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Tips to help kids
remember skills
By JOEY HOPPER
No one expects parents to
become teachers this sum-
mer. However, there are
some things parents can do
to help
children
remember
those
reading,
writing
and arith-
metic
skills that
have taken
so much
time to
master.
HOPPER
During the summer, chil-
dren become involved in a
variety of enjoyable activi-
ties that are worthwhile and
enriching. These same activ-
ities can be used to reinforce
the basic skills that children
have learned during the
school year and ones that
will need to be utilized
when school resumes.
The following is a list of
activities that can be used
with children regardless of
age or skill level. They are
fun and imaginative and
will assist in keeping skills
alive and well during the
summer months.
AT HOME
Encourage your child to
read daily. Encourage read-
ing a variety of books, mag-
azines, newspapers, comic
books, etc. Trips to the
library are a treat that
should take place all sum-
mer long.
Teach your child how to
write a check, balance a
checkbook, keep the grocery
amounts, etc.
Have your child count the
number of doors, windows,
etc. in the house. Older chil-
dren can develop an inven-
tory sheet of all your home
belongings, including furni-
ture, appliances, tools, recre-
ation items, etc.
Encourage your child to
cook, build a model, sew, or
complete any activity that
requires following directions
in a sequential order.
Have your child design a
map of the neighborhood,
Grandma's house, or the
YMCA Park.
Discuss news stories, mag-
azine articles, sports results,
and the TV Guide with your
child.
Watch television with
your child and discuss a
character, the climax and
plot of the story, what will
happen next, fact and opin-
ion, and fantasy and reality.
ON VACATION
Have your child write to
travel agencies, Chambers of
Commerce, and/or the
Office of Tourism for the
place you will be vacation-
ing. Read and discuss the
material with your child.
Have your child keep a
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journal of the trips including
places visited and highlights
of each day. Encourage your
child to draw pictures of
places of special interest.
Ask your child to figure
out the route you will take
on a map. Teach your child
to calculate daily mileage
and average miles.
Play games with license
plate numbers; spot the
highest number, round of by
tens or hundreds, call out
the number in the ones, tens,
hundreds place, and sort by
odd or even numbers.
Discuss the high points of
the states and cities visited.
Have your child draw com-
parisons between popula-
tion, climate, and economics
of each plate.
GENERAL TIPS
Set aside some time every
day to spend with your
child in an activity. Engage
your child in active conver-
sation and listen as much as
possible. Keep activities
short and fun. Review some
of the areas where your
child may have experienced
some skill difficulty, but do
not turn this time into drill.
Have fun with your child
this summer but don’t let
learning take a vacation.
.Have a great summer!
(Joey Hopper is principal
of North Elementary
School).
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Bethware Elementary School Principal Mary Accor dresses up and goes on the roof last,
Wednesday for a fund-raiser for the Joseph Smith Relay for Life.
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Principal Accor sings from roof of school
to reward students for Relay fund raising
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
For those who went to Bethware
Elementary School last Wednesday, they
may have noticed something different - it
was Principal Mary Accor.
She was atop the school’s roof in green
pants and a green wig eating her lunch.
The stunt was part of the school’s fund-
raiser for the upcoming Kings Mountain
Relay for Life, June 17-18 at the Cleveland
Ave. Walking Track.
Accor set the goal for faculty, staff an stu-
dents at $950 for one week.
If the school met the goal, she would wear
a green wig, eat lunch on the roof and sing
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The school raised $1,300.
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son’s years of employment and shoe size.
People who took the test were entered
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Students were assembled at the front
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od.
Bethware is not the only Kings Mountain
school raising money for the relay.
West Elementary also raised money
recently.
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