Daily Tips for Families

Today's Tip for Families

04-13-2022

Build Math, Science and Geography Skills With the Newspaper Weather Page

You don't need textbooks to teach your child all kinds of basic skills. Just open your local newspaper (in print or online) and turn to the weather page. Then try these ideas:

Play Name That State. Give your child clues about a city or state on the weather map. For example, "I'm thinking of a state that starts with an M. It's near the nation's capital and has eight letters." Keep giving clues, even if you have to give all the letters. Let your child find the state with those letters.
Personalize the map. Help your child find states where relatives live. Ask your child what clothes Grandma might be wearing today, based on the weather.
Locate the news. Read a news article in the paper with your child. Then locate the state mentioned on the weather map.
Play a math game. Ask your child to locate the temperature for a city. Then do a simple operation. For example, add that temperature to the temperature in another city, or divide that number by the syllables in "Texas."
Test predictions. Together, read the weather forecast for the day. Discuss weather terms like temperature, winds, humidity and precipitation. Later, go outside. Ask your child which predictions about the elements came true.
Play Goofy Geography. Take turns seeing if you can trick each other. Say something like, "Phoenix is in Texas." Let your child correct you, then offer you a challenge. "No, Phoenix is in Arizona. Atlanta is in Arkansas." Sometimes, try to trip each other up with a correct statement.

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