Summer Learning Resources

                   Summer Resources for Parents

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Get Ready for Summer: Ideas for Teachers to Share with Parents

This outstanding article from Reading Rockets provides teachers and parents with a variety of fun activities including websites and printables for the summer.

International Children’s Digital Library 

The ICSL’s goal is to have every culture and language represented through books available on their site. They believe that every child should be able to know and appreciate the literature from their home country.

Parent Tips: Summer Reading  Access to books is critical. The public library is an excellent free resource for families to have access to books of a wide range of interests and reading levels, as well as librarians to guide children and families in selecting great books.

Reading Tips for Parents (In 11 Languages) Reading Rocket’s one-page parent tips offer simple ideas for ELL parents to help kids become successful readers. The tips are listed by age, and are available in 11 different languages!

Summer Reading: ELLs at the Library  Many great Hot Links are included here.

Creating a Home Library Here are some ideas for creating your own home library. Locate books of interest to your child and put them in a special place where you can read together over the summer. 

More ideas below: