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Issue 178 | June 23, 2025

Celebrate Summer Learning

From beach balls to bug hunts, July is chockablock full of playful possibilities. We’ve rounded up our favorite resources to mix sunshine with skill-building. Let the learning adventures begin!

Here are our top resources for a jubilant July:

Celebrate Independence Day with craftivities, word ladders, poems, and mini-books.

Grow curiosity with science, art, and literacy activities about summer’s tiniest creatures.

Make learning fun and engaging with skill-building puzzles perfect for on-the-go learning.

Check out what's new this month!

Fourth of July Celebration: Social Studies & Art Activity

Children explore the meaning of Independence Day through a star-spangled craftivity with a social studies tie-in.

More Fourth of July Printables

Animal Concentration (Memory & Recall)

Boost memory and focus with this classic concentration game featuring friendly animals.

More Games and Puzzles

Summer Picnic: July Poetry Frame

Inspire young writers with a seasonal poetry frame all about a summer picnic.

More Writing Prompts

Name This Place Decodable Mini-Book

Build decoding and fluency skills with this engaging mini-book focused on location vocabulary.

More Mini-Books

Name This Place (Review) Decodable Book 86

Dissolving Seashells: 5-Minute Science

Engage students’ curiosity with a science passage and experiment all about seashells.

More Science Experiments and Projects

"Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning."

— Fred Rogers

For more great content and Editors' Picks, visit our July page.

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