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Leading U.S. educational publishing company, Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC, has released Summer Bridge Activities™ 2010, the newly revised and redesigned edition of the best-selling summer workbook series. An award-winning resource for children and parents for over a decade, Summer Bridge Activities is designed for preschool through eighth grade to help children maintain the skills and knowledge they learned in the classroom during the previous school year and to prepare them for the next grade. According to the National Summer Learning Association (www.summerlearning.org), research spanning 100 years confirms that children experience learning losses in math and reading without continued opportunities for skill building over the summer. These losses have later life consequences, including high school curriculum placement, and it is not likely they would finish high school or attend college. The only summer workbook series designed by teaching experts to give children grade-level activities that can be completed in just 15 minutes per day, Summer Bridge Activities provides children and parents a proven solution to the problem of summer learning loss with the most comprehensive curriculum on the market. By using Summer Bridge Activities daily throughout the summer, students can stay on track and enter their new grade prepared and confident. The original, award-winning workbooks consist of daily activities in reading, writing, math, science and social studies for grades Pre-K through 8th. The series includes games, full-color flash cards, incentive calendars to keep kids motivated, and a certificate of completion. Each of the workbooks reviews the year the child has just completed and previews the year they are about to enter. In addition to new cover designs, the workbooks feature two extra weeks of cross-curricular activities, all new social studies material, integrated fitness and character development exercises, updated reading and word lists for each grade level, and extension activities to encourage outdoor learning and play. Summer Bridge Activities is the perfect way to keep skills sharp all summer long and prepare children for the upcoming school year. The workbooks encourage parental involvement and are designed to get kids active – keeping their bodies and minds in optimal shape. As part of its continuing effort to reach children and parents during the summer months, Carson-Dellosa is teaming up with MLS W.O.R.K.S, Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, on the Active Bodies Active Minds program for a third straight year. Now supporting First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign, this online summer reading and fitness program was created to motivate parents and provide them with the tools they need to take an active, leading role in summertime learning and fitness for their kids. “Carson-Dellosa boasts a proud heritage of reaching children and motivating parents to get involved in maintaining active bodies and minds during the summer and throughout the school year,” said Carson-Dellosa Publishing President Dave Hewitt. “We are pleased to offer the latest edition of Summer Bridge Activities, a workbook series that has been embraced by teachers and parents for more than a decade.” The workbooks have a suggested retail price of $14.95 and can be purchased at major book sellers, such as Barnes & Noble, Borders and Walden Books, teacher supply stores, as well as Carson-Dellosa’s online site at www.carsondellosa.com. |
