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You know that practice makes perfect \u2013 so what happens when you don\u2019t practice for an extended period of time? Many students view summer vacation as a time to completely separate from academic pursuits. While taking a break is important to avoid burnout, doing so may cause your child to fall victim to summer slide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Summer slide (or summer learning loss) is a term used to describe the effects of summer vacation on student learning, specifically the decline of a student\u2019s academic skills and difficulty transitioning back into the classroom environment. Every year, parents find themselves in a struggle between how to combat the summer slide while still giving their children the break they need to return to school feeling refreshed and ready to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Can Parents Do to Help?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Let kids read what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Make time for smart play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Get out of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Use your imagination<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5-Make it fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, studies have shown that kids who suffer from Summer Slide every summer will be up to <\/strong>two years behind their classmates by the 6th grade.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The good news is, it is super simple to prevent Summer Slide and set your kids up for success in September when school starts again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It only takes 20-30 minutes a day to prevent summer learning loss. And if you set up a daily schedule, you can not only prevent the loss and set your kids up for academic success<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You know that practice makes perfect \u2013 so what happens when you don\u2019t practice for an extended period of time? Many students view summer vacation as a time to completely separate from academic pursuits. While taking a break is important to avoid burnout, doing so may cause your child to fall victim to summer slide. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You know that practice makes perfect \u2013 so what happens when you don\u2019t practice for an extended period of time? Many students view summer vacation as a time to completely separate from academic pursuits. While taking a break is important to avoid burnout, doing so may cause your child to fall victim to summer slide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Summer slide (or summer learning loss) is a term used to describe the effects of summer vacation on student learning, specifically the decline of a student\u2019s academic skills and difficulty transitioning back into the classroom environment. Every year, parents find themselves in a struggle between how to combat the summer slide while still giving their children the break they need to return to school feeling refreshed and ready to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What Can Parents Do to Help?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Let kids read what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Make time for smart play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Get out of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Use your imagination<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5-Make it fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, studies have shown that kids who suffer from Summer Slide every summer will be up to <\/strong>two years behind their classmates by the 6th grade.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The good news is, it is super simple to prevent Summer Slide and set your kids up for success in September when school starts again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It only takes 20-30 minutes a day to prevent summer learning loss. And if you set up a daily schedule, you can not only prevent the loss and set your kids up for academic success<\/strong><\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[9,11,18,8,16,14,12],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-languages","tag-education","tag-english","tag-kids-learning","tag-languages","tag-learning","tag-motivation","tag-spanish"],"yoast_head":"\nSummer Slide Prevention:<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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