Makena Keller, Oakwood Elementary first grade student, is checking out the INFOhio Beach Bag activities online. A new Ohio study shows the ability to read well in elementary school predicts whether a student will graduate from high school. It’s also well-known that kids experience tremendous loss in reading skill over the summer.
But Ohio parents don’t have to just watch their kids take the “summer slide.” INFOhio, Ohio’s PreK-12 digital library, has just published a set of free, downloadable “Beach Bags” that are already being used by thousands of parents and educators to let children in grades K-3 practice reading skills.
In addition, the first-ever virtual Camp INFOhio for grades 4-6 contains five days of reading, activities, and experiments exploring science, technology, the arts and math. Kids can try their hand at code breaking, conduct science experiments with items they find in the kitchen, learn about roller coasters before designing their own, and create their own musical instruments.
The information can be found at www.infohio.org under “What’s New”. If you don’t have your school INFOhio username and password, click on “login” at the top and fill in the information at the left of the screen. If you have any questions, please contact Ellen Williams at Paulding Ex. Village Schools.
