The Active Reader Summer Club
Join the Summer Club!
Do you want to create a summer your child will love while boosting their literacy skills?
This exciting program offers five weeks of engaging, self-guided literacy content designed to make learning fun and effective for your child.
Program Highlights:
Weekly Releases: New content will be released each week for five weeks, ensuring fresh and engaging activities throughout the summer.
Flexible Access: No matter when you join, you'll have access to all weekly content for the entire summer.
Structured Literacy Strategies: Enjoy expertly crafted activities and guidance grounded in the Science of Reading and the effective learning methodology of Orton-Gillingham.
Proven Results: Parents who follow our summer program week by week have consistently seen their children develop strong literacy skills.
The Active Reader Summer Club is designed to not only enhance your child's reading skills but also to foster a lifelong love of reading. Join us and give your child the opportunity to succeed and develop a passion for learning!
Get Ready for a Summer of Learning and Fun!
Three Levels of Programming
Access the level that is appropriate to your child’s age and development.
Pre-School
The Pre-School Program is intended for children ages 2-4 who are just starting out on their reading journey.
Begin working on letter formation, blending, segmenting, letter sound knowledge and introduce them to reading, setting the foundation for success in the kindergarten classroom.
Kindergarten
The Kindergarten Program is intended for children ages 4-6 who already have a base of letter sound knowledge and writing.
You will develop their writing and letter formation , introduce them to spelling, strengthen their blending and segmenting skills and get them reading confidently.
Primary
The Primary Program is intended for children ages 6-8 who are either preparing to enter Grade 1 or are in the primary grades.
In this program you will work on more complex words, sentence formation, spelling skills and reading comprehension to get them reading and writing independently.
Systematically improve your child's reading skills this summer with scientifically proven literacy strategies designed to keep them engaged and excited about learning.
What Happens Each Week?
Letter Sounds
The Summer Club centers on short vowel sounds, dedicating each week to an in-depth focus on a different vowel. Your child will learn and master these sounds through engaging activities, interactive drills, and handouts.
Decodable Reading
The materials for this program are decodable, ensuring that your child learns valuable decoding and encoding skills rather than relying on memorization and guessing. Witness their full engagement in the reading process as they build foundational literacy skills.
Phonemic Awareness Warm-Ups
Over the five weeks of programming, you will be introduced to 10 phonemic awareness drills used as warm-up activities. These exercises will equip you with a robust foundation of auditory drills that you can continue to use at home to enhance your child’s literacy skills.
E.g. Phoneme Blending
Say: “I am going break a word into its sounds and I would like you to blend those sounds together to say the whole word.”
/c/ /a/ /t/ - cat
/m/ /a/ /t/ - mat
/r/ /a/ /t/ - rat
/s/ /a/ /t/ - sat
Phonics Songs and Activities
Engage with letter sounds through thoughtfully curated songs and interactive activities that make learning enjoyable and fun.
E.g. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Word List and Sound Mapping
Each week, the program will focus on one short vowel sound and a corresponding word list. The difficulty of the word list will vary based on the level you are working in. All weekly activities will revolve around these word lists, including sound mapping exercises that help your child develop spelling skills.
Book Recommendations
Each week, we'll explore a children's book that emphasizes the letter sound in focus. Discover how to guide your child through the reading process while immersing yourselves in popular children's stories.
Who should join the Summer Club?
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The Summer Club is perfect for a child that has not yet began to read. You will receive the materials, instructions and ideas you need to help your child start decoding and sounding out letters and words over the next 9 weeks.
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You’re in the right place. Reading doesn’t have to be a struggle, and we will show you how to help your child get past it. After our summer program, you will see a notable improvement in your child’s ability to read.
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Often resistance is due to a lack of confidence or skill. We will help you bring the fun back into reading while allowing your child to experience success along the way.
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The Summer Club is perfect for a child who is already reading. Our strategies will help strengthen your child’s skills to be a better reader. While our weekly book recommendations and challenges will nurture their appetite to read even more!
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The summer club offers three levels with varying difficulty. Once a member you will have access to all three levels to use simultaneously in order to meet your children's needs.
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The Summer Club is grounded in the Science of Reading and the Orton Gillingham Approach. It is designed to systematically improve your child's literacy skills. By following our summer program week by week, you will witness your child's reading abilities grow before your eyes.
Make this your best summer yet!
As moms, we understand how challenging it can be to fill the long summer days. That’s why we designed the Active Reader Summer Club to seamlessly fit into your schedule, whenever it works best for you.
Our program takes the pressure off you by providing fresh, purposeful activities that help you and your child work towards meaningful literacy goals. Let us help make your summer easier, more enjoyable, and full of learning!
Join The Active Reader Summer Club today!
All program content will be available on the platform starting July 1, 2024.
Join The Active Reader Summer Club and gain access to resources and guided instruction that will help you develop your child's reading skills this summer. Content will be published weekly for five weeks, between July 1, 2024 until July 29, 2024 and will remain available for self-paced learning until September 1, 2024. Join the Summer Club and systematically improve your child's reading skills this summer.
Membership in The Active Reader Summer Club will provide you access to 5 sets of content published weekly and accessible between July 1st 2024 and September 1st 2024. Access to the Summer Club is granted for a one-time membership fee of $44 plus applicable taxes. You can join the Summer Club any time during the program period, and get access retroactively to all program content that has been published before you joined.