their children during the winter break. Keep your child sharp with these suggested fun learning activities:

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Reading is one of the best ways to bond with your child. Snuggling up with a good book creates a meaningful quiet time in an otherwise fast-paced world. While you and your child take turns reading to each other this holiday break, keep in mind that important brain development is occurring.

Winter break is a perfect time to come together as a family to tell stories and recall memories. Share favorite tales and family history, and then have your kids bring the stories to life on a homemade stage. Turn an old blanket into a backdrop or a hairbrush into a microphone. Not only does your child learn priceless family history, but also he or she wears the hats of director, producer, actor, and set designer!

For developing fine motor skills, building something is an essential supplement whether your child uses Legos or clay; give them assistance by viewing family-friendly videos, tutorials and DIY projects. This winter engage your kids in building projects to try at home.

Grade (I-V):
Winter break is a perfect time for sweet and savory treats. Take advantage of delicious winter activities, and indulge in a little math and science. Encourage your child to help bake cookies, but double or triple the batch to practice measurements. Discuss the techniques you might use to achieve a cake-like or chewy cookie, and how science plays out inside the warm oven walls. When it’s time to serve up a slice of chocolate cake or apple pie, use fractions to figure out how much of the cake or pie is left over for tomorrow.

Winter break can work as a catalyst for practicing handwriting and vocabulary skills. Ask your child to write thank you notes and letters. Not only will your child get practice with the format and tone of a letter, but also he or she will be able to see firsthand how a letter is weighed, stamped, approved, and sent to its receiver. Gratitude journals are a great activity for your children to reflect on their lives and what is important to them. This journal gives you space to list items, people and things that you are thankful for. Acknowledging your gratitude and putting it into words helps to boost positive emotions.

We need recycling for many reasons. But most importantly, it will help us to save our planet. Besides, recycling saves the earth by facilitating the reprocess of paper which will save millions of trees. Keep your kids up with an earth-friendly craft activity that will emphasize on recycling.

Grade (VI-VIII):
Sponge activities soak up holidays with easy-to-implement challenges that motivate children to stretch their minds in new directions. Play a guessing game that challenges individual students to identify as many historical figures as they can in a set period of time.
Let your child become critics and write or deliver quick reviews of recent movies, TV shows, video games, sports events, or restaurant/cafeteria meals.

Grade (IX-XI):
It’s ideal to supplement learning with an online program during winter break. It’s a great opportunity to explore robotics or learning to code or try learning a new language.
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