H.,
Keeping kids on tract during summer months is so very smart on your part. They loose so much of their past year's learning during the summer months. Summer enrichment is so vitally important in keeping a average learner on track, providing enrichment for a weak student, or gaining ground for an advanced student.
We have found traveling is an excellent way to learn with all your learning styles, skills, and abilities being used. Visiting centers, historical locations, parks, zoo's, children centers, community events, libaray reading programs, and other fun locations is a great way for mothers to ensure their children don't just vegitate in front of the TV or play mind numbing video games all summer long.
If you want a conbination of both the above and a tutor, might I suggest Mandi Montgomery. She is a former performer of the Walt Disney World Internship Program, where she was a "Face Character"-princess, a former intern member of the National CLIMB Theater Group of Minnissota (they go into the nation's schools with drama programs and one on one class room evaluation address and correct problems that teachers and school leader's have identified as blocks to learning for their students. (These issues may be self-esteem, drugs, social preassures, bullying, etc., in their schools). 2005 Miss Georgia Teenager, Miss Mill Creek 2004, the winner of 6 scholarships, has her own children's IPO, vounteers with Rock the Vote and The American Cancer Foundation for Breast Cancer Cure, is a member of The National Society of Colligent Scholars (invited only by GPA and professors recomendations) in which she is a nationl office holder, and more importantly for your situtation, provided enrichment for two families in Columbus GA, where she was attending school for the past two years. She will be attending UGA this year, (summer or fall), and is looking or work this summer. It is too long of a communte to continue with her two families in Columbus even thought the families has requested her for the summer. Gas is just too high to make is a viable solution for her or the families.
One of her families hired her to encourage not only accedemic readiness but also social development. She has a way that reached her young charges and encourages their growth in all areas of their development. She also held study sessions for adults at Columbus State University. She also held study sessions for adults while a student at CSU. She is attending UGA to be a middle school teacher in language arts. She is looking for a job to fit into her UGA schedule which she will be getting this week. She makes learning fun and interesting. She understands the different types of learners and plans a program around their specific way of learning.
I might suggest you give her a call if you think she can be of help to your child's development. She can be reached at ###-###-####.
Keep Mothering,
Ms C.