Summer Learning

Hello all,
while this is the time to kick back and enjoy the laziness of summer I would like to encourage you to read the following article about learning loss over summer. I personally am not a big supporter of summer workbooks, but have been quite successful with more focused activities.
Summer Learning
Rather than waiting until end of August to restart a routine, I recommend keeping a low key and flexible learning routine. Every family is different and you should choose whatever works best for you. Some might have a set time every day for reading or other learning activities, others might have a goal for the week. The article has some suggestions about how to keep students engaged in learning over summer, I would like to add to that.
Learning has many forms and I hope you will try out different activities that allow you and your family to learn together. Creative writing activities can be a wonderful family project, too. Powell's finally sells poetry magnets again - and they do have the German set, too! Fridge poetry can be a creative way to play with language. We have also tossed a handful random words in a bag and drew 5. All 5 words had to be used in a story then. Be creative, the story can be written collaboratively or individually. You will be surprised how different the stories will be!
Enjoy!