I hope you are having a great summer! I just wanted to share
with you a fact that I came across:
“All
young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational
activities during the summer. Research spanning 100 years shows that students
typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than
they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer (White, 1906; Heyns,
1978; Entwisle & Alexander 1992; Cooper, 1996; Downey et al, 2004).” http://www.summerlearning.org/?page=know_the_facts
So
amongst all your summer fun please remember to have your child engage in educational activities this summer to help prepare them for this upcoming school year. Whether that be reading, math fact practice, writing or all of the above it will benefit them when it comes time for the new school year.
