Summer Bridge Activities: Bridging Grades 4 to 5

Wonderful activities that really reviewed what my daughter needed for starting 5th grade. It took a few minutes each day and although she didn’t enjoy it, I noticed a difference with the start of school. Great to bridge over the summer or even during breaks.

These books are fun group for the kids to work. There curriculum him I would highly recommend this to a friend or family member.

I've enjoyed having these books for the kids to do over the summer. It's about 2 pages a day and keeps them having to use their brains, as they have to do it before they can get screens. We have the 4th-5th and the 6th-7th, I'd say they are both adequately challenging, esp the older book. We have had to look up some things for the 6th-7th as there's no instructions, they just expect that you learned it/know it/remember it. So it's a good refresher but as a parent I'm fairly involved helping with it, learning it and watching YouTube videos on English sentence structure and ratios, etc. So be mindful of that if you expect your kiddo to do it on their own. Also, it often takes closer to 30 mins to complete. Otherwise, great books.

While I try every year to be a good parent and have the kids work on these to keep their mind sharp… they didn’t really do them. They did make a great addition to the other series of workbooks that have gone to die on the shelf. Great content if you’re going to actually do them.

This has been my go-to book for the summer for the past four years for both my kids. The books are exactly what they profess to be - activities for the summer that cover Math, Language Arts, and physical fitness as well and that bridge the two grades wonderfully. The activities are designed such that the first parts of the book helps refresh the curriculum from the previous grade while the last part provides a peek into the next grade. The way the book is structured also helps build confidence and ready to tackle new material towards the end of the book. The goal setting in the beginning is definitely something my kids have enjoyed working on and the physical activities in between help provide a fun break from school work in summer. Kids can plan to spend 15-20 minutes each day working on a page or group them together for an hour or so of work every few days. Based on summer plans that we make (including travel or visiting family/friends), we pick the option that works best at the time. The book itself will withstand rough use and travel too and that is a plus point definitely. The book will not replace a teacher but will definitely help reduce "summer slide" and keep the kids doing some learning through the summer. If they do not finish it during, it can be still used anytime during the year. The answer key as well as all other helpful activities and information are an added bonus. All in all, definitely a purchase I will be making again (and feel bad that I do not see books for high school bridging)