WE ARE SUMMER LEARNING AMBASSADORS

38% of NC 4th graders in 2015 scored at or above

proficient in reading as measured by NAEP
 End of third grade
reading predicts
academic achievement
and career success.
It’s Achievable
Health and Development on Track Beginning at Birth

Supported and Supportive Families and Communities

High Quality Birth-through-Age-Eight Learning

Environments with Regular Attendance
 

This is where we come in!

We support families everyday!
Any environment
with children is a
learning
environment!
Help Children
Avoid Summer Learning
Loss

Children work hard during the school year and

they are learning a lot. Despite that work, they
can lose what they learn during breaks and
summer. When that happens, they return to
school behind.
 2 Months
Students from low-income
families lose an average of
more than two months in
reading achievement in the
summer, while their middle-
income peers tend to make gains
in reading.

After 6 Years
By the end of fifth grade,
students from low-income
families are nearly three grade
equivalents behind their more
affluent peers in reading
We Know What Works!
Reading over the summer is
one way to support
summer learning. Having
books that match children’s
reading level and interest
over the summer supports
their reading skills.
What Supports
Summer Learning?

 Children reading every day and adults

reading with them.
 Combining learning with play.
 Fun activities that blend reading and
math.
 Visiting your local library for books
and programs.
We All Have a
Role to Play
Summer Learning is a pillar of the Campaign
for Grade-Level Reading, a collaborative
effort by foundations, nonprofit partners,
business leaders, government agencies,
states and communities across the nation.

There are 14 Campaign communities in the

North Carolina.
Be a Summer Learning
Ambassador
Share summer learning messages and ideas with our
families.

The North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation’s toolkit

gives us everything we need.
 Summer Learning Toolkit
 Information for staff to understand the importance of summer
learning and communicate effectively with parents.

 Fun and easy information to relay to parents each summer week in

different formats – Facebook posts, text messages, and more.

 A special badge for all appropriate staff as a reminder about summer

learning and to celebrate Summer Learning Day on July 12 th.
Simple Messages and Tips Can Help
Parents Support Summer Learning
Message
Our children work hard during the school year and they learn a lot! Despite
that work, children can lose what they learn over the summer. When that
happens, they come back to school behind. We can prevent this by
encouraging our children to read over the summer.

Tips
 Read with your children and listen to them read to you.
 Encourage children to read 20 minutes every day.
 Ask them questions about what they are reading.

 
Celebrate Summer Learning Day
on July 12th!
Ideas include:
 Have children make their own books
to take home
 Have children work in teams to act out
books they’ve read together
 Partner with Book Harvest to provide
books for children to select and keep.
 Remind parents to ask their children
about Summer Learning Day when
they get home and then read a book
with them.