Stopping the summer reading slump

As the school year winds down, teachers start thinking about how to keep their students from experiencing the "summer slump." The so-called slump can cost children up to three months of reading progress, a cumulative loss that can add up over the years.

 
 

Reading Rockets presents a new Webcast, "Adventures in Summer Learning," along with a host of resources in a "virtual beach bag," that's full of ideas and ways for teachers to encourage their students to read over the long summer months. One of the included resources is a leveled reading list for students through second grade.  Booklists for older students can be accessed on AdLit.org.

 
 

"Adventures in Summer Learning" includes a look at one mother who makes a concerted effort to provide a literacy-rich summer experience for her young children; a structured learning program in a low-income neighborhood in Detroit; and the family of a young boy with dyslexia, who enroll him in a six-week summer program for children with learning disabilities.  For more, visit the Reading Rockets website