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☀️ Ready for summer? Fun resources to beat the "summer slide"!
Summer Activity Books & Reading Logs, Growth Mindset Video, End-of-Year Teacher Laughs, and more!
Karly Moura & Christina Sciarrotto
May 19, 2026
☀️ Soaking Up the Sun: Keeping the Learning Adventure Alive!
Can you feel the sunshine getting a little warmer and the days staying bright a little longer? That is because summer is just around the corner! It is almost time for splashing in the water, eating cool treats, and exploring the great outdoors. While our classroom time is winding down, the learning adventure never stops.
Welcome to another exciting week of growth! In this week’s newsletter, we are leaning into that fresh perspective and sharing resources ranging from reading lists, activity books, and Book Creator ideas to keep your students’ brains growing all summer long. Plus, our Teachflix Junior feature sheds light on the secrets of our brains and how to instill a growth mindset in our students at an early age. Let's dive in!
Inside:
💡 Tips, Tools and Templates: Engaging, low-prep resources to prevent the summer slide.
📺 Teaching with Teachflix Junior: Nurturing perseverance and a growth mindse
😄 Giggle of the Week: A well-deserved laugh as summer calls our names.
❤️ Share your ideas with us!
💡 Tips, Tools and Templates
🌊 Diving Into Summer: Low-Prep Resources to Keep Young Brains Growing
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As we approach the end of the school year, it is important to think about the "summer slide"—the tendency for students to lose some of the academic gains they made during the months of hard work in our classrooms. For our K-2 learners, who are at such a critical stage in developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills, staying engaged over the break is key to a confident start next school year.
To support you and your families, we have curated a collection of accessible resources designed to make summer learning feel like play. By sharing these resources now, we can help ensure every student returns to school ready to shake those wiggles out and pick up right where they left off!
📝 Summer Workbooks & Activity Packs
These activity books feature a variety of fun worksheets, from kindergarten readiness packets to creative activity books filled with puzzles and games. Perfect for practicing essential skills at home, these illustrative guides offer the ideal balance of education and summer fun:
📚 Summer Reading Trackers
Want students to continue building their literacy skills during the summer months? Help them track their adventures through pages with these engaging reading logs:
💻 Interactive Digital Learning & Countdowns
Keep the momentum going digitally! From creating journals to interactive math games, these tools keep brains active:
📺 Teaching with Teachflix Junior
🧠 Perseverance & The Brain
🧠 Featured Video: A Secret About the Brain
Help your young learners unlock the magic of perseverance before they head out for break! This brilliant video helps K-2 students understand that their intelligence isn't fixed—it grows with effort.
🌟 Key Concepts Covered:
Defining the Growth Mindset: Breaking down a big concept into bite-sized, kid-friendly ideas.
The Brain as a Muscle: Showing students how their brains get stronger and smarter every single time they tackle a tough challenge or learn from a mistake.
✏️ Ready-Made Extension Resources:
💬 ClassDojo: Growth Mindset Video Discussion Guide – Perfect prompts for a quick community circle.
🎨 Canva: Growth Mindset Classroom Poster Statements – Visual reminders to display on your walls.
💡 WeAreTeachers: 26 Growth Mindset Activities and Strategies – Quick exercises to build social-emotional strength.
🤭 Giggle of the Week
Gearing up for weeks of having no idea what day it is.
Source WeAreTeachers