I am super excited about this opportunity
“Barefoot
Books is launching a Summer Reading campaign and you can get in on the
12-week email program featuring literacy tips and
activities to help children prevent summer brain drain. Let me know by email if
you want included and I’ll send you a summer scavenger hunt, reading
log, and suggested book list when it launches tomorrow" ! Everything is Absolutely FREE with no obligation. Here's the link to sign up
Key Facts:
- Brain drain, summer learning loss, summer slide, or summer holiday
‘unlearning’ refers to students’ loss of skills and knowledge during the
summer weeks when school is out.
- Students lose an average of one month of school learning over summer vacation/holiday, with some students losing up to three months of learning.
- Summer learning loss is greatest in math computation, reading and spelling.
- Teachers of all grade levels often need to spend the first several
weeks of each school year reteaching what students learned the year
before.
- Reasons for summer learning loss include limited access to books and the absence of positive reading experiences.
Things We Can Do to Help:
- Children read at least 6 books. According to studies, reading 6 books or more over the summer can help children retain learning from the preceding year.
- Build your home library. Have a diverse selection
of books on hand from which your children can choose — children are more
engaged when they select the books they read!
- Add concept books to the mix. Include books that reinforce basic learning concepts, especially math.
- Bring the books to life.
“Unpack” the books through discussion and activities. If you would
like to host a Barefoot Books party to help with this please let me know
- SIGN UP FOR THE BAREFOOT BOOKS SUMMER READING PROGRAM HERE for FREE http://bit.ly/1IDSkcz
