December 21, 2021
Winter Issue #4
Weekly activities and lessons to keep your child thinking and progressing throughout the school year.
"Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.”
The McManus Files
Winter Issue #4

Hello,
I hope you holidays are merry and bright, full of family fun and good food. To keep the little ones busy and thinking, here is a holiday flyer full of some great activities.

Please share this flyer with your friends and encourage them to join our mailing list by following the links on this page.

Mr. McManus :-)
Great Read of the Week
City Spies
by James Ponti
City Spies is an excellent and exciting mystery series that both kids and adults will enjoy. Book one takes readers from New York to Scotland and into Paris with an engaging story full of intrigue and espionage.

Major props to the author for featuring a racially diverse cast of characters who leap off the page and whose realistic, humorous banter that will keep you laughing out loud. If you enjoy mysteries with a side of adventure and a splash of friendship, you’ll love the City Spies series. I’m definitely looking forward to the second book in the series which is set in San Francisco. Enjoy!
Inquiry Quest
Hungry for shark content? You’re fin the right place. Dip your toes into shark-tastic activities brought to you by the California Academy of Science.

Turn these short days of winter break into shark days with an action-packed roster of 19 hands-on crafts, guided videos, interactive programs, coloring pages, and an ocean-ful of facts about your favorite cartilaginous creatures...
If you feel your child might benefit from a group or individual tutoring program to prepare them for the next phase of their education, please contact McManus Tutoring.

Programs are structured so that students learn independence, accountability, and self-possession. They will develop a repeatable structure that can be used to build success in the future.
Three Writing Prompts and a Riddle

These prompts and questions will help jump-start your daily writing. Just as it's important to read for at least 30 minutes each day, you should also write for 30 minutes a day. Don't worry about your organization or spelling, just write!


"It was a super cold Saturday. It was so cold that..."


"I gulped down my milk, pushed myself away from the table and bolted out of the kitchen toward..."


"I couldn't imagine why my father was yelling for me at 7:00 in the morning, but yesterday was..."

There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?

answer in next week's issue :-)

Last week's answer... Billy
Problem of the Week
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