Top summer learning activities for middle schoolers
Keep your sixth-, seventh-, or eighth-grader sharp all summer with fun brain boosters.
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Name that note
Teaching middle-schoolers the musical staff is easy with this primer on music literacy.
Globetrotting gourmets
Give middle-schoolers a geography lesson by mapping the spices in their favorite recipes.
Blog all about it
Reluctant writers may just need an online audience.
Going down in history
Use your next family visit to teach the kids about their roots.
Undercover math: The tweener's dream house
In this math activity, your child draws his bedroom to scale and creates his fantasy home.
What's the scoop?
Junior journalists can get their start with a homegrown publication.
Food memory bank
Use meals to explore your family's cultural roots with your middle-schooler.
Putting the "fun" in "fungus"
Encourage your child to develop skills of observation with this moldy experiment.
Create a comic book
How you can help at home: Your child will learn to create his own family comic book. This activity builds writing and computer skills.
