How to Encourage Summer Reading
Summer Reading List by Common Sense Media
Set aside time for the family to sit down and read together
Choose an audiobook to listen to in the car
Create a neighborhood book club to encourage discussions
Storyline Online- 68 read-alouds. These also have free activity guides.
One More Story- picture books read aloud anytime, anywhere
Visit One of Rio Rancho's Public Libraries
Summer Ideas from Matt Miller- Ditch that Textbook
Free Rice: Students earn rice for hungry people around the world by answering questions.
GeoGuessr: A geography guessing game using Google Maps Street View.
Dollar Street: Learn how families live around the world -- sorted by their monthly income.
Carmen Sandiego: Play three Google Earth-based games with the international super sleuth.
Chrome Music Lab: Do fun, hands-on music experiments to make connections to science, math, art, and more.
Interland-Be Internet Awesome: Interland is an engaging and fun online site that makes digital citizenship and safety lessons into a game.
Ideas from Google for Education's Applied Digital Skills- "Stay Connected Over Summer Break"
Create a Photo Journal using Google Docs
Write a journal about your summer adventures and add photos to a digital document.
Using Google Drawing, create a digital postcard
Open Google drawing, drawings.google.com .
Add a picture from your vacation that you took on your phone, add the location at the top with your tag line. Examples- "Wish you were here", "Loving the beach, wish you were here!"
Download as a pdf, jpeg, or .png and email it to your grandparents, friends, etc.
Create a Digital Scrapbook using Google Slides
Open slides.google.com.
Add images, text, and video to compile a digital scrapbook to share with friends and family.
Tip: Go to file- download as a PDF before you send to your friends or family.
