15 Days Till School: Help Your Kids Refresh Their Math, Reading Skills

If you have a child who resists anything called school work until the first day of school, why not make reviewing math and reading skills fun? Here are some ideas for games that help (even unknowingly) from the Michigan Connections Academy, an online, Detroit-based school:

1. Monopoly or Monopoly Junior (counting, buying, selling)
2. Scrabble or Scrabble Junior (spelling, word recognition)
3. Solitaire or Pyramid Solitaire (see how to play at www.solitairecity.com/Help/Pyramid.shtml.)
4. Hopscotch (a good old-fashioned game on the driveway)

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