Reading is the key to fighting summer learning loss, aka the dreaded “summer slide.” Keeping kids’ minds active and learning over the summer sets them up for success when they return to school in the fall. Since 2006, CLiF’s Summer Readers program has grown more than 1500 percent in the quest to keep books in the lives of thousands of children who need them during the months away from school.
What can you do to help fight summer slide? CLiF has adapted some of our literacy resources for parents, early educators, camp counselors, and anyone involved with children’s summer programming.
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School starting again means having more things to do: pack lunches, attend meetings, do homework, participate in after-school activities, and the list goes on. While getting back into the swing of the school year is exciting, the shift from summer to fall is overwhelming and often results in the loss of well-formed, closely-followed, summer habits…such … Continued
General / CLiF Spotlight / Book Recommendations
We’re starting to think about summer. Specifically: favorite summer books. Recently, this conversation sparked a debate among CLiF’s voracious readers: What makes a book a great summer book? Is it a picture book, like Blueberries for Sal, that captures the long, hot days of the season? Is it a classic book you associate with read-alouds and campfires, like Treasure Island? Is … Continued
General / If you're a parent and...
Happy July 4th! This holiday inspires me to read books about American history: presidents, symbols, battles, trivia, monuments, houses – there are some great stories! Tomorrow we’ll wrap up a day of parades, candy, fireworks, barbecues, and swimming with two of my daughter’s favorite books: Looking At Lincoln and So You Want to Be President. She read one … Continued
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