Summer Reading Challenge

Can you believe that school will soon be out? Where does time go?

Have you heard of the term “summer slide”? No? Let me explain. Summer Slide is a term used to describe when kids are out of school for the summer break and lose some of their academic gains they made over the school year.  This can be caused by multiple factors, however, it tends to be in areas children struggled the most - particularly math and reading.

How can you help prevent the summer slide?

1. Visit the library.

2. Have your child read at least 20 minutes daily.

3. Read to your child.

4. Read with your child, exploring different types of reading, like  poetry.

5. Read for different purposes.

6. Play word games.

Here is a fun Summer Reading Challenge that will help encourage reading.  As a child, I loved to take my books and toys OUTSIDE.  The big Cherry tree in our back yard or the crabapple tree in the front was two of my favorite hangout places, until we discovered the tree in the back field which had branches that draped around it's trunk, creating a "fort" for my sisters, neighborhood kids, and myself.

Summer Reading Challenge Checklist

² Read in bed  

🏖² Read on the beach

² Read in a tent

² Read by flashlight

² Read in the car or on the boat

² Read under a tree🌴

² Read outside

² Read a scary story

² Read about a hobby or sport

² Read with a friend

² Read to a Mom, Dad, or Grandparent

🥘² Read a book about food

² Read a newspaper

² Read a magazine

² Read a true story (non-fiction)

² Read a book about Science

² Read to a pet🐶

² Read a book about outer space

² Read a book about a different country

² Read a book about animals

² Read by a pool

🌙² Read at night

² Read in the afternoon

² Read under an umbrella

² Read a book about History

² Read a mystery

² Read a fantasy

² Read in the morning🌄

² Read a childhood favorite

² Read a Classic Fairy Tale

² Read a graphic novel

² Read at the library

🤣² Read a book full of jokes

² Read a book about poetry

Will you encourage your child to take the Summer Reading Challenge? Studies show that the more a child practices his/her reading during the summer months, the more they will retain.  Don't let you child fall victim to the Summer Slide.

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