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Summer Reading Fun

Summer break from school can mean lost skills by autumn. There are a considerable number of fun summer activities which can help the child to continue practicing reading skills that they have learned and be ready for the start of the new school year.  Here are some great ideas to keep your child's reading skills from slipping this summer.  Be sure to find ways that will help the child practice fluency as well as comprehension skills.

Follow up:

Set up a special summer reading box.  Plan periodic trips to the library and allow your child to fill their reading box with a variety of reading genre.

It may be helpful to have the kids "check out" one book at a time from the Reading Box at home so you spend less time hunting library books lost in your house when you are ready to return them.

Give your child a flashlight or special reading/book light to encourage a little fun, bedtime reading.  This is a great way to help the child learn to love reading.

Plan a weekly family read aloud.  Allow time for each family member to read out loud.  You should be prepared with a few questions at the end of each family reading time.  This will encourage a good book discussion.  Thinking through and talking about what you read increases the child's comrehension, encourages higher level thinking skills to develop, and will bring your family closer together!

When you travel on vacation, get a recorded book to listen to as you drive down the road.

Recorded books are also a great way to spend a rainy day inside.  If you can get a hard copy of the book, a younger child can follow along as the story is read.

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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner

Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

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