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A Summer You’ll Feel Good About

Published 3 days ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader,

I wonder if you ever get to mid-summer, look around, and think…

Wait. What is even happening here?

For me, this looks like the kids being on screens too much. 🫣 There’s also just more bickering and less reading than I want to be happening.

We’re all glad for the reprieve from schoolwork, but long summer days have a way of devolving into a kind of...contained chaos.

When it comes to giving you just enough structure to keep things from going off the rails, and just enough fun to keep your kids asking for more...well, that's RAR's specialty. 😉

So allow me to introduce...

​RAR Summer Adventure​

RAR Summer Adventure is a delightful choose-your-own reading adventure for the whole family.

You'll get full access to both adventures, so choose which one sounds like the most fun (or do both!):

  • 🌿Shakespeare Summer: As You Like It - I'll walk you and your kids through every step of this play and trust me, by the end of these four weeks, your kids won’t just “get” Shakespeare—they’ll love it.
  • 🌎 Jan Brett Picture Book Showcase - because who's better to travel the world with than Jan Brett?

No prep. No pressure. Just open and go. It's easy, delightful, and deeply connecting.

You don’t need to choose between a relaxed summer and keeping your kids engaged. You can have both—and we’ve made it simple. Join us!​

xo,
Sarah

P.S. Vanessa R said this about our program last summer: "I thought RAR could never produce anything better than Christmas school, but Shakespeare Summer is definitely in the running!"

🙌🏼 Find out why here.​

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