Helping Your Child Reflect on Their Year of Learning
As the school year wraps up, it’s a natural time to take a breath and look back. Before the summer gets packed with camps, vacations, or downtime, this is a great opportunity to pause and reflect with your child.
While much of the conversation around summer centers on avoiding summer slump “learning loss,” we invite you to reframe it: summer can be a time for self-discovery and confidence-building.
💪 Start with Strengths
A simple way to kick off this reflection is by asking your child a few open-ended questions:
What’s something you’re proud of learning this year?
What do you feel confident doing at school or at home?
These conversations can highlight your child’s strengths—not just academically, but socially and creatively. Being a good friend, remembering details from stories, or building something from scratch are all important skills. When children recognize what they’re good at, they start to see how they learn best.
For example, if your child loves building things, they might feel most focused during hands-on activities. If they enjoy telling stories, they might benefit from opportunities to talk through ideas or hear them out loud.
💡 Explore Learning Preferences
Every child engages with information in different ways. A quick, kid-friendly quiz can help uncover how your child prefers to learn—through seeing, hearing, or doing.
Here’s one to try together → LINK TO QUIZ
*It’s important to note: these quizzes aren’t meant to “label” your child. Instead, they offer insight into the kinds of activities that might help them feel most engaged. You might ask, “How do you like to learn?” and see where the conversation leads.
👀 Turn Insights into Summer Goals
Once you’ve identified some strengths and preferences, help your child set 2–3 goals for the summer. Let them take the lead! Here are a few ideas that build on different interests:
“I want to read three books about animals and draw pictures of each one.”
“I want to make a video explaining how to build my favorite Lego set.”
“I want to write a comic book about a girl who can talk to trees.”
Download the tracker → LINK TO PRINTABLE
Goals like these don’t just support learning—they build confidence, spark creativity, and keep curiosity alive.
📝 Make It Stick
Consider revisiting these goals throughout the summer to celebrate progress or adjust along the way.
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