Summer Activity Guide
The Summer Activity Guide is a suite of fun and engaging activities and challenges that are perfect for groups or individuals.
Summers are for fun and engaged learning. The Summer Activity Guides were developed to help engage youth with supportive adults in a range of places. Originally designed to accommodate COVID-19 summer, we hope that the suite activities and challenges will help young people learn and thrive in the summer of 2021 and beyond.
What You Can Expect
- 150 Activities and Challenges
- Organized by four different age groups (5-9) (10-12) (13-15) (16-18)
- Adaptable for in-person and virtual instruction, or a hybrid of both, as well as sent as take-home packets
- Based in skill building & social emotional learning
Materials for Professional Development and Enhancing Family Engagement
- Webinars
- Quick Guides
- Feedback Forms
- Implementation Videos
- Resources for Families
Supplemental Materials
- Quick Guide: Implementing the Summer Activity Guide
- Quick Guide: Safety Considerations for Virtual Programming
- Family Resource: Supporting Youth at Home
- Family Resource: Supporting Virtual Summer Programming in the Home
- Family Resource: Recognizing and Managing Stress in Youth
- Staff Resource: Supporting Your Emotional Well-Being
- Staff Resource: Recognizing and Managing Stress in Youth
Download the Summer Activity Guide
Unit 1: Who I Am
- Activities for Ages 5-9
- Activities for Ages 10-12
- Activities for Ages 13-15
- Activities for Ages 16-18
- Who I Am Supply List
- Who I Am Implementation Video: Watch an instructional video from the Georgia Afterschool Network.
Unit 1 in Spanish: Quien Soy
- Spanish: Activities for Ages 5-9
- Spanish: Activities for Ages 10-12
- Spanish: Activities for 13-15
- Spanish: Activities for 16-18
- Spanish: Quick Guide for Implementation
- Spanish: Quick Guide for Virtual Safety
Unit 2: Healthy Living
- Activities for Ages 5-9
- Activities for Ages 10-12
- Activities for Ages 13-15
- Activities for Ages 16-18
- Healthy Life Supply List
- Healthy Life Implementation Video
Unit 2 in Spanish: Vida Saludable
- Spanish: Activities for Ages 5-9
- Spanish: Activities for Ages 10-12
- Spanish: Activities for 13-15
- Spanish: Activities for 16-18
- Spanish: Supply List
Unit 3: Passion & Purpose
- Activities for Ages 5-9
- Activities for Ages 10-12
- Activities for Ages 13-15
- Activities for Ages 16-18
- Passion & Purpose Supply List
- Passion & Purpose Implementation Video
Unit 4: Invention & Imagination
- Activities for Ages 5-9
- Activities for Ages 10-12
- Activities for Ages 13-15
- Activities for Ages 16-18
- Invention & Imagination Supply List
- Invention & Imagination Implementation Video
Unit 5: Exploring My World
The Summer Activity Guide has been developed for the 50 State Afterschool Network with leadership from the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network to engage and support children and youth nationwide.
