Summer Slide and Bridging the Gap
The summer slide has been on educator’s radar since 1996, and educators have been trying to solve the problem ever since. Strengthening the connection of parents as partners could help lessen the summer slide by focusing on targeted skills for as little as an hour a day.
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Kindergarten Summer Review Packet Distance Learning. Yes! You may share with your classroom students via protected google docs. or directly with pdf.
Make sure your child is ready for 1st grade! Prevent the Summer Slide. Or use as your summer school kindergarten curriculum! All activities are correlated to Core Standards.
This is the perfect “Hands-on” learning review of kindergarten skills. All of the activities are created for practice in crucial early reading skills that a kindergartner needs to master to be successful with 1st grade curriculum.
These activities are created in game format — because that is how a child’s brain learns best, through active play. Your child will be begging to practice early learning skills because the games are fun, and the quality time with a caring adult is priceless!
Twenty-four activities are included with a suggested learning time-line. However, the use of these activities are flexible, use them in a way that best fits your family circumstance. If when playing a game, you see that the skill is not mastered. Practice that skill again and again so that important learning gaps do not occur in your child’s educational experience.
Just print and go!
Week One
Lesson 1. Beach Day: Blending Sounds to Make Words
Lesson 2. Speedy Delivery: Reading Sight Words
Lesson 3: Rain Rain Go Away: Decoding Words
Lesson 4: Sticks and Curves: Handwriting and Sorting Letter Shapes
Week Two
Lesson 5: Baseball: Segmenting Words in Phonemes
Lesson 6: Roller Coster Run: Alphabet Fluency
Lesson 7: Beach Ball Color Match: Reading Color Words
Lesson 8: Trip To Space: Handwriting Lowercase Letters
Week Three
Lesson 9: Riddle Me: Manipulating Phonemes to Make New Words
Lesson 10: Space Walk: Decoding Words
Lesson 11: Turtle Talk: Reading Sight Words Fluently
Lesson 12: Catch a Wave: Handwriting Simple Sentences
Week Four
Lesson 13: Farmyard Rhymes: Generating Rhyming Words
Lesson 14: Frogger: Decoding Words
Lesson 15: Sand Castles: Reading Sight Words
Lesson 16: Rodeo Round-Up: Writing Letter Sounds
Week Five
Lesson 17: Parade Announcer: Identifying Medial Sounds
Lesson 18: Summer Celebration: Reading Simple Sentences
Lesson 19: Diving For the Alphabet: Ordering Alphabet Letters
Lesson 20: Kid Camp: Writing CVC Words
Week Six
Lesson 21: Lantern Race: Alphabet Letter Sound Fluency
Lesson 22: Mosquito Slap: Decoding Words
Lesson 23: Flower Garden Sentences: Simple Sentences
Lesson 24: At The Pond: Building Comprehension Skills
© Kathy Crane
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Parents have the power to change everything! They themselves can lessen the gap even before the students arrive back in the classroom in the Fall. Even with limited time and resources, parents can make the difference in less than an hour a day.
First and foremost, reading to a child is crucial. Listening to books read aloud builds crucial vocabulary skills, enriches background knowledge, and develops critical comprehension skills. Read aloud to your child for at least 15 minutes a day.
Try to provide time for your child to practice reading themselves! Take trips to the library and check out that stack of books. Visit online sites that have books available at your child’s level. Some online options are: Pioneer Valley Books, Vooks, Speakaboos, Farfaria, and Epic .
Spend at least 10 minutes playing games with your child to practice skills such as listening, letters, and sounds. Early skills are most easily learned through games, and I’ve made a whole packet of fun to play games for you to use!
Foster creativity and imagination by providing opportunities for arts and crafts projects, construction with materials such as LEGOs, and encourage dramatic and music opportunities.
Product Description
Kindergarten Summer Review Packet Distance Learning. Yes! You may share with your classroom students via protected google docs. or directly with pdf.
Make sure your child is ready for 1st grade! Prevent the Summer Slide. Or use as your summer school kindergarten curriculum! All activities are correlated to Core Standards.
This is the perfect “Hands-on” learning review of kindergarten skills. All of the activities are created for practice in crucial early reading skills that a kindergartner needs to master to be successful with 1st grade curriculum.
These activities are created in game format — because that is how a child’s brain learns best, through active play. Your child will be begging to practice early learning skills because the games are fun, and the quality time with a caring adult is priceless!
Twenty-four activities are included with a suggested learning time-line. However, the use of these activities are flexible, use them in a way that best fits your family circumstance. If when playing a game, you see that the skill is not mastered. Practice that skill again and again so that important learning gaps do not occur in your child’s educational experience.
Just print and go!
Week One
Lesson 1. Beach Day: Blending Sounds to Make Words
Lesson 2. Speedy Delivery: Reading Sight Words
Lesson 3: Rain Rain Go Away: Decoding Words
Lesson 4: Sticks and Curves: Handwriting and Sorting Letter Shapes
Week Two
Lesson 5: Baseball: Segmenting Words in Phonemes
Lesson 6: Roller Coster Run: Alphabet Fluency
Lesson 7: Beach Ball Color Match: Reading Color Words
Lesson 8: Trip To Space: Handwriting Lowercase Letters
Week Three
Lesson 9: Riddle Me: Manipulating Phonemes to Make New Words
Lesson 10: Space Walk: Decoding Words
Lesson 11: Turtle Talk: Reading Sight Words Fluently
Lesson 12: Catch a Wave: Handwriting Simple Sentences
Week Four
Lesson 13: Farmyard Rhymes: Generating Rhyming Words
Lesson 14: Frogger: Decoding Words
Lesson 15: Sand Castles: Reading Sight Words
Lesson 16: Rodeo Round-Up: Writing Letter Sounds
Week Five
Lesson 17: Parade Announcer: Identifying Medial Sounds
Lesson 18: Summer Celebration: Reading Simple Sentences
Lesson 19: Diving For the Alphabet: Ordering Alphabet Letters
Lesson 20: Kid Camp: Writing CVC Words
Week Six
Lesson 21: Lantern Race: Alphabet Letter Sound Fluency
Lesson 22: Mosquito Slap: Decoding Words
Lesson 23: Flower Garden Sentences: Simple Sentences
Lesson 24: At The Pond: Building Comprehension Skills
© Kathy Crane
Year-Long Home Learning Bundles
Kindergarten Home-Connect Yearly 16-Packet Bundle
Preschool Home-Connect Yearly Bundle
First Grade Home-Connect Yearly Bundle
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