Summer Slide Prevention Activities for Elementary Kids

While we homeschool all year round, that is not the case for everyone. Regardless if summer is your break or simply just a slower time during your educational year, we all want to prevent that dreaded "summer slide". Summer is a time full of sunshine and laughter and fun, but can also be a time where kids can forget a few skills and concepts. We definitely do not want to spend our summer indoors doing rigorous curriculum and endless worksheets, so I created a list of summer-slide prevention resources and activities for elementary students! Our goal is to keep learning going all summer long, but in a fun and engaging way.

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Easy Ways to Prevent Summer Slide

Reading Daily

• Weekly library visits

• Audiobooks

• Read-alouds

• Reading Comprehension Practice

Writing Practice

• Writing Prompts and Activities

• Journaling

• Pen Pals

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Hands-On Learning

• Nature walks

• Cooking math

• Educational games

Spelling, Vocabulary and Sight Words

• Summer spelling units

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• Spelling board games:

  • Scrabble

  • Bananagrams

• Sight Word SWAT!

  

  General Skills Review Resources

• Upper Elementary Summer Skills Review

• 1st to 2nd Grade Summer Bridge Workbook

  

• Outdoor obstacle courses

• Cooking and baking

Summer is a time for fun, laughter, and sunshine... Sprinkled with a bit of learning and exploring. We hope you enjoy the freebies sprinkled throughout this blog and have a wonderful summer!