 While some kids will be back at school soon, many of you may still have time to squeeze in a trip or two to visit family, fun parks or the beach this summer. Being away from home creates all kinds of opportunities to help your child flex their reading skills and explore new worlds (and words)! Whether you’re traveling by plane, train or automobile, take advantage of this time together and help your kid build reading skills. Here are a few quick tips for every part of your trip. Before your trip: find a new book for the road. Talk to your child about where you’re going and who you’re visiting, and come up with a list of topics to investigate. Then visit your local library or bookstore to find a new book just for the trip. On the road: find words everywhere! Travel provides kids with a great opportunity to learn new words and explore letters and sounds. At the airport, bus or train station, help your kids look for letters or words on signs. If you’re eating out, ask your child to read the menu or search for words on the menu. When you get home: create a travel scrapbook to tell the story of your family’s trip. Gather together pictures and items you can use to document special memories. Work with your child to assemble the scrapbook and together, choose words to describe what happened on the trip and how it made them feel. Happy Travels!
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