Summertime Activities

Hey there!  As school lets out for the summer and the days get hot and filled with swimming, camping, and hopefully our lives get a bit closer to normal after all the Covid-19 craziness we've all been dealing with, you may be wondering about some easy ways to keep your child reading and practicing all of those strategies they have learned this year!  I am going to try and help with this, coming from an interventionist stand point.  

First of all, it's as easy as practice, practice, practice.  The more your child reads, the better.  The more you read to them, the better.  The more you talk about books, the better.  You get the point.  Plus, if your child sees you as a reader; whether it is reading the paper daily, reading a manual to fix an appliance, whatever it may be, it shows that reading is important in our everyday lives.  

Another thing you can try out: read in new and fun places!  Read together in a hammock, build a fort in the woods, set your tent up in the yard and fill with cozy pillows for a fun reading spot.  Keeping it new and fresh by reading in new spaces can also make reading a fun event!   Or read a book about something you can do outside: a book about fairy houses, gardening, or build a treasure hunt and read the clues to the next special treasure together.  Keep it fun and enjoy your time together! Keep sharing the love of reading throughout this summer!