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Summer Reading

Has your child started reading their Summer Reading List for School?

Almost every student receives a suggested Reading List for their summer vacation. Have you encouraged your child to work on it? One of the biggest concerns with your child at home for summer vacation is the amount of literacy skills that can be lost, reading can help maintain those skills and entertain your child for hours.

As your child gets older for Middle School and High School they have required reading and will usually be tested on the book the first few weeks of school. Can’t find the list, you can typically find them on the school’s websites. Encourage your child to get it done this month, don’t wait until the last minute.

At our house we try to read the books our oldest has been assigned or at least follow up using online notes. It makes great dinner and car ride conversations to ask varying questions about the story. For our children it gives purpose to their reading and helps them to comprehend and create meaning.

The more they process that information the more they will remember it.

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Check out your local Library for their Summer Reading Program. They always have something fun for the kids each summer and special story times and events planned for them. The theme for many libraries across the nation this year is One World Many Stories. There is so much your can do with that theme from teaching geography or diversity to your little ones.
Click here to watch a video on how we have connected some literature from around the world to our Childrens’ Atlas

What has been your child’s favorite book this summer?

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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