Summer Fit Third to Fourth Grade: Math, Reading, Writing, Language Arts + Fitness, Nutrition and Values Paperback – Student Edition, April 1, 2011

Like another reviewer stated, we received a slightly different 3rd-4th grade book then the photo shows. The book I received was a third edition (2016 copyright). It does not follow a weekly schedule, but instead goes thru a ten day rotation (day 1, day 2,...day 10. Then day 1, day 2,...day 10.) I'm not sure why they went with ten day rotations instead of a weekly rotation, but it doesn't really bother us. I am very impressed with the book! My son does not enjoy school work, but this book is laid out in a manner that is challenging yet not frustrating. A little math here, a story there, write a book report, learn some core values, dabble in history, chart some numbers, journal about your week, exercise, do a science experiment, participate in any of the listed family or individual activities, and your golden! My son views it more as a summer activity book, rather then a learning book. I love the list of activities and family time activities that they list. It's not easy to think of things for your kids to do 24/7, and all the suggestions are things that cost no or very little money. (Ex. Learn to juggle, write a silly poem, drop crumbs by an ant hill and see what happens...) I'm a little disappointed that only some of the rotations include suggested reading lists, I was really looking forward to using those every week. I mean I can look up books on my own, but it would have just been easier to just use their list. I'm just lazy like that. ;) We have purchased other summer workbooks before, but Summer Fit is by far our favorite. I highly recommend!!!

Last summer I spent hours finding homework for my kids to do all summer. This year I reviewed this product on my book review blog and was really impressed. The skills are a little too easy for my son, but it is a good review and keeps his mind active over the summer. I really like the physical activity every day as well, and I like the once a week value lesson. I am glad that all the books are coordinated so I can sit down with all my kids on Fri. and we can discuss the value together. The pages don't take too long to do each day, but long enough that they get some needed practice. I definitely recommend the Summer Fit books. The website is supposed to have some more challenging activities, but I haven't made the time to check it out yet. (I purchased the K-1, the 2-3, and the 3-4 books and like them all so far.)

I really like these books for several reasons; they give a value for the week that you can incorporate into family discussions or activities, the exercise assignments give options and there is a guide of all kinds of different exercises and how to do them at the beginning of the book, kids only have to complete one worksheet (front and back) each day to complete their week, at this grade level you can set an incentive for the week and there is a chart to keep track of progress for the week - it helps motivate the younger kids.Get this book before the first day of summer to allow yourself to read the first few pages that set you up to use the books and plan on using some of the other resources that are online if you choose.This is my second year buying these books for three different age groups. I will buy them again next year too.

My wife and I got this for our new fourth grader. We wanted him to stay sharp over the summer. We ha tried other books during previous years but this one has been the most successful. This particular book requires that the parent be involved it the lesson each day by engaging parent and child in character building conversation. Things like courage and faith. It's as good as you make it. It also has a little physical exercise to accompany each lesson. If you son is like mine it's good to give something to do to get the wiggles out before the book portion.

We've used a few of these types of books with our kids to help them stay sharp during the summer break. This particular book is more comprehensive than what I expected... it even includes exercise and moral character development. It is designed for the child to complete 2 pages per day, 5 days a week. Getting my son to do regular homework has always been a battle but he completes his 2 pages in the mornings without much fuss. I'm glad I found this resource.

This specific brand of summer retention/gap books are great. We've gotten a number of different brands of these over the years and this is definitely the best. Its very well parsed out into daily sections that don't take too long, but keep kids engaged and learning all summer. They do a good job of incorporating ethics, physical fitness, etc. into the course as well. Great stuff.

This work book is fantastic! My 9 year old son enjoys it as well and he doesn't like school. The way the book is laid out does not overwhelm kids covers a lot of material. I love the way it encorporates the child's whole self. They learn core subjects, values, fitness, and historical people.

This is a fun summer book, but the answer key and the pages have errors on almost every other page. The curriculum is relevant and the activities are good, but the typos and errors make it hard to correct easily, and causes frustration when it is marked wrong and then is actually correct. I like the fact that is incorporates values and fitness into each day. Just wish someone went through the book and made sure it was all correct before printing it!