TIPS TO AVOID THE SUMMER SLIDE

Make A Journal

• Have your child decorate a summer journal using stickers and colored paper.

• Give them time each day to write in their journal to tell about their summer adventures. You don’t have to go on a trip to have a journal.

• Take a hike or walk down a path and collect leaves. Your child can make a leaf picture and write about it.

• Let them draw a map of their room.

• Let your child make lists in their journal.

• The opportunities are endless!

Find A Pen Pal

This could be their former teacher, an aunt/ uncle, or a friend. Have your child set aside time to write to their Pen Pal. They will love getting letters back in the mail.

Start A Reading Routine

• Let your child make a sheet tent and read under it.

• Drive to a park on a nice day and read under a tree.

• Partner read with your child. You read one page and let your child read another page.

• Create incentives for reading.

• Invite peers over and have a Reading Club one day a week. Each child can bring his/her favorite book and share their favorite parts.

• Go to your public library and sign up for their reading program.

• Make sure you read to your child, at a reading level above theirs. They need to hear wonderful vocabulary and the model of a fluent reader.