A Few Summer Reading Resources

Bridge the summer reading gap with these websites packed with ideas to stimulate summer reading:

The Read Write Think website is a good place to start with their Calendar page of Summer Reading Ideas and Links. The Reading Rockets website offers some great ideas for parents in their 10 Weeks of Summer Reading Adventures for You and Your Kids.

Summer Fun from Education World includes links to Reading Lists, Activities to Keep Kids' Brains Active, and more. The Activities to Keep Kids' Brains Active suggests sending their list of interesting ideas to parents. It's an idea that you could use to keep in touch with your students and their parents during the summer. Or modify the idea by sending your own list of suggestions, websites, or reading list. PBS also offers suggestions to parents and links to resources for summer reading towards the end of the article.

Scholastic's Web Sitings: Summer Reading offers links to several libraries and other organizations, including a link to a large collection of Children's Books Online.