Summer Learning

Summer is an important time for children to take it easy and enjoy life. But learning can be fun too, and it doesn't have to stop just because it's summer.

Here are a few tips on things to do to keep summer fun and learning going.

New Picture Needed	Summer Learning (pdf - 424kb) How to help your child use the summer to prepare for next year. This guide was prepared by the teachers and PTA at Proctor School.
	CVParents.org Science pages Check out Ask Ben, Science at Home, or Fun Science with Mr. Reynes.
	Links to Summer Fun Links to a number of places to visit in the Bay Area.
		Bay Nature Magazine Cvparents.org has established a partnership with BAY NATURE Magazine, a quarterly publication that explores the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area.
I'm Bored There are lots of great places to visit here in the Bay Area. We have the ocean, beaches, bay, hills, and other natural sites that you can explore. There are also many museums and other organizations in the area. Here are a few of them. Asian Art Museum- http://www.ybca.org/b_ybca.html Bay Area Discovery Museum Sausalito - http://www.baykidsmuseum.org/ Berkeley Art Museum - http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/ Chabot Space and Science Center - http://www.chabotspace.org California Academy of Sciences - www.calacademy.org Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Legion of Honor and the De Young Museum. - http://www.thinker.org/ Golden Gate Railroad Museum Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco - http://www.ggrm.org/ The Mexican Museum Fort Mason Center, San Francisco - http://www.mexicanmuseum.org/ Oakland Zoo - http://www.oaklandzoo.org/ Oakland Museum of California - http://www.museumca.org Monterey Bay Aquarium - http://www.mbayaq.org/ Museum of the African Diaspora - San Francisco - http://www.moadsf.org/ San Fr ancisco Bay Model - http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/ San Francisco Maritime National Park Associatio n - http://www.maritime.org/index.htm San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art Fort Mason Center, San Francisco - http://www.mocfa.org/ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - http://www.sfmoma.org/ The Tech Museum of Innovation San Jose - http://www.thetech.org/ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco -http://www.ybca.org/b_ybca.html