With school out of session until the fall, you will see many ways kids will continue learning throughout the summer months. In Sister Bay, the summer means the return of the Camp Cool Day Camp Program. Every year, Northern Door Children’s Center staff members coordinate classroom activities and field trips with a creative theme. In Casco, Lisa Cochart organizes a special storytime featuring community members to kick off the week for her students enrolled in the summer program at Casco Kidz Zone. Cochart feels it is important to keep things exciting for her students all summer to encourage learning and other skills.

Over the weekend, the Door County Library kicked off its summer reading program with the theme of “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” You can participate in the program through the Beanstack app and find additional activities throughout the summer by clicking on this link. It is all about preventing the “summer slide,” a term used for students who could potentially lose some of the gains made during the previous school year if do not engage in educational activities.