Flash These Cards to Launch Summer Learning
I received a sample from TestingMom to review for this sponsored post. The opinions are completely my own based on my experiences. When my twins were finishing their final weeks of kindergarten and my toddler napped, I launched into “special learning time” with my four-year-old to prevent the summer slide , ease her transition from preschool to full-day pre-K, and prepare her to take the NYC Gifted &Talented test six months from now. This is my second time around the block. When my twins were four, we enjoyed playing “space baby games” on TestingMom.com and answered a few sets of G&T practice questions. But what clicked most for our family were “offline” activities that deepened my kids’ understanding of core concepts they would see on the G&T exam and in school. We created patterns in Tic-tac-toe frames, set the stopwatch for puzzle competitions, played card and board games, set out on measuring tape scavenger hunts, devoured dozens of books , and talked all t...