Top 10 Tips to Summer Learning

Use these ten tips to keep your kids engaged and learning during the summer months. Write all ten words on a chalkboard or whiteboard. Try to intentionally incorporate as many of the top ten as possible each week.

1. READ Read as much as you can as often as you can to your children.
2. WRITE Print letters, numbers, and symbols. Draw pictures.
3. PLAY Play is a child’s occupation. Through play, children explore their world. This happens through both unstructured and structured playtime. Play fuels creativity.
4. EXPLORE From the backyard to the park to the nature center, explore with your children.
5. BUILD Make a pirate ship or castle with pillows and sofa cushions. Drape a blanket over a card table to create a fort. Build a city with Legos or blocks.
6. CREATE Put together an art bin in a shoe box, a junk box to make treasures from trash.
7. MOVE Make movement (exercise) part of the routine.
8. LAUGH Few things make a person feel better than a belly laugh. Take time to be silly!
9. REST Be intentional with bedtime and the routine.
10. LOVE Love is a decision! Say, “I love you” daily. Show love in words and actions.

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