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Summertime

Summertime

Summertime is a time to rest, spend time with family and friends, travel, and enjoy sunny days. Students who stay connected to learning over the summer find that it helps to reduce the “summer slide” by keeping students’ minds active, preventing academic skills from declining and making the transition back to school easier in the fall. This can be achieved through activities like reading, summer programs, educational trips, or using online learning resources to reinforce concepts and explore new interests.

How staying connected helps reduce “summer slide”

Prevents skill loss:

When students aren’t actively engaged in learning, they can lose a significant amount of academic skills, especially in reading and math. Staying connected maintains their knowledge and prevents a gap from forming by the time school starts again.

Makes the transition easier:

Without the “summer slide,” students won’t have to spend the first few weeks of the new school year re-learning old material. This allows them to start the new year ready to tackle new concepts and reduces stress for both students and teachers.

Reinforces key skills:

Summer is an excellent time to revisit topics that were difficult during the school year. It provides a chance to build proficiency in a less pressured environment before the next school year begins.

Encourages new learning:

Summer can be a great time for students to explore their own interests without the constraints of a set curriculum. This can be done through reading, science projects, or educational trips to museums and zoos. Ways to stay connected to learning.

Reading:

Encourage daily reading for pleasure. Consider starting a family book club or visiting the library regularly.

Educational activities:

Plan day trips to museums, science centers, or other educational attractions. Hands-on learning experiences are a great way to keep kids engaged.

Online resources:

Use websites to practice skills or explore new topics. There are many online learning resources to make learning interactive and fun.

Here are some ideas:

Microsoft Word for Beginners
Excel Tutorial Beginner to Advanced
PowerPoint 365 Training for Beginners
Microsoft Office Tutorial for Beginners: Learn Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook in 12 hours

Summer programs:

Enroll in formal summer programs that can provide structured learning opportunities. This could be a program focused on a specific subject or a general academic enrichment program. Some ideas could be to take a summer class in something that interests your child or taking a class in a subject that furthers their academic goals. Pasadena, TX website has information for summer camps. Go to their website and search ‘summer camps’ in the search box to see what they have available.

FCA has sports camps during the summer that is posted on the website when the information is available.

Summer Ideas for Learning

Summer Bridge Books are great books for students to bridge the gap going from one grade into the next grade. They review the grade they just came out of with fun activities, projects, stickers and the answers are in the back of the book. The sections cover the subjects students cover in the course of the school year.

Have your student write and illustrate a story over the summer and it is sure to become a fun family keepsake.

San Jacinto College

Has several summer camp opportunities. Click the link and select the dropdown to see all of the camps and their info. Other area colleges offer summer camps. A quick search will take you to their websites with their information.

Ignitia

is our accredited online program our students use for a class and the program also offers more course options for students who want to take more classes during the summer or if they want to work on their dual credit opportunities. For more information, please see Mrs. Johnson or email her at jillyjohn1@yahoo.com.

Volunteering

in your community is a good opportunity to give back and to see that it takes everyone for a community to thrive and grow. Check out the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and the Pasadena, TX website for volunteer opportunities.

Summer internships

are a good opportunity for students to get some summer experience in a field of interest they may have. Call around to ask a business if they offer summer internships and you can call the FCA office to inquire about who we are partnered with for summer internships for our students.