Take advantage of the opportunities you have now for reading enrichment and pleasure through shared reading.

Fun books that kids love for summer reading, and year-round!

This is an easy add-on to the summer reading your child is already doing that will develop your child’s reading confidence, provide extra reading practice, and help reinforce the habit of reading just for pleasure.
Materials

Plentiful source of books—check out the school or local library
Several copies of your book report form that you write together

Getting Ready
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Thinking about summer reading? One way to help your child become a stronger reader and encourage your child to enjoy reading is to make his own reading corner, creating a place and space to keep the books he likes and collects.

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In celebration of the Memorial Day weekend, we’re offering you 5 full weeks of unlimited access to online math and reading lessons for only $1. That’s right— $1!

Word play games as simple as this build language flexibility that your child will find valuable throughout life in speaking, reading and writing.

Could your child use a little extra practice with how to use punctuation correctly in her writing or homework assignments? Try this fun Comma Catcher activity to help your kids learn how and when to use commas correctly. (Especially great activity for scrapbookers!)

Check out these favorite kids’ books recommended at the #KaplanKids Twitter Party! Don’t forget to comment to add your recommendations to the list.

Summer road trips are a great time for fun family learning activities and games. Here are 5 of our favorite fun, educational activities you can incorporate into your short or long road trip to pass the time and engage your child’s mind!