Maintain & Nurture Writing Skills During Summer Break: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

20/04/2025 8 min
Maintain & Nurture Writing Skills During Summer Break: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

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Episode Synopsis

Let’s revisit the Spring 2017 blog series "Keep Learning Going Throughout the Summer," which explored various strategies to maintain children's writing skills during the summer break. Stacey highlights key ideas from the 2017 co-author team, including creating personalized writing spaces, gamifying the writing process, and using books to inspire writing projects. The episode emphasizes the importance of making summer writing fun, engaging, and tailored to each child's interests and needs. Listeners are encouraged to share these strategies with colleagues and students’ families to prevent summer writing loss. GO DEEPER:Recap of the Keep Learning Going Throughout the Summer Blog SeriesTwitter Chat Archive (Many participants’ tweets are no longer present due to deactivating their accounts.)Send us a textPlease subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on your favorite listening platform.You may contact us directly if you want us to consult with your school district. Melanie Meehan: [email protected] Stacey Shubitz: [email protected] Email us at [email protected] for affiliate or sponsorship opportunities.For more about teaching writing, head to the Two Writing Teachers blog.

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