Getting Kids Ready for School without Them Realizing It

Encourage kids to read at least one book about Arizona before the school year begins.
Give them water bottles to carry around and fill during the day so they’ll keep up the habit when school starts.
Steer them toward a new language through games, apps and library books and resources.
Give them a garden plot in your yard to plant and grow.
Encourage them to create a budget for spending and saving their allowance.
Try out a new sport with them at their favorite park.
Pick out a packed lunch they enjoy; teach them how to prepare it.
Tell them to go climb a tree if they’re bored — keep one eye on them!
Teach them how to play chess — on a life-sized board drawn in your yard.
Keep them in a daily routine roughly following their school-year schedule, with their input.
Find volunteering opportunities — almost anything they try will have educational value.
Let them “catch” you watching documentaries about science, nature and history.
Let them tell a story about your neighborhood with words and pictures in sidewalk chalk.
Send them to the nearest Little Free Library or help them set up a new one.

by Blake Herzog

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