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Summer Reading Activities
Did you know that reading four or more
books in the summer can help children
maintain their current reading level?
Choose a special time each day to read
with your child for at least 20 minutes.
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child practice reading skills this
summer by reading! Visit your local public library
and ask for a list of recommended books to read.
Start reading!
Summer Reading Activities
As your child reads during the summer,
create a graph of the different types of
books (genres) read.
Example: fiction, fantasy, historical fiction,
biography, mystery, animals, folktales,
science fiction, humor.
Summer Reading Activities
Reading Race
Have your child practice fluency skills by
timing your child for one minute as he/she
reads a familiar passage. Repeat and see
if he/she can complete the passage faster.
Or, have your child slow down and read
for expression.
Summer Reading Activities
• Create a reading time with your family.
Have each family member take turns
reading.
Summer Reading Activities
Book Club
Help your child create a book club with
friends. Children can choose a book to
read and meet once a week to discuss:
• Favorite parts of the book
• A special chapter summary
• A review of the major parts of the book
Summer Reading Activities
Turn off the iTunes and TV and
READ READ READ!
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child design a bookmark to use
during summer reading.
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child keep a review of books
read during the summer on index cards.
Have your child share these cards when
school starts in August.
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child watch a favorite TV show
and write a note to retell parts of the
show: beginning, middle, and end.
“It’s in the Funnies”
Have your child collect comic strips from the
newspaper. Clip them together and read!
Have your child make up new comic strips.
Summer Reading Activities
List Makers!
Have your child make lots of lists: favorite
toys, favorite movies, favorite books,
favorite animals, favorite pets, favorite
foods, favorite teachers, favorite places to
visit, favorite friends.
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child cut out pictures from
newspapers or magazines. Have your
child write with a friend and write some
captions for the pictures.
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child dress up as a character in a
book and act out parts of the story for
family and friends.
Game Time
Have your child play a board game. Have
your child read the directions aloud to you
before playing the game.
Summer Reading Activities
Chalk Talk
Have your child practice reading skills this
summer by reading and retelling! Have
your child read a book and illustrate the
text by using chalk on a sidewalk.
Summer Reading Activities
Be reading buddies with your child. Have
family members take turns reading aloud
each night before bed.
Summer Reading Activities
Build a reading tent with chairs and
blankets. Have your child grab a book and
read inside.
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child practice writing skills by
sending postcards, letters, or notes to
relatives!
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child keep a journal to record
the daily weather report during the
summer.
Build an indoor beach with your child. Get
a towel, a glass of lemonade, and a book.
Have your child read while relaxing on
your beach!
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child use sidewalk chalk and
write as many words as possible in 3
minutes.
Summer Reading Activities
Reading 15 minutes a day makes everyone
a better reader.
During a summer month set a goal of family
reading at least 15 minutes every day.
Summer Reading Activities
Check out the following website for your
child:
http:www.scholastic.com/summerreading/showbuzz.htm
You can Feed the Reader Meter by logging how many
books your child reads!
Summer Reading Activities
Book lists
Check out the following website for online
reading and games for your child:
http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Eat and Chat
Allow books at the table and have your child
share parts of the text while munching!
Make sure there are no crumbs left on the
book!
Make a scrapbook with your child using
pictures and/or drawings. Have your child
write captions to go with the pictures.
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Need some books to read?
Select a book at
http://www.tumblebooks.com
Have your child choose a book for listening
or reading.
Use the computer with your child to find
places he/she would like to visit. Design a
brochure together.
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Character Picnic
Have your child write character names on
paper plates. Have your child talk about
that character as he/she chooses a paper
plate.
Summer Reading Activities
Puppet play
Find some paper bags for your child and
create paper bag puppets to retell a story.
Plan a party with your child. Have your child
make a guest list and write invitations.
Summer Reading Activities
Reflection Time
Have your child keep a journal of favorite
things he/she does during the summer.
Summer Reading Activities
Be an Illustrator!
Read aloud to your child but don’t share any
pictures. Have your child draw to illustrate
the portion of the book you shared.
Summer Reading Activities
Help your child make a book cover for a
book he/she has read. The following site
allows children to type and illustrate front
book covers:
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bookcover/
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Have a book swap with neighbors!
Have your child and a friend collect “gently
used” books from home and switch books!
Help your child write thank-you notes to last
year’s teacher.
Summer Reading
Activities
Be a Poet!
Have your child write acrostic and shape
poems using the following computer sites:
www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic
www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape
Summer Reading Activities
Movie Time
Have your child make his/her own movie in
the Kerpoof Animation Studio! Have your
child write an animated story to go along
with the movie.
http://www.kerpoof.com
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
Have your child write a weekly letter to
his/her grandparents, relatives, or friends.
Joke Night
Hold a comedy night with your family. Take
turns reading jokes from a book.
Summer Reading Activities
Check out the following web site for your child:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading
Your child can earn a free book after reading
8 or more books over the summer.
Summer Reading Activities
Summer Reading Activities
If your family goes on a vacation, don’t
forget to take along several books!
Summer Reading Activities
Where in the World Were You Reading?
If your family goes on a vacation, have your
child send a postcard to the school to let
them know where he/she was reading this
summer.
Does your child like to read non-fiction?
Time for Kids is a news magazine that
covers a wide range of real-world topics.
Check out the following site for online
reading:
http://www.timeforkids.com
Summer Reading Activities
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