Why This Summer Is Perfect For Reading

Usually, Summer is the time when you take your kids outside and enjoy a nice family vacation. But, this summer we are all stuck at home due to the global pandemic.

While your child might be pouting, this can turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

This is the time that you introduce your child to the world of reading.

Research states that a child who does not read during the summertime may lose their reading progress up to 3 months, as a long-term effect.

This article provides useful tips for parents and teachers on how to engage their kids in summertime reading.

You will learn how to make summertime reading fun and effective with these useful tips from the experts.

Side by side Summer Learning

Children are always filled with questions and are curious most of the time. Summer is the perfect time to induce curiosity with the selective books and to make reading a habit.

For almost every parent it is one of the most difficult tasks to make their kid sit and read a book.

Summer is one such special season where it is very tough to even make the kid settle in one place.

Here are 9 tips that would make your long summer the short and the best ones.

1. Take a Break, with a Book!

You can take your kid outdoors to their favorite spot along with a book. Once you settle, you can start reading alongside your kid.

Reading during the summertime not only sticks your child to one single spot but also enhances their reading skills for the next year.

2. Create your games to make them more interesting

Never try to keep it just to reading. Engage your kid more with your fun games that would let the kid question others or answer the questions related to the book.

Also, try to connect the book to the things happening around you.

This will make it more interesting for the kid to choose his/her genre the next picnic time.

3. Day Trips for Book Lovers

Know your kid's favorite spot for the summer and choose a book that explains or narrates the beauty of nature there.

This will interest your kid more as it makes him/her experience the reality and the text through the author's narration and illustrations.

You can also book exciting trips to the spots along with the book that explains and admires the location.

4. Summer Reading for Children with Dyslexia

If your kid has dyslexia, here are simple instructions on how to encourage them to read and to enhance their skills.

Read along with them and support them while reading. Ensure you choose an easy text or book, to begin with.

Help them to enjoy the texts in the book rather than pressurizing them to read correctly and loud.

Make the reading session more fun with expressions and humor.

The early-stage summer learning experience has proved to be more effective for children in the future and has also helped many to get higher graduation rates.

Also, children who have the habit of reading during summer have built more confidence, self-esteem, and motivation when compared to those who do not have the habit of summer reading.

As a parent, you can also choose the right summer learning class or package for your kid.

Here, ensure that you choose the high-quality summer programs as these programs play a major role in deciding the children's reading habits, style, and frequency.

Also, check whether the curriculum that the program uses is of your kid's interest.

These summer classes also encourage creativity and good habits.
Here are a few ideas for the teachers to incorporate the habit of reading in the students during summer and to share them with the families.

Most of these ideas are virtual techniques that will still keep the children engaged in the process of learning.

5. Analyze the reason for Summer reading loss:

Spend enough time with the students and their parents on understanding why the habit of summer reading has vanished and also try to reincorporate that as a habit.

Then, explain it to the kid and the parents to make them understand the effect of not reading and the benefits of reading in the summer.

6. Identify the lost books to keep them engaged:

Provide easy access to the books that the kid would have not read in the past.

Also, find a book that has a personal connection between the parents and the kid to keep them both engaged.

This will create a personal connection between the book and the reader and helps the kid stick to the ground.

7. Arrange sessions in the library:

Try meeting the children at least once in the nearest library to find their fields of interest.

This will help you with switching the books based on the children's engagement and facial expression.

Also, help the kids get access to the books that would interest them from the library.

8. Webcast sessions:

Try to arrange for a virtual meeting or a webcast session where all the children would join. Read a book to them aloud and conduct open question sessions to make them curious about the topic.

Inform the book title and the author that you would be reading on the session well before the meet and start the session with questions about the book and the story.

This will create a thought in the children's minds, and they will start reading the book before the sessions.

9. Conduct Library reading programs:

Create your summertime reading program and encourage the habit of public reading.

Here, you can award the kids for reading public announcements, boards, and even notices that may not be in connection to any book.