For many children, the summer months can be a time of boredom, filled with long hours of mindless video games and unimaginative television watching. Studies have shown that students can lose anywhere between one to three months of learning over the summer break, especially in the areas of math and reading.
Worried that your children will forget everything they learned over the course of the summer months? You may have more reason than you think to fear the summer ...
Children who participate in summer reading are more likely to retain knowledge from the previous school year. Studies have shown, the act of reading stimulates the student's critical thinking center and keeps the synapses firing in their brain. Children who read will enhance their vocabulary and writing skills, and improve cognitave thinking, and students will maintain or enhance reading fluency skills. Check out the list below to get ideas for some great summer reading!
While many children can’t wait for school to end and summer to start, come early July kids often find themselves wishing for something to do. Indeed, the season can be a time of boredom, filled with long hours of unimaginative video game playing and television watching.
Studying may well be the last thing on most children’s minds during summer vacation, but we adults know that a bright new school year is really just around the corner. What we don’t always ...
