30 Tips to Prevent Summer Learning Loss

Tweet During the month of June, I gave a tip each day to help students avoid summer learning loss. Today, I want to list those once again. They are given in very abbreviated form, but if you click on them, the link will take you to that blog post for additional information.

I also want to recommend that students repeat the suggestions I've given here throughout the rest of the summer. Hopefully, when school starts, you'll be ready for it, with little learning loss from the previous school year.

1. Watch a documentary film
2. Double or triple a recipe
3. Keep a journal
4. Watch a public television program
5. Translate a foreign language
6. Walk through a park, identify plants
7. Calculate nutrition values
8. Play with a calculator
9. Read a road map
10. Write a short story
11. Try a free online course
12. Research your town's history
13. Play a game where you keep score
14. Write a poem
15. Read some non-fiction
16. Watch a movie using subtitles, no sound
17. Try a summer school class
18. Visit your county's website
19. Find an historical marker
20. Research your family's history
21. Join a club or organization
22. Become a critic
23. Try Bible School
24. Make a scrapbook
25. Read a book and watch the movie
26. Memorize a new song
27. Watch an historical movie
28. Eat properly and exercise every day
29. Play word games
30. Teach someone something