☀️ Ridgedale Elementary Summer Learning Fun☀️ 

Keep your child learning all summer long! Research shows that reading, exploring, creating, and playing help children maintain important academic skills while having fun.

📚 Read Every Day

• Read together for 20 minutes daily.

• Visit your local library each week.

• Join a summer reading program.

• Let your child read recipes, menus, signs, and maps.

• Create a family reading challenge.

🔍 Explore Nature

• Take a nature walk and identify plants, birds, and insects.

• Keep a nature journal with drawings and observations.

• Collect leaves and compare shapes and sizes. For an artistic twist, do leaf rubbings.

• Watch clouds and discuss different formations.

• Create a backyard scavenger hunt.

➕ Make Math Fun

• Count and sort objects found outdoors.

• Measure ingredients while cooking. Kids can pick a new recipe for the family to try.

• Practice addition and subtraction during grocery shopping.

• Create patterns with rocks, sticks, or sidewalk chalk.

• Track daily temperatures or rainfall and graph the results.

✍️ Write & Create

• Keep a summer journal.

• Write letters to family members or Mrs. Bricely who is at school all summer.

• Create comic books or short stories.

• Make artwork from recycled materials or nature.

• Draw maps of your neighborhood or an imaginary kingdom.

🧪 Try Simple Science

• Build a paper airplane and test distances.

• Grow flowers or vegetables from seeds.

• Make a homemade bird feeder.

• Observe insects and record what you see.

• Experiment with floating and sinking objects.

🌟 Free Local Summer Activities

Marion County

• Marion Public Library Summer Reading Program

• Marion Tallgrass Trail StoryWalk

• Library family events and educational programs

• Marion County parks and trails exploration

• Geocaching adventures

Wyandot County

• Upper Sandusky Community Library Summer Reading Program

• StoryWalk at Stepping Stones Park and downtown businesses

• Harrison Smith Park nature exploration

• Local Native American history

Remember:

Learning doesn't have to happen at a desk, and fun can happen without technology! Reading, exploring, creating, and spending time together are some of the best ways to keep young minds growing all summer long.

Ridgedale Local Schools wishes all our students and families a safe, fun, and educational summer!