61 Effective Ways for Families to Incorporate Learning Into Everyday Summer Life

Strategies for Families to Support Learning This Summer and Help Accelerate Learning

Families can play an important role in supporting learning this summer and helping teachers accelerate learning when school starts again. You can keep the family-school partnership strong year-round by promoting family engagement during the summer.

A new resource from The Parent Institute, Summer Matters: Easy Ways for Families to Support Summer Learning, offers families easy ways to incorporate learning into everyday activities. This colorful guide provides simple, fun ways families can keep young minds engaged without sacrificing summer fun.

This 8.5" x 11" eight-page printed resource is filled with over 60 specific suggestions that enrich favorite summer activities, organized in six sections. Families will refer to it time and time again over the summer for expert guidance on supporting children’s academic achievement.

The guide outlines activities for elementary students in reading, math, science, social studies, analytical thinking and more.

Summer Matters offers a variety of strategies and tips, on topics including:

• Creating a reading-friendly environment by keeping reading materials in reach both at home and on the go
• Combining learning with playtime (practice counting during board games, encourage writing during pretend play)
• Discovering science while enjoying nature—from rocks on the ground to stars in the sky
• Exploring social studies by digging into local history
• Taking advantage of “teachable moments” in everyday life: “Why do you think it’s raining even though the sun is out?”

Help families help their children be better prepared for the next school year with Summer Matters: Easy Ways for Families to Support Summer Learning.

This guide is available in English and Spanish.

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