WEBVTT 00:00:03.370 --> 00:00:06.150 Hey there, welcome back to The Education Connection 00:00:06.150 --> 00:00:09.689 where we bridge the gap between learning and 00:00:09.689 --> 00:00:13.169 life. I'm your host, Robin Wilson, and today 00:00:13.169 --> 00:00:16.589 we're diving into a super important topic for 00:00:16.589 --> 00:00:19.730 parents and teachers alike, preventing that summer 00:00:19.730 --> 00:00:22.890 slide. That's the learning loss that can happen 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:26.149 over these long summer months when school is 00:00:26.149 --> 00:00:30.010 out. But before we begin, I want you to listen 00:00:30.010 --> 00:00:34.079 to this. Hi, I'm Steve Mileto from the Teaching, 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:36.560 Learning, Leading K -12 Podcast, a part of the 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:38.939 Education Podcast Network, just like the show 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:40.979 you're listening to now. Shows on the network 00:00:40.979 --> 00:00:43.340 are individually owned and opinions expressed 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:45.820 may not reflect others. Find other interesting 00:00:45.820 --> 00:00:49.500 education podcasts at edupodcastnetwork .com. 00:00:52.199 --> 00:00:56.840 All right, so back to the podcast you're listening 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.880 to right now. We're gonna be talking about preventing 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:02.780 the summer side. That's the learning loss that 00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:05.140 can happen over those long summer months when 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:08.340 school is out. But the good news is with just 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:11.239 a few simple strategies, you can keep your child 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.579 skills sharp and still enjoy every minute. of 00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:19.120 summer fun. So I have covered this subject before, 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:22.060 but I'm going to go over a few more tips tonight 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:27.099 that will help you stay in the loop with those 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:31.319 summer skills. So we work so hard during the 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:34.879 school year, teachers, parents, homeschool parents, 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:39.349 public school. private school to help kids grow. 00:01:39.370 --> 00:01:41.530 And it's tough to think of losing some of that 00:01:41.530 --> 00:01:44.069 progress just because summer gets a little too 00:01:44.069 --> 00:01:48.530 relaxed. And listen, I need summer as just as 00:01:48.530 --> 00:01:51.969 much as you do and your kids. We've got to have 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:56.170 that summertime. But we need to also just think 00:01:56.170 --> 00:02:01.569 about a few minutes a day, making some fun educational 00:02:01.569 --> 00:02:04.329 decisions so that our kiddos are ready to go 00:02:04.329 --> 00:02:09.289 when it's all over. And summer should be fun, 00:02:09.509 --> 00:02:12.669 but with few easy ideas, you can keep learning 00:02:12.669 --> 00:02:15.629 woven into the summer without feeling like you're 00:02:15.629 --> 00:02:20.469 running a classroom at home. So tip number one, 00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:24.090 keep reading fun, and I can't express it enough. 00:02:24.289 --> 00:02:28.409 Your child should be reading just 15 to 20 minutes 00:02:28.409 --> 00:02:32.539 a day. Now if they take off and go longer, I'm 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:35.520 happy about that and I know you are too but if 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.580 we can read with them listen to them read or 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:41.439 they can read independently just 15 to 20 minutes 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:44.360 a day that's going to make a huge difference 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:48.439 in that summer slide and not sliding so much. 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:52.259 Ways to do that, visit your local library, let 00:02:52.259 --> 00:02:54.860 your child pick out whatever interests them. 00:02:55.340 --> 00:02:58.159 Maybe you could even start a little neighborhood 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:02.419 library where there's a little mailbox that you 00:03:02.419 --> 00:03:05.300 have set up. I've seen these little houses on 00:03:06.430 --> 00:03:09.789 like post, like a bird house except that it's 00:03:09.789 --> 00:03:12.349 a book house and then maybe you can even start 00:03:12.349 --> 00:03:14.129 one of those in your neighborhood that after 00:03:14.129 --> 00:03:16.930 a child reads a book you can put it in there 00:03:16.930 --> 00:03:19.389 and then other people in the neighborhood can 00:03:19.389 --> 00:03:22.069 put books in there that your child may enjoy 00:03:22.069 --> 00:03:26.050 reading. You can start a casual family reading 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:28.969 challenge with little prizes. Now I know our 00:03:28.969 --> 00:03:31.830 local library always has a summer reading challenge 00:03:31.830 --> 00:03:35.699 for adults and for children alike. So if they 00:03:35.699 --> 00:03:39.860 read so many books they get stickers and at the 00:03:39.860 --> 00:03:42.139 end they can win some pretty big prizes. I've 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:46.500 seen scooters and bicycles and iPads, Kindles 00:03:46.500 --> 00:03:49.270 and some pretty pretty great things that you 00:03:49.270 --> 00:03:54.270 can win at your local library and that time is 00:03:54.270 --> 00:03:59.150 coming soon we are just about 24 school days 00:03:59.150 --> 00:04:02.889 away from summer we are just one month away we 00:04:02.889 --> 00:04:05.990 have the month of may right now and that is it 00:04:05.990 --> 00:04:09.509 so it's time to start planning your june and 00:04:09.509 --> 00:04:14.120 getting your june lined up for those prizes Number 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.680 two, you can make math a real life. So math does 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.920 not have to come from a worksheet. Bake together 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:24.540 and double a recipe. Set up a lemonade stand, 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:28.540 track profits, or plan a trip and calculate the 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:32.120 gas mileage or budgets. Real world math shows 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:37.220 kids the why behind the numbers. Tip number three 00:04:37.220 --> 00:04:41.259 keep writing casual so you can encourage your 00:04:41.259 --> 00:04:45.120 child to keep a summer journal Make it light 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.879 and fun. I know a lot of times Not to be stereotypical 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.540 But sometimes girls love to keep those little 00:04:52.540 --> 00:04:55.699 diaries buy them a diary that has a lock and 00:04:55.699 --> 00:05:01.199 key and they can keep their Their daily things 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:03.660 in that I remember as a little girl myself I 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:06.240 used to write dear diary and I would write about 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:09.800 my day I have no idea where that diary is. I 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.670 would love to find that and read through some 00:05:13.670 --> 00:05:16.610 of my journaling that I did as a little girl. 00:05:17.850 --> 00:05:22.490 But your child can do that. Or if you want to 00:05:22.490 --> 00:05:27.449 start writing a letter to someone that is... 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.899 family member that might be far away maybe they 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:33.819 can start writing if their grandparents are not 00:05:33.819 --> 00:05:36.680 in town or even if they are they can start writing 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.000 letters and I guarantee you those grandparents 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.660 will write them back family members doesn't have 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:46.790 to be grandparents could be aunt uncle Even you, 00:05:46.930 --> 00:05:49.870 mom and dad, you can write notes back and forth 00:05:49.870 --> 00:05:53.769 to each other around the house. Authentic writing 00:05:53.769 --> 00:05:57.810 builds a strong language skill without feeling 00:05:57.810 --> 00:06:01.250 like homework. So maybe they could even have 00:06:01.250 --> 00:06:04.649 a friend that they would write to. Tip number 00:06:04.649 --> 00:06:08.870 four, build routines. Well, it's tempting to 00:06:08.870 --> 00:06:12.449 let routines slide, but a simple morning or evening 00:06:12.449 --> 00:06:15.410 routine that includes a little reading thinking 00:06:15.410 --> 00:06:19.050 or writing keeps those academic muscles strong. 00:06:19.610 --> 00:06:22.670 I don't know if you subscribe to the paper but 00:06:22.670 --> 00:06:25.470 if you do if you don't maybe it'd be fun to do 00:06:25.470 --> 00:06:27.649 that during the summer to where you get the comic 00:06:27.649 --> 00:06:30.269 strip and your child reads that every morning 00:06:30.269 --> 00:06:33.790 with breakfast. You might start a tradition that 00:06:33.790 --> 00:06:36.509 you did not have before that encourages a little 00:06:36.509 --> 00:06:39.990 bit of morning reading. That's fun. It doesn't 00:06:39.990 --> 00:06:43.120 have to be fancy just a little consistency goes 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.120 a long way or if you were to get a comic book 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:49.740 at the library maybe they can read one every 00:06:49.740 --> 00:06:53.980 morning or a joke book every morning that would 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:56.959 help them going a long way and it wouldn't feel 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:02.250 like work to them. Tip number five, use ready 00:07:02.250 --> 00:07:05.009 to go resources. So if you're feeling overwhelmed, 00:07:05.310 --> 00:07:08.709 you don't have to reinvent the wheel. I've created 00:07:08.709 --> 00:07:11.689 get ready resources that are low prep, easy to 00:07:11.689 --> 00:07:14.129 use, and packed with activities to keep your 00:07:14.129 --> 00:07:17.110 child's skills sharp over the summer without 00:07:17.110 --> 00:07:20.310 the stress. I believe my kindergarten one has 00:07:20.310 --> 00:07:23.069 like a hundred pages in it so you could pick 00:07:23.069 --> 00:07:25.589 and choose or you could do a couple a day or 00:07:25.589 --> 00:07:29.750 you could just pick I know there's about 60 days 00:07:29.750 --> 00:07:34.350 in the summer so you could you know pick 60 out 00:07:34.350 --> 00:07:38.189 of those the most fun ones maybe or my first 00:07:38.189 --> 00:07:42.850 grade one I'm guessing it's got 70 ish pages 00:07:42.850 --> 00:07:47.569 and I am excited to tell you that I am in the 00:07:47.569 --> 00:07:52.310 middle of upgrading updating my second my get 00:07:52.310 --> 00:07:54.850 ready for second with the science of reading 00:07:55.749 --> 00:08:00.350 um skills that are the latest greatest research 00:08:00.350 --> 00:08:02.870 out right now if you haven't heard of science 00:08:02.870 --> 00:08:05.430 of reading it's the new buzzword in education 00:08:05.430 --> 00:08:08.470 and i'm in the process of updating my products 00:08:08.470 --> 00:08:11.029 with those um and so the first one i'm starting 00:08:11.029 --> 00:08:15.290 with is get ready for second grade and i've been 00:08:15.290 --> 00:08:19.000 going through the list that needed for science 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:20.959 of reading for second grade so that is going 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.779 to be updated soon and I'm looking to have 70 00:08:24.779 --> 00:08:28.660 to 80 pages in that one as well and you can pick 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:31.399 just some pages that do over this summer some 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.399 fun ones and there there are things that are 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.679 going to be fun to do. Now if you're tutoring 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.259 your child that they're great for that too or 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:41.539 if you're tutoring other children they would 00:08:41.539 --> 00:08:45.100 also be great for that. So you can find those 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:47.320 at my store and I'll link them in the show notes, 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:53.500 too You can find them on my TPT Store, but you 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:56.740 can also find them on my web page coming soon 00:08:56.740 --> 00:09:01.990 So I want to speak of getting ready And one of 00:09:01.990 --> 00:09:05.009 the things, if you know me personally, you know 00:09:05.009 --> 00:09:09.029 that I have newish glasses. I say newish. It's 00:09:09.029 --> 00:09:10.730 probably been about a year now that I've had 00:09:10.730 --> 00:09:13.289 these. I think I got them last summer. And they 00:09:13.289 --> 00:09:17.029 are Pair I Wear. And I have about 12 toppers. 00:09:17.570 --> 00:09:21.129 And if you don't know what Pair I Wear is, oh 00:09:21.129 --> 00:09:24.210 my goodness, let me tell you. Pair I Wear, so 00:09:24.210 --> 00:09:27.830 fun. You can match the glasses to go with your 00:09:27.830 --> 00:09:30.970 outfit. I have a couple Mickey Mouse ones. I've 00:09:30.970 --> 00:09:34.690 got just plain red. I've got plain colors. I 00:09:34.690 --> 00:09:38.169 have some sunglass toppers So and if they have 00:09:38.169 --> 00:09:40.450 them for kids, too So that's kind of why I wanted 00:09:40.450 --> 00:09:42.950 to mention it on here if your kids need new glasses 00:09:42.950 --> 00:09:47.580 or you now is a perfect time Pear Eyewear offers 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:50.879 adorable customizable frames that kids actually 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:53.440 want to wear and they're tough enough for all 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.860 the summer adventures ahead. So one of the coolest 00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:00.639 features is their magnetic sun stoppers that 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.720 instantly turn regular glasses into sunglasses. 00:10:04.490 --> 00:10:07.330 tons of fun toppers to match any summer outfit, 00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:09.830 whether it's yours or your child's. So right 00:10:09.830 --> 00:10:12.129 now when you use my special link, and I'll put 00:10:12.129 --> 00:10:15.269 that in the show notes, you'll get $25 off your 00:10:15.269 --> 00:10:18.289 first order. It's a great way to grab something 00:10:18.289 --> 00:10:20.970 fun and support the podcast at the same time. 00:10:21.509 --> 00:10:24.450 I'll have all the details linked for you. So 00:10:24.450 --> 00:10:28.009 one of the things I want to tell you about the... 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:32.379 pair eyewear is the thing that I was surprised 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:36.000 about is we have an HSA so a health savings account 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:38.860 and I'm not sure if you have that so my health 00:10:38.860 --> 00:10:43.740 savings account actually covered my base pair 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:45.820 even though it wasn't like an online it wasn't 00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:49.379 at the doctor's I went to my doctor got my prescription 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:52.919 took my prescription uploaded it to pair eyewear 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:58.850 and the glasses that I currently have the base 00:10:58.850 --> 00:11:01.529 frames, the one that I chose are called the Wanda. 00:11:02.769 --> 00:11:06.649 And so they were 199, which I talked to somebody 00:11:06.649 --> 00:11:12.149 recently and they're cheaper than Wally World, 00:11:12.210 --> 00:11:13.629 if you know what I'm talking about. So they're 00:11:13.629 --> 00:11:16.269 cheaper than them. And because I think they said 00:11:16.269 --> 00:11:19.610 they paid like 285 for theirs at Wally World. 00:11:19.649 --> 00:11:24.230 And they had some toppers too. And so these were 00:11:24.230 --> 00:11:28.879 199 plus I got $25 off. and I think I got an 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:32.360 additional $50 off because you get like $50 off 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:36.080 your first order. So I mean some really cool 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.080 things and then you can get different colors 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.639 of toppers. So I just wanted to share with that 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:43.899 with you because I thought that was so cool and 00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:46.159 my favorite pair. They're just my favorite pair 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:49.019 of glasses. So well listen thanks so much for 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:50.980 hanging out with me today. I hope these simple 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:53.440 tips help you and your family enjoy a summer 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:56.509 that's full of fun adventure and learning. I 00:11:56.509 --> 00:11:59.429 do want to keep coming back to preventing that 00:11:59.429 --> 00:12:01.309 summer slide. That's something that we need to 00:12:01.309 --> 00:12:03.549 keep on our minds. We need to keep it ready to 00:12:03.549 --> 00:12:06.549 go, and I want to provide tips to help you with 00:12:06.549 --> 00:12:08.850 that so that stays in the forefront of your mind. 00:12:09.330 --> 00:12:12.250 If this podcast has been helpful to you, would 00:12:12.250 --> 00:12:14.470 you mind giving me a five star rating and leaving 00:12:14.470 --> 00:12:17.769 a quick review? It helps other families and teachers 00:12:17.769 --> 00:12:20.730 find the education connection and get the tools 00:12:20.730 --> 00:12:24.230 they need to help their kids thrive. Until next 00:12:24.230 --> 00:12:27.659 time, keep connected. Keep learning and keep 00:12:27.659 --> 00:12:30.460 loving the journey. Have a wonderful week.