Learn, Do, and Explore with Your Students
From handing out our activity books to your students before summer break to using our materials to build a full summer program, we’re here to help schools and after-school organizations get ready for an immersive and fun summer. Our 8-week program encourages kids to “Learn, Do, and Explore” with literacy and math lessons, hands-on science and fitness activities, and career exploration and virtual field trips. Find videos, fun activity books, and more to keep preschool – 6th grade students engaged in learning.
Weekly Themes
Each week of our summer program has a different theme that makes learning fun and dynamic. See our list of themes below:
- Animals: Explore the animal kingdom for ferocious fun!
- Across America: From coast to coast, explore what it means to be American
- Sports and Games: Get serious about fun pastimes, from soccer to Sudoku.
- Engineering: Tinker, design, build, rebuild, and find engineering everywhere.
- Our Stories: From legends to our everyday lives, stories shape who we are.
- Great Lakes: Dive in and explore the lakes that make Michigan special.
- Around the World: Experience food, art, music, and cultures from around the globe.
- Space: Meet astronauts and virtually visit the planets and stars.
Free Digital Activity Books
We have three books tailored to your students’ age group. Free downloads for 2024 books will be available soon for families to print at home or use digitally.
If you are interested in using bulk quantities of books for your students for a school or after-school organization, see options below.
- Use digital downloads to view activities on an electronic device.
- Contact our professional print company, Standard Printing, to print books at our rate. Email Info@ypsistandard.com or call 734-483-0339. Please include Michigan Learning Channel Book Order in your subject line.
- Go through a different professional print company using an industry-quality file we can provide to you. Contact MLC Program Director Matt Hamilton (mhamilton@detroitpbs.org) for access. Please include Summer Activity Book Print File Access in your subject line.
Early Learners
Activities for Preschool – Kindergarten students. (80 pages)
Lower Elementary
Activities for 1st Grade – 3rd Grade students. (100 pages)
Upper Elementary
Activities for 4th Grade – 6th Grade students. (80 pages)
Themed Educational Videos
Use screen time for learning and fun with our on-demand videos aligned to Michigan education standards. Each week has themed content on subjects from math and science to physical fitness and art.
