Something is waiting for many children each summer and their
parents don’t even know it’s out there. It's called the "summer
slide," and it describes what happens when young minds sit idle for three
months.
As parents approach the summer break, many are thinking about
the family vacation, trips to the pool, how to keep children engaged in
activities at home, the abrupt changes to everyone's schedule—and how to juggle
it all. What they might not be focusing on is how much educational ground their
children could lose during the three-month break from school, particularly when
it comes to reading.
Experts agree that children who read during the summer gain
reading skills, while those who do not often slide backward. According to the
authors of a report from the National Summer Learning Association: "A
conservative estimate of lost instructional time is approximately two months or
roughly 22 percent of the school year.... It's common for teachers to spend at
least a month re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the
summer. That month of re-teaching eliminates a month that could have been spent
on teaching new information and skills."
Summer slide affects millions of children each year but it
doesn't have to. Please join us on our new Facebook group dedicated to provide and exchange reading tips and learn from everyone's experience.
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Keep learning fun throughout the summer break and the
rest of the year.
