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Welcome to Summer Center for Fun—your hub for special discounts on Cricket products and services,
plus free articles and activities to help make this summer fun and productive!
Give your child personalized 1:1 attention designed to evoke joy and build confidence in language learning.
Online lessons are scheduled at your convenience and you can choose from our highly-qualified teachers! Learn more…
Want to see if our program is a fit for your child? Test it out and see.
Explore our group classes this summer by connecting your kid with peers for conversation, games, and activities led by fun and caring teachers.
A fun, interactive way to learn and practice beginner Mandarin together!
A fun, interactive way to learn and practice beginner Spanish together!
Cricket’s magazines have delighted and educated children from toddlers to teens for more than 40 years. They make great year-round and holiday gifts that will have children and grandchildren looking forward to each new issue.
Write a story about a wild ride, draw a summer camp map, envision your own movie, or draw up some plans for a truly great prank you could play if you had a twin!
Winners are published online and in our magazines.
Cricket offers eMentoring programs focused on literacy and STEM topics. Whether you are a teacher looking for a fun experience to add to your classroom, a volunteer looking to help children online, a business looking for a way to give back to your community, or a parent wanting to connect your children to our educational programs, we encourage you reach out and let us know how we can help.
from CRICKET Magazine
Cool down this summer with a tasty, frozen fruit treat.
from CRICKET Magazine
Enjoy this beautiful poem comparing the light of fireflies to fireworks.
from CRICKET Magazine
This humorous story finds Loxie, or Goldilocks, at a camp to overcome her fears after her run-in with three famous bears. Readers will enjoy identifying characters from other folk and fairy tales.
from COBBLESTONE Magazine
Find out about aspects of the Summer Olympics that have had an impact not just on sports history for the traditions they established, but also on history in general because of the events that took place.
from FACES Magazine
Learn how to make a permanent sandcastles.
from FACES Magazine
Discover roadside attractions around the world.
from LADYBUG Magazine
This story is a joyful, realistic celebration of respectful outdoor exploration and play. Ben is lonely after moving, but he makes a new friend who introduces him to marine animals at the beach.
from LADYBUG Magazine
Enjoy this colorful poem about night and day in the summer.
from SPIDER Magazine
You don't need to go anywhere to go on a treasure hunt this summer. Make this fun game to play by yourself or with a friend.
from SPIDER Magazine
This chip dip may be named after caviar (a fancy dish made of fish eggs). But there’s nothing fancy or fishy about it
from SPIDER Magazine
Gracie is excited to use her two coins to ride the merry-go-round. She hopes to win ice cream by grabbing the gold ring. Alice has no money to ride. Gracie shares her second coin and they ride together. Alice grabs the ring. She shares her ice cream with Gracie.
