Summer is almost here, as we look forward to a more relax schedule, our children still need structure. Research has shown that "Summer Slide" is real and teachers spend average of 2 months reteaching what was loss over the Summer. Together we can stop this loss, here are some ways:
Summer Reading Tips:
1. Read aloud together with your child every day.
2. Set a good example!
3. Read the same book your child is reading and discuss it.
4. Let kids choose what they want to read, and don't turn your nose up at popular fiction;
5. But books on tape, especially for a child with a learning disability.
6. Take your children to the library regularly.
7. Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic World.
8. Ease disappointment over summer separation from a favorite school friend by encouraging them to become pen pals.
9. Make trips a way to encourage reading by reading aloud traffic signs, billboards, notices.
10. Enrouage children to keep a summer scrapbook.
taken from www.readingrockets.org, summer reading tips for parents.
http://www.rif.org/us/about/programs/read-for-success.htm
Round Rock ISD Summer Reading incentive and celebration
Summer Reading Tips:
1. Read aloud together with your child every day.
2. Set a good example!
3. Read the same book your child is reading and discuss it.
4. Let kids choose what they want to read, and don't turn your nose up at popular fiction;
5. But books on tape, especially for a child with a learning disability.
6. Take your children to the library regularly.
7. Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic World.
8. Ease disappointment over summer separation from a favorite school friend by encouraging them to become pen pals.
9. Make trips a way to encourage reading by reading aloud traffic signs, billboards, notices.
10. Enrouage children to keep a summer scrapbook.
taken from www.readingrockets.org, summer reading tips for parents.
http://www.rif.org/us/about/programs/read-for-success.htm
Round Rock ISD Summer Reading incentive and celebration