12 Weeks of Simple Activities to Support Kids ’ Learning All Summer Long

Help your students and their families go from summer slump to summer triumph with engaging exercises families can enjoy together. Below I share 12 weeks of simple activities parents or caregivers can use to help their child—or entire family—build speech, language and literacy skills. Offer the list to parents or hand it out to students to take home! Week 1: Summer bucket list Ask the child to write a list or draw pictures of the student’s top five activities that they want to do over the summer, like go to the pool or zoo. Post the list and check off adventures as you complete them. Week 2: Library love A trip to the local library is a must. Check out its summer reading program and post the calendar of events at home. Give eBooks and audio books (great for long summer car rides!) a try. Week 3: What’s trending … kitchen edition Challenge your older children to create “Twitter-like” updates to post on your kitchen bulletin board or refrigerator using only a certain number of characters. Try generating simple hashtags to describe their day. For example, #momisthebest  or #swimmingiswinning. Week 4: Junior book club Promote reading and friendship! Invite four to eight kids to join a book club that meets a few times over the summer. Include a book-themed snack. Week 5: Amazing race Divide the family into two or more groups or join with a few neighborhood families in an epic scavenger hunt. Write clues, create maps and design challenges for participants as the...
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