 Summer Activities to Keep Kids Learning
from NCTE INBOX 4-8-08
Share learning activities and resources with families, tutors, summer school teachers, and other literacy volunteers to help keep kids learning all summer long. ReadWriteThink's Learning Beyond the Classroom section provides summer activities that educators can complete with their own children or share with families looking for ways to support summer learning. Don't miss the site's new features, including new podcasts and videos!
- Acting Out with Mother Goose (E)
After reading a favorite story or nursery rhyme, urge families to act it out. Suggest that children and family adults take turns, create props, and invite others to a performance. Don't miss the related video that demonstrates the activity!
- Read All about It: Neighborhood News (E)
After exploring newspapers, families can help children publish one of their own with the news of the neighborhood.
- A Trip to the Museum (M)
Whether children visit a museum or art gallery in person or online, families can explore ways that children and teens can find inspiration for storytelling from paintings or other works of art.
- Writing a First Resume (S-C)
Using a variety of online resources, family adults can help teens through the process of compiling personal information and shaping a resume. Teens then revise the resume to match the needs of a specific job posting.
To share these and other resources from the Learning Beyond the Classroom site, visit the Why Summer Reading? page for a link to a printable flyer you can send home with students and share with others in your educational community.
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Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, TE=Teacher Education, G=General).
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