Summer Learning Guides for Grades K-6: Get Ready for Back-to-School

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Make sure that your child is prepared for the new school year with these packets of fun activities and skill-builders. Each activity has been selected to draw on prior knowledge and is a sneak peek of what he or she will learn in the next grade. Each packet includes summer reading suggestions, tips for cold and flu prevention, worksheets for improving grade-appropriate math and spelling skills, critical thinking activities for each subject, and other activities to enjoy and learn from over the summer.

  • Kindergarten Summer Learning Guide: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    Print off this guide of fun and educational activities that will help prepare your child over the summer for the kindergarten school year. Included is a list of books that will make great summer reads, reading and language arts activities, math skill-builders, general classroom advice including tips for avoiding the spread of germs, science worksheets, and more!

  • First Grade Summer Learning Guide: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    Print off this guide of fun and educational activities that will help prepare your child over the summer for the first-grade school year. Included you'll find book suggestions for improving reading skills, grammar worksheets, lessons for community involvement, counting and measurement activities, and more!

  • Second Grade Summer Learning Guides: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    This printable guide of fun and educational activities will help prepare your child over the summer for the second-grade school year. There are suggestions for books to enjoy over the summer, reading and language arts skill-builders, arithmetic and money-counting worksheets, and general classroom advice such as an elementary supply list.

  • Third Grade Summer Learning Guide: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    This printable guide of fun and educational activities will prepare your child during the summer for the third-grade school year. The packet includes a list of suggestions for summer reading, worksheets for building math skills, geography and history lessons, art-based science activities, and more!

  • Fourth Grade Summer Learning Guides: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    Print this guide of fun and educational activities to help prepare your child during the summer for the fourth-grade school year. Included in the packet are suggestions for summer reading, practice alphabetizing, journal topics, a worksheet for building a family tree, technology skill-building lessons, and more!

  • Fifth Grade Summer Learning Guides: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    Print this guide of fun and educational activities to help prepare children during the summer for the fifth-grade school year. The packet includes practice with analogies, suggestions for summer reading, a "test" for becoming an American citizen, lessons on the U.S. Constitution, a worksheet comparing fractions, decimals, and percents, and more!

  • Sixth Grade Summer Learning Guides: Get Ready for Back-to-School

    Prepare children for the sixth-grade school year with this guide of fun and educational activities for summer learning. Included in this packet is a list of suggestions for books to read over the summer, geography skill-builders, genetics worksheets, measurement activities, creative writing lessons, and more!

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