Avoid the summer slide Students can lose 2-3 months of learning over the summer by not reading (or doing math!) Don’t let your child get behind. (National Summer Learning Association - summerlearning.org) For some kids, reading is its own reward. For other kids, rewards help to motivate them. Here are some programs: PS 261 Summer Reading Challenge! Read 20 mins a day (or more) for 10 weeks to improve reading skills! 3-5 picture books/week or 100-150 pages of chapter books. Log your books here, sign and bring in forms in September for a party! 50% of our challenge goal can be met with read alouds or audiobooks
Other incentive programs: Brooklyn Public Library - Make sure you have a PS 261 MylibraryNYC card for no late borrowing fines (take application to any branch). Complete board game for raffle and free rides at Coney Island! Barnes & Noble – for students going into grades 1-5. Chuck E. Cheese – Earn free tokens when your child fills in a form for reading every day for 2 weeks. A food purchase is required. Scholastic Summer Challenge – Children can log in their reading minutes online and earn rewards like online badges. There are games and features to keep kids interested in books. Help make sure your kids have lots of things they love to read. Research shows that enjoyment is the most important factor for getting kids to read a lot! Books online: (in age order) ● Day by Day - NY State Library early literacy initiative ● Storyline - picture books read by actors/actresses ● Unite for Literacy - early readers ● E-books from Mackin - all ages username ps261 password ps261 ● Myon, - all ages, login = student Osis # (on report card) and password= 1+first two digits of first name (example for Joy :1jo) Online Magazines and other reading (in age order) ● PBS Kids Summer Reading Camp ● National Geographic Young Explorer; National Geographic for Kids ● Ranger Rick ● Time for Kids ● Wonderopolis – answers to quirky questions ● Sports Illustrated for Kids ● Newsela Book Reviews and Recommendations: ● Common Sense Media - book recommendations and age ratings ● Cooperative Children's Book Center - Books for the Elementary Age ● Guys Read - Boy books that anyone could love ● Read Kiddo Read - by James Patterson ● We Need Diverse Books - Summer Reading Series Please email me – [email protected] I am collecting pictures of kids doing summer reading for our celebration in September. I also always looking for good resources for summer learning! Happy Reading! Joy Librarian [email protected]
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Authorby Vanessa Nutter, Librarian Archives
March 2018
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