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Have an A+ Summer
School's out, so why not fill your days with activities that score high marks with the whole family? From ways to take learning on the road to the discoveries your child can make right in your backyard, these ideas will welcome a season to explore, learn, and play.
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Day Trips for Book Lovers
by Mary Seehafer Sears
Scholastic Parents | June 1,2005
Bring your child's favorite books to life with these summer day trips. Booklist and reading extension activities for a fun and educational summer.
by Mary Seehafer Sears
Scholastic Parents | June 1,2005
Bring your child's favorite books to life with these summer day trips. Booklist and reading extension activities for a fun and educational summer.
Sandy Shores and Summer School
by Shama Narang
Scholastic Parents | Turn the beach into a place for summer learning with these lessons in everything from art and science to cooperation. Encourage your child to play, observe, and ask questions at the beach.
by Shama Narang
Scholastic Parents | Turn the beach into a place for summer learning with these lessons in everything from art and science to cooperation. Encourage your child to play, observe, and ask questions at the beach.
Camp Stay-at-Home
by Maureen Hegarty
Scholastic Parents | Make your backyard like a summer camp with these cool activities and games. Includes outdoor activities like water tag, crafts, gardening, and building a fort.
by Maureen Hegarty
Scholastic Parents | Make your backyard like a summer camp with these cool activities and games. Includes outdoor activities like water tag, crafts, gardening, and building a fort.
A Summer Scrapbook
by Shama Narang
Scholastic Parents | Preserve summer vacation memories. Create a summer scrapbook with your child using luggage, stamps, postcards, invitations, and more. Learn how to put your scrapbook together.
by Shama Narang
Scholastic Parents | Preserve summer vacation memories. Create a summer scrapbook with your child using luggage, stamps, postcards, invitations, and more. Learn how to put your scrapbook together.
Make the Most of Summer Outings
by Abby Margolis Newman
Scholastic Parents | Summer learning opportunities abound at the zoo, the art museum, even the ballpark! See how you can teach your child science, history, art, math, and more on a summer outing.
by Abby Margolis Newman
Scholastic Parents | Summer learning opportunities abound at the zoo, the art museum, even the ballpark! See how you can teach your child science, history, art, math, and more on a summer outing.
Medal-Winning Games
by Catherine Holecko
Scholastic Parents | Summer Olympics you can hold in your own backyard. Host medal-winning outdoor sports events like hurdles and gymnastics. Invite the neighbors to participate or be your audience.
by Catherine Holecko
Scholastic Parents | Summer Olympics you can hold in your own backyard. Host medal-winning outdoor sports events like hurdles and gymnastics. Invite the neighbors to participate or be your audience.
Keep Kids Reading All Summer Long: Tips from Librarians
Scholastic Parents | Librarians tell you how you can encourage your child's summer reading. You and your child can find the fun in books through local library programs and more.
Scholastic Parents | Librarians tell you how you can encourage your child's summer reading. You and your child can find the fun in books through local library programs and more.
So-Long Summer Party
by Mary Seehafer Sears
Scholastic Parents | Tips for having an end of summer party. Say goodbye to summer vacation and welcome fall. Guidelines for set up, game time, the menu, and goodie bags.
by Mary Seehafer Sears
Scholastic Parents | Tips for having an end of summer party. Say goodbye to summer vacation and welcome fall. Guidelines for set up, game time, the menu, and goodie bags.
Fun in the Sun Books
Scholastic Parents | Summer reading list for kids from Pre-K to middle school. These summer-themed books are set at the seashore, campground, and backyard. Time of Wonder is one Caldecott Award-winning title.
Scholastic Parents | Summer reading list for kids from Pre-K to middle school. These summer-themed books are set at the seashore, campground, and backyard. Time of Wonder is one Caldecott Award-winning title.
Books That Celebrate America
Scholastic Parents | Patrotic Fourth of July reading list. Fiction and nonfiction kid's titles that bring American history to life. Great summer reading for pre-K through kindergarten.
Scholastic Parents | Patrotic Fourth of July reading list. Fiction and nonfiction kid's titles that bring American history to life. Great summer reading for pre-K through kindergarten.
Get to Know an Author
Scholastic Parents | List of authors born during the summer, with links to their biographies, interviews, and more. Also a summer reading list of each author's great books!
Scholastic Parents | List of authors born during the summer, with links to their biographies, interviews, and more. Also a summer reading list of each author's great books!
Beyond Harry Potter . . .
Scholastic Parents | List of children's fantasy books about imaginary worlds. Harry Potter fans will love this booklist. Includes both stand-alone books and book series.
Scholastic Parents | List of children's fantasy books about imaginary worlds. Harry Potter fans will love this booklist. Includes both stand-alone books and book series.
Kids in Sports
Scholastic Parents | Sports genre books with athletes as their main characters. Teamwork, belief in yourself, and humility are common themes. Make great summer reading.
Scholastic Parents | Sports genre books with athletes as their main characters. Teamwork, belief in yourself, and humility are common themes. Make great summer reading.
Olympians and Other Amazing Athletes
Scholastic Parents | Biographies about olympians and other amazing athletes. Inspiring sports stories for kindergarten, grade school, and middle school kids.
Scholastic Parents | Biographies about olympians and other amazing athletes. Inspiring sports stories for kindergarten, grade school, and middle school kids.
