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• Sizzling Summer Crafts for Preschool Children
  Get your students in the mood for summer! Preschool crafts are a fun way to celebrate this favorite season. Use crafts to extend a read aloud, introduce a science lesson or to create a cute student-made bulletin board.
• Tips to Improve Your Child’s Reading and Writing Ability During Summer Break
  When they’re out of school, the last thing on most kids’ minds is improving their reading and writing skills. For the most part, this is fine. However, kids can benefit from some extra reading and writing practice while school is out. The trick is to make it fun and as unlike school as possible.
• Summer Language Activities That Are Beachy!
  Kids just want to have fun during the summer, making it harder to focus on learning. Teachers can create fun learning centers and summer language activities for kindergarten students this year. Make sand letters, dig for gold, fish for words, and rhyme with hopscotch!
• Combating Learning Loss During the Summer
  Summer brain drain is a real concern for teachers and parents. Students who are not actively engaged in some form of academic activity during the summer can lose up to two months of knowledge. The good news is that it can be prevented.
• Fun Facts of Summer: Weather, Months, and Random Facts
  Do you know how many gallons of ice cream went into making the world's largest ice cream sundae? Read the answer here, along with other fun facts of summer.
• Three Fun Art Crafts to Fill Those Summer Days
  Want to keep everyone happy and busy? Try these kids' summer art crafts to ward off the nothing-to-do blues.
• Summer Learning Activity: Journal Writing for Kids
  With all the fun packed into summer days from camps to vacations to swimming pools, when will your child practice all the writing skills he or she learned during the year? In order to retain writing skills, students need to practice during the summer too.
• Have Fun in the Sun & Learn Some Math Too
  Collect mementos from a day at the beach or a nature hike, then create rice paper with everyday materials for a fun in the sun keepsake. This easy art project is enjoyable for all, and teaches division, multiplication and measurement skills, reinforcing your child's developing math skills.
• Surviving Summer Break: Three Ideas for Fun Outdoor Activities
  Summer break may mean freedom for kids, but for parents it means two and a half months of having to entertain and referee. These fun outdoor activities keep your children entertained in ways that promote creativity and physical activity while taking advantage of warm summer sun.