Research has shown over and over how important summer reading is to maintaining progress from year to year. Some schools have gone to year round school in order to shorten the time students are away from the classroom. This is one, but certainly not the only approach to maintaining the skills your child worked so hard to refine during the school year.
I remember spending my summers playing kick- the-can until dark and riding my bike throughout the neighborhood with a sack lunch looking for an adventure. I also remember I had a friend who lived on the corner of my street that was forced to spend hours of each summer day studying. I would wave to her in her bedroom window as I raced by on my bike. Thankfully, there are simple solutions, beyond year-round school and studying all summer, to keeping reading and writing skills sharp during the three month hiatus.
In fact, the best thing you can do for your child is simply to keep them reading. Let your child choose the material they want to read (that is on their level) and encourage time spent reading. There are many programs that offer incentives. One of which is the make a splash -- READ! program put on by the summit county public library.
overview of the program:
runs from June 7 - July 31, 2010
1. go to your local branch of the summit county public library and fill out a card to join the program
2. each week let your child check out a book
3. your child, with or without your assistance, reads the book
4. return the book and fill out a slip to be entered to win a prize each week
* visit the library 4 out of the 8 weeks the program runs and receive a free McDonald's coupon*
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