Summer Learning Place 2026

It’s that time of year again, and Summer Learning Place started this week. I have one teacher who is my student, and we expected 3 children to attend.

Today was the first day with the children, and only one showed up. I called one parent who said the boy’s dad had custody of him over the summer and would not be attending. I talked with the parent of the third child, who said he was coming home from camp in TN, and they had transportation issues. She said he was expected home tonight and would be in class tomorrow.

I asked the teacher to come up with 3 goals, and I wanted to come up with some for myself also.

• I want to ensure the teacher has opportunities to practice new techniques.
• I want to be available to help the teacher in the classroom when she works one-on-one with a student.
• I want to share strategies that might help the teacher in challenging situations.

This is the first year that I’ve only had one student, and so I’m having to change some things that I usually do, but I want to make sure that this is a meaningful experience for her. I want to make sure that she isn’t shortchanged on anything because she is the only student.