Did you know that students lose about 60% of what they have learned during the school year over the summer?! It’s called the summer slide and teachers see the effects of this when students go back to school in the Fall.  What teachers notice most is that students come into the new grade with poor focus, lacking grade-level skills, and low pre-assessments.

When school is out, we’ll need to find ways to get our kids through summer and keep the learning going! Due to Covid-19,  children may have lost some learning so we will need to do our best to avoid going down the summer slide even further. Here are three suggested learning sites to avoid the summer slide altogether.

ReadingIQ

The one thing that a child can do over the summer to make the biggest impact and avoid the summer slide is read, read, read all summer, whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. The more you read, the more you know, and the more you know, the more you grow. ReadingIQ is a complete digital library for ages 2-12 that features a wide variety of genres and book titles to engage all children, including Disney Pixar, Marvel, National Geographic, Star Wars, and MORE.

Taken directly from its site, ReadingIQ  includes:

• Unlimited access to thousands of books. Anytime. Anywhere.
• Accessible on desktops, tablets, and phones
• Popular titles and characters that children know and love
• All titles carefully curated for readers 12 and under
• Book recommendations for every child based on his or her level
• Ability to monitor your child’s progress
• Award-winning titles, including Caldecott and Newbery Medal winners
• Up to 3 children per account
• Guided Reading and Lexile® levels available for thousands of books
• Ability to preview the content your child is exploring
• More than 700 professionally voiced titles
• 100% safe and kid-friendly environment

It offers books for:

• Prereaders (under age 2)
• Emerging Readers (ages 2-4)
• Growing Readers (ages 5-8)
• Independent Readers ages 9-12
• Spanish Readers (ages 2-12)

Types of books included are:

• Picture Books
• Graphic Novels
• Chapter Books
• Wordless Stories
• Informational Books Earth & Space Science
• Biology
• Engineering & Technology
• Math Concepts
• Mythology How-To Books
• Biographies
• Historical Fiction
• Jokes & Riddles
• Rhymes & Songs

It’s important that children are exposed to different levels and genres of books. Children should read what they love and they should also read to learn. Reading aloud to children, as well as children reading out loud to others, is important too. So get those kiddos reading for at least 30 minutes a day! I share recommended books in this post, Get Your Summer Read On, and offer Summer Reading Brochures for elementary students.

What’s The Cost?

When I signed up at ReadingIQ I paid $29.99 for the year, which is only $2.50 per month. It’s well worth it for the selection of books at your fingertips.

ReadingIQ.com -1 Year for $29.99!But you can try ReadingIQ for FREE for 1 month!

Or get the first 2 months for only $5

ABCmouse Early Learning Academy

Now if you’re looking for a little bit more, a digital library AND other content for children ages 2-8, ABCmouse Early Learning Academy is a complete online early childhood curriculum program and it’s fantastic! This program will be sure to help your children grow and avoid the summer slide altogether.

Taken directly from their site, ABCmouse includes:

• Full standards-based curriculum for learning on mobile devices
• Trusted by teachers and designed by early learning education experts
• Used in more than 70,000 classrooms and in nearly half of all U.S. public libraries
• 10 levels, over 850 lessons, and 10,000+ individual Learning Activities
• All academic subjects for toddlers, preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade
• Accelerates children’s development of early literacy and math skills
• Helps ensure kindergarten readiness and 3rd-grade readiness
• Covers math, reading, science, social studies, art, and music across all levels
• Thousands of books, videos, puzzles, printable activities, songs, games, and animations
• 900+ books and activities in Spanish
• Customizable Avatar, My Room, My Hamster, and Pet Park features
• Step-by-Step Learning Path and independent learning
• Great for homeschoolers and learning on the go
• Easy to track and monitor progress
• Winner of prestigious Mom’s Choice GOLD, Teachers’ Choice, and Parents’ Choice GOLD Awards
• 100% safe and kid-friendly environment!

I don’t just love ABCmouse.com because it includes all of this. I love ABCmouse.com because my 3-year-old loves it. He actually asks to go on ABCmouse. He’s not the type of kid who is really into letters and numbers. Sometimes I think he could care less. But he does show much more interest and progress after using this program daily for about 15-30 minutes each day.

What’s The Cost?

When I signed up at ABCmouse.com, I paid $59.95 for the year, which is $5.00 per month. That $5 is totally worth it and I’d pay more for it.

But you can try it for FREE for 1 month.

Special Offer 49% Off an Annual ABCmouse.com Membership! Receive 12-Months for Only $59.95!

Get 2 Months of ABCmouse.com for only $5!

Special Offer 37% Off an ABCmouse.com Membership! Receive 4-Months for Only $19.95!

ABCmouse.com – 3 Months for $9.95 – Click here!

Adventure Academy

Got older kids? Adventure Academy is a virtual universe with thousands of educational activities for bigger kids ages 8-13. It is AMAZING–from the content to the graphics and design, the challenges and quests, and MORE! It’s really impressive, especially to engage the older kids. My 9-year-old, who thinks he’s a video gamer, actually loves this virtual universe.

Here’s a little bit more about Adventure Academy taken directly from their site:

Recently, Age of Learning, Inc., has introduced Adventure Academy. Adventure Academy is a massively multiplayer online game for elementary and middle school-aged children 8-13 featuring thousands of learning activities in a fun and safe virtual world and brings learning to life as it builds critical knowledge of essential curriculum topics in language arts, math, science, social studies, and more: essentially picking up where ABCmouse left off. 

Yes! There it is…. essentially picking up where ABCmouse left off. So, if you LOVE ABCmouse but your kids outgrew it, then Adventure Academy is the next best step for virtual learning that is engaging and FUN! And the fact that it is a multiplayer online game, it is perfect for your upper elementary and middle school kids, especially if they love to play video games. Teacher-mom win!

Adventure Academy includes these key features (from the Age of Learning Blog):

• Thousands of learning activities across hundreds of topics, including curriculum-based games, books, a wide range of other types of reading materials, educational videos, and additional interactive experiences addressing all major academic domains.
• Builds critical knowledge and skills in language arts, math, science, social studies, and more.
• Hundreds of hours of educational interaction and gameplay, with hundreds of additional hours to be added in the near future.
• Learners create avatars to explore an ever-expanding world, complete learning quests to unlock new zones and interact with other learners.
• The same engaging experience across all platforms—smartphones, tablets, and computers—with the ability for up to three children in the same household to play simultaneously within the same parent account with individual profiles.
• Subscription-based service, fully COPPA compliant with no advertising or in-app purchases.
• Safe social elements that enable players to interact with other learners in-game, including filtered chat functionality. Parents control the level of interaction their children have with other learners through this filtered chat and can block all in-game communication if desired.

What’s The Cost?

When I signed up at Adventure Academy I paid $59.95 for the year, which is $5.00 per month.  

AdventureAcademy.com – Get 1 Year for $59.99! – Click here!

But if you just want to give it a try to check it out, you can try it for

FREE for 1 MONTH! 

If you’re thinking about using Adventure Academy just for the summer, then check out this offer:

AdventureAcademy.com – 2 Months for $5 – Click here!

The links in this post will take you to the BEST current offer. If the price is different, it may be because the offer has expired. Links to more savings and better offers will be updated. Bookmark this post to come back to you if you decide to stay with ReadingIQ, ABCmouse, or Adventure Academy for the long haul.

TAKE HOME POINTS:

• ReadingIQ is a comprehensive digital library for ages 2-12.
• ABCmouse is an online early childhood curriculum for ages 2-8.
• Adventure Academy is an educational virtual universe for ages 8-13.
• These 3 sites are perfect to avoid the summer slide!
• Try these sites for FREE:

ReadingIQ.com – First Month Free – Click here!

ABCmouse.com – First Month Free – Click here!

AdventureAcademy.com – First Month Free – Click here!

I know you find value in these online educational resources for your own children, especially during the summer months. I know this because I use these sites with my own children and I am seeing growth and progress. Let’s avoid going down the summer slide and start the school year off STRONG!

If you have already tried any of these sites, tell us what you and your kids think in the comments.

All three of these learning sites are affiliated which is why I chose them. This post does contain affiliate links but I assure you, I would NOT recommend anything to you that I did not absolutely love and use with my own students and/or children.

You can read my full reviews and experiences in these related posts:

ABCmouse to the Rescue: Early Childhood Online Curriculum

Adventure Academy: A Educational Virtual Universe For Big Kids

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