Afterschool Express: Top Summer Reading & Writing Resources

I’ve spent many hours searching the internet, collecting ideas and activities for reading and writing.  As I’m reading, evaluating and pinning things I’m thinking of YOU and YOUR CHILD and what your child would need for SUPPORT and what they might need to CHALLENGE them through the year, including during the Summer Break.  As I’m searching, I’m seeing the websites as a Mom and also as a Early Childhood Teacher.  Amanda views them as a Mom, Elementary Teacher and also as a Reading Specialists.  So you get the best of both worlds…Teachers and Moms!

Here are some of our favorite Reading and Writing Activities for you to do this Summer.

• Love Books Pinterest Board~ A Collection of Books with Activities from Pinterest

• Reading Activities Pinterest Board ~ Collection of Reading Activities

• Sight Words & Phonemic Awareness Pinterest Board ~ Collection of Sight Words, Word Families and Phonemic Awareness Activities. 

• Teaching the Alphabet Pinterest Board ~ Various ways to teach the alphabet to your child

• Writing Ideas Pinterest Board~ Here are some ideas for creative writing with your child.  This is one skill that is very important to maintain over summer and many times summer learning loss is demonstrated here.  Keep a summer story journal!

Here are some of our own Writing and Reading Resources on The Educators’ Spin On It

• Writing Activities ~ We’ve written many resources for you for ideas for writing with your young children. 

• Little Hands that Cook with Books ~ Literacy in the Kitchen with Books, Recipes and Cooking for kids!

• Love Books Page~ A Collection of Books with Activities from our followers
• Virtual Book Club ~ Join us May 30 as we cohost with Toddler Approved a Virtual Book Club with The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle!  Check out more Virtual Book Clubs this summer too!  

• Afterschool Express Activities ~ Each week we’ve shared what we were doing with our Kindergarten children and cohosted with other bloggers who shared their afterschool activities.  Plus bloggers from all over were linking up their ideas too… This has so many resources for you! 

ADDED BONUS! Here are some of our favorite Pinterest Boards we follow for Language Arts

• Alphabet Fun Board Collaborative Board
• Literacy Activities Board created by Deb @ Living Montessori Now
• Reading and Writing Readiness Board Collaborative Board
• Children’s Book with Activities created by Deborah @ Teach Preschool
• Children’s Book Related Crafts and Activities Board Collaborative Board
• Children’s Books created by Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup
• ABC/Alphabet/Letter Crafts Collaborative Board
• Teach Me to Read created by Carisa {1plus1plus1}

PLUS We are a part of these resourceful Collaborative Pinterest Boards.

• Little Books Lovers  
• Lifetime Love of Learning
• Kids Blogger Network

Do you have a younger child?  Start here with Tot School or Baby Time for some Activity Ideas!

We have had so much fun sharing our Afterschool Express Activities with you this school year.  We will continue to share our adventures throughout the summer too!  And trust me we will keep pinning new ideas as we see them as we look for ideas to use with our children.  Don’t forget we’re always sharing ideas on our facebook page too, make sure you “like” us there too! 

Learning never stops at our houses.  It just becomes a lot more hands on during the summer months as we have more time to explore our surroundings and emerge into a Summer Camp like setting.  We’re looking forward to sharing some of our Summer Camp Curriculum with you SOON! Plus we can’t wait for our Love Books: Summer Reading Book Exchange.  Keep your eye out for some fun Book and Activity ideas to do with your child!  Don’t forget to check out your child’s Summer Reading List too from their school!  Keep checking our SUMMER PINTEREST BOARD for new finds!