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The summer vacation should be fun, but there needs to be "summer homework" also. Teach your children the importance of developing good study habits.

You may have noticed I did not post for the last few weeks. For the last two months, I have been studying very hard to pass the PMP (Project Management Professional) exam – 4 hours, 200 questions and I am happy to say I passed the exam last week. My daughters knew I was preparing for this exam and that I had to stay focused and make the time to study. I needed to limit “extracurricular” activities/events so I could complete this goal. I told my girls, “If you work hard, you can play hard.”

While I want my daughters to have fun this summer, I also want to make sure they continue to practice and build upon what they learned this past school year. We have daily “summer homework” which consists of the following:

>> Writing - Daily Journal question (For example, “What have you learned about soccer from watching the World Cup?”; “What are your favorite activities over the summer?”; “Why do you love your puppies?”

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>> Math – 4 pages (I am using all of the leftover math sheets they had in their school workbooks)

>> Reading – Few chapters (Joined the Library Summer Reading Club)

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>> Piano – Practice 3 to 5 times/week

They don’t seem to mind the “summer homework” because they know once it is complete, there is some fun in store for them also. Learning is a life-long process; it does not take a break over the summer. They are already working hard and playing hard. We hope to keep the momentum going throughout the entire summer :)

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