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Don’t Let the “Summer Slide” Dull Those School Skills!
This time of year I get a lot of requests for resources to help students keep up their school skills over the long summer months. I searched the web for the best resources, tips, and techniques I could find. I focused on free resources to help keep it, well … free :). These resources cover a range of academic subjects and skills.
- The CK-12 BrainFlex “challenge” [4] can help student keep Math and Science skills toned over the summer.
- This set of Summer Learning Activities from About Parenting [5] offers ideas for Math, English, and Science skills.
- Dr. Gail Gross offers 12 Fun Ways to Help Prevent Summer Learning Loss [6] on the Huffington Post.
- The “Understood Community” offer this video about Keeping Reading Skills Sharp Over the Summer [7].
- This PDF from Lake Forest College [8] offers lots of suggestions for keeping up on reading, writing, and oral communications.
- “Inspiring Moms” explore “How do you keep your kids’ math and reading skills sharp over the summer?” in this article [9].
- HomeSchoolMath.net offers this rich web page [10] of resources, videos, and tips for “Keeping Your Math Skills Sharp Over The Summer”.
- Kudos to the The Alabama State Department of Education for putting together this 2015 Summer Learning Challenge [11]
- LumosLearning offers 7 Simple Steps to Prevent Summer Learning Loss [12]
- 5 Tips for Preventing Summer Learning Loss for Childen With Special Needs [13] from Friendshipcircle may date back to 2012, but the ideas are as relevant today as they were a few years back.
- How to Keep Your Child on Track During Summer Break [14] from HuntingtonHelps offers useful facts and tips.
- Federal Way Public Schools offers this list of resources for Student Learning and Practice [15].
- “Teach. Learn. Grow.” provides 8 Resources to Prevent Summer Learning Loss [16]
Hope these are a help to parents and teachers everywhere! Of course, we’d love to hear about resources that you find useful, so please don’t hesitate to drop a comment and share!
About Kelly Walsh [21]
Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester, in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches. In 2009, Walsh founded EmergingEdTech.com. As an education and instructional technology advocate, he frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author, and online educator, regularly running Flipped Class Workshops [22] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [23]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [24] and have a listen!
[Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, or those of other writers, and not those of my employer. - K. Walsh]