Pop quiz

Time to grease the brain gears. Making Italian for dinner Ask your child to calculate the nutritional value of the meal, spell words such as gnocchi or penne, talk about the Roman Empire or chat about capital cities in Italy. Incorporate pop quizzes into your childs day with math facts, spelling questions, history facts or geography questions to warm up for the upcoming school year. Online brain games such as crossword puzzles, word scrambles and Sudoku are also fun ways to exercise the brain.