Summer Opportunities
last updated 5/26/23
Prevent the Summer Slide
Summer Reading Tips for Parents
Parents should remember that children need free time in the summer to relax and enjoy the pleasures of childhood. So summer reading should be fun. The following are a few tips to make reading enjoyable for your children this summer:
- Read aloud together with your child every day. Make it fun by reading outdoors on the front steps, patio, at the beach or park. Also, let your children read to you. For younger children, point out the relationship between words and sounds.
- Set a good example! Parents must be willing to model behavior for their children. Keep lots of reading material around the house. Turn off the TV and have each person read his or her book, including mom and dad.
- Read the same book your child is reading and discuss it. This is the way to develop habits of the mind and build capacity for thought and insight.
- Let kids choose what they want to read, and don't turn your nose up at popular fiction. It will only discourage the reading habit.
- Take your children to the library regularly. Most libraries sponsor summer reading clubs with easy-to-reach goals for preschool and school-age children. Check the library calendar for special summer reading activities and events. Libraries also provide age appropriate lists for summer reading.
- Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic World. Encourage older children to read the newspaper and current events magazines, to keep up the reading habit over the summer and develop vocabulary. Ask them what they think about what they've read, and listen to what they say.
- Make trips a way to encourage reading by reading aloud traffic signs, billboards, notices. Show your children how to read a map, and once you are on the road, let them take turns being the navigator.
- Encourage children to keep a summer scrapbook. Tape in souvenirs of your family's summer activities picture postcards, ticket stubs, photos. Have your children write the captions and read them and read them aloud as you look at the book together.
More Summer Camps
SPLATTERDASH
M.A.C. Education Foundation Summer Camps at The Bridge
Week 1: 5-9 JUNE 2023
Week 2: 12-16 JUNE 2023
1pm - 5pm
Weekly Themes
Ages 6-8
~ Space Camp - week1
~ Robotics - week2
Weekly Themes
Ages 9-12
~ Roblox Roller Coaster- week 1
~ Making Cosmetics- week 2
The Bridge Community Center
225 Willow Bend Road
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Registration Link
https://macedfd.org/camp-registration * macmagicminds@gmail.com
Summer Camp at PTCUMC
It’s time to register for Elementary Summer Camp at PTCUMC!
June 19-22, 6:30-8:30pm.
CAMP READY, SET, MOVE!
Join us for a week full of fun, games, amazing worship, and incredible Bible truths that teach us how to follow Jesus here, there, and everywhere! Camp is for kids Grades K-5 (completed).
For more info, go to PTCUMC.org/kids.
Camp Horizon Summer Grief Camp
2023 Camp Horizon FREE kids’ grief camp being held June 17th. Camp Horizon is a day-long camp that provides education and coping skills in a fun environment to children who have lost a loved one. It will be held at Community Bible Church in Stockbridge, GA from 9:30AM to 5:00PM. This year’s theme is Space Camp and we will be providing coping skills particularly through music therapy with an outer space theme! The registration process is now completely self-service and available online now: https://fs25.formsite.com/AOvlw2/tq8kqhbofs/index.html
Cub Scout Day Camps
Flint River Council Cub Scout Day Camp!
Theme: OFF TO THE RACES
Monday - Friday 9am-3:30pm
Drop off from 7:30AM / Pick up 3:00PM
Come and enjoy a week of fun with other Cub Scouts!
Several locations: Fayette is June 5-9