Summer SPARKS

Summer Sparks

Igniting Curiosity, Connection, and Growth All Summer Long

HAPPENING THIS WEEK: Explore how communities, summer programs, and families are sparking learning beyond the classroom! During National Summer Learning Week, July 14-18, 2025, we’ll be sharing fun ideas, research-backed insights, and enriching opportunities that make summer count for young people across Wyoming.

Begin the journey! Start by learning about National Summer Learning Week. Click here.

National Summer Learning Week

Summer Sparks Literacy

MONDAY, JULY 14: What are your favorite silly songs or rhymes? Think “there was a great big moose” and “he liked to drink a lot of juice!” Summer is a powerful time for youth to grow their language and reading skills and spark learning in unexpected ways. Becoming a reader requires us to weave many different skills together over time. Youth professionals, parents and caring adults have innumerable ways to grow and extend children’s exposure to words How can we support that growth? By lifting up Literacy during National Summer Learning Week! Go to Summer Sparks Literacy.

Summer Sparks the Arts

TUESDAY, JULY 15: Whether it is visual, verbal, theatrical or musical, the arts not only offer young people powerful ways to express themselves, but they also provide rich opportunities to develop durable, transferable skills like teamwork, problem solving, and resilience. Creative activities help young people explore who they are, make meaning of the world, and connect them to their communities.  Go to Summer Sparks The Arts.

Summer Sparks Health and Wellness

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16: Summer is a time to explore, grow, and connect. As part of National Summer Learning Week, we’re spotlighting how communities across Wyoming are building healthier communities for young people. Whether it’s through physical activity, mental health support, or simple practices like preparing a smoothie or journaling, these programs give youth tools for lifelong well-being.  Go to Summer Sparks Health and Wellness.

Summer Sparks STEM

THURSDAY, JULY 17: STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. But it’s much more than an acronym. STEM is a dynamic way of thinking and solving problems. It’s how we understand the natural world, design solutions for real-life challenges, and build the future.  Go to Summer Sparks STEM.

Summer Sparks Community & Leadership

FRIDAY, JULY 18: Learning happens everywhere—and young people thrive when they feel a sense of belonging and purpose. This post will be published on Friday

Unlocking the Potential of Summer Learning

The Wallace Foundation believes, “summer programming not only has the potential to accelerate learning, it can also engage, enrich, and advance students in ways that resonate long after summer break comes to an end. In that way, maybe summer’s agrarian roots aren’t so far from the mark. It is a chance after all to plant seeds that will grow long after summer has passed.” Open the Wallace Summer Learning Toolkit.

Summer Guide

Summer Activity Guide for Programs and Families

Get started with the Summer Activity Guide! 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.

 

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
Summer Guide

Mission: We bridge the gap between Wyoming’s out-of-school programs and the communities they uplift, fueling them with resources, support and opportunities that inspire lifelong learning, growth and connection.

WYOMING ENRICHMENT NETWORK

1472 N. 5th Street, Suite 201
Laramie, WY 82072
Phone: 307-721-8300

 

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