Summer is a perfect time to reorganize and rethink family priorities. With so many opportunities to get outside and do things with family members and children, you'll never be at a loss for activities. Children have a natural propensity to explore, but will continue to explore more or less, depending on what happens when they attempt to explore. Encourage children to continue to learn and explore while keeping them safe. Children need mentoring in basic skills.
Basic skills are cognitive processes.
Mentoring is more than teaching. It's teaching in the context of an emotional, caring attachment and relationship to the child. It is teaching with love. Celebrate a child's developmental advances. Enjoy each milestone and developmental step a child takes, no matter how simple.