Summer Learning Chain

I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking towards the end of the school year.  I always like to send something home with my students to keep their little minds working over the summer.  I have sent home activity calendars in the past, but wanted to make it a little more exciting this year.

I came up with the idea of a Summer Learning Chain using Astrobrights colored paper.

I printed a list of summer activities onto different colors of paper.  I used a huge variety of colors including my favorites of Blast-Off Blue, Solar Yellow, and Fireball Fuschia.

Each page has a different activity.  This makes it easy to cut and stack the activities for each student.

After they are printed, I can stack up all of the papers and cut the activities into strips using the paper cutter.

After the strips are cut, I will place a stack into a baggie for each student.

The students will be able to take these home on the last day of school.  Throughout the summer, they can pull out a strip and complete the activity.

As they complete an activity, they can tape or glue the strip into a circle and create a chain of activities.

Students will be able to see how long they can make their learning chain.