Minimize Summer Learning Loss

Did you know students can lose 2-3 months of learning over the summer?

All it takes is 15 – 30 minutes of effort a day to minimize summer learning loss!

Create an at home learning routine that supports learning. This communicates to kids that learning & education are important.
Keep up with literacy skills by reading each day.
Have game nights that incorporate math & literacy.
Study sight words.
Build Grammar skills.
Creative writing; start a summer journal. Spend 15 minutes each day writing.
Combine math and literacy skills: work on word math problems. These types of questions require students to read and comprehend what the question is asking. Then, students show their work and provide a written answer in complete sentences. To help solve the question students can identify key words in the question and read it more than once. Identify the math ‘language’ that gives a clue as to what the question is asking. For example, if the question is asking about the ‘difference’ students are going to be subtracting.
Watch age appropriate documentaries; kids can then write about what they learned and create a presentation, collage, etc.
Take a walk and ask your child about their environment; what colours and shapes do you see?
Have a ‘teach me’ night; your kids can be the teacher and ‘teach’ you what they know.