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If you’re waiting for a child to grow into a concept, first of all don’t fret. Even with a subject such as science or math, you can do plenty to fill your school hours while you watch your child mature a bit. Put on your creativity cap and use the time constructively, and you find you’re building those skills at the same time you pretend to avoid them. Here are a few ideas:

  Explore the world. Watch bugs crawl and leaves turn for science. Break out the math manipulatives and simply play with them. Take the dolls and create stories and play with them for language. Visit a local landmark for social studies and learn about it.

 Incorporate those LEGOs, blocks, or other building toys. Objects such as these sharpen thinking skills and creativity. After your child has completed his creation, ask him to tell you about it as a language arts activity. If you want to track his progress, write his story as he tells it to you.

 Drag out those colored pencils and draw. Draw squares. Learn about perspective. Draw rainbows and arcs. Draw bugs and flowers and trees. Draw what you know about math or science. Although it may not seem like much, reproducing concepts like shapes on paper solidifies understanding of how those things work in the real world.